Could an alien with unlimited resources reconstitute a human being from solely its genetic code?
Does “its” genetic code include, say, mitochondrial DNA?
Also, DNA is not well compressed at all. Refer to the codon table. With 4 to the 3rd power (=64) different possible states per triplet, those only map to a paltry 22 results. Talk about redundancy!
Er, in the presence of mutation, you want redundancy to continue functioning, which is relevant to whether or not it’s “well” compressed.
Er, in the presence of mutation, you want redundancy to continue functioning, which is relevant to whether or not it’s “well” compressed.
In context, “well compressed” meant “highly compressed”. It’s true there’s a reason for DNA not being highly compressed, but that doesn’t change the fact that it isn’t.
Does “its” genetic code include, say, mitochondrial DNA?
Er, in the presence of mutation, you want redundancy to continue functioning, which is relevant to whether or not it’s “well” compressed.
In context, “well compressed” meant “highly compressed”. It’s true there’s a reason for DNA not being highly compressed, but that doesn’t change the fact that it isn’t.