30% Of Human Dna

[keon]

For many years molecular biologists have been mystified by the fact that very little of an organism's DNA seems to serve any useful function.

I have solved the mystery.

The reason why only 30% of human DNA performs any useful function is that the rest of it is comments.

Once we decode a typical human genome, we see that the contents begin as follows:

===
/* HUMAN_DNA.H
*
* Human Genome
* Version 2.1
*
* © God
*/

/* Revision history:
*
* 0000-00-01 00:00 1.0 Adam.
* 0000-00-02 10:00 1.1 Eve.
* 0000-00-03 02:11 1.2 Added penis code to male version. A bit messy --
* will require a rewrite later on to make it neater.
* 0017-03-12 03:14 1.3 Added extra sex drive to male.h; took code from
* elephant-dna.c
* 0145-10-03 16:33 1.4 Removed tail.
* 1115-00-31 17:20 1.5 Shortened forearms, expanded brain case.
* 2091-08-20 13:56 1.6 Opposable thumbs added to hand() routine.
* 2501-04-09 14:04 1.7 Minor cosmetic improvements -- skin colour made
* darker to match my own image.
* 2909-07-12 02:21 1.8 Dentition inadequate; added extra 'wisdom' teeth.
* Must remember to make mouth bigger to compensate.
* 4501-12-31 14:18 1.9 Increase average height.
* 5533-02-12 17:09 2.0 Added gay option, triggered by high population
* density, to try and slow the overpopulation
problem.
* 6004-11-04 16:11 2.1 Made forefinger narrower to fit hole in centre of
* CD.
*/

/* Standard definitions
*/

#define SEX male
#define HEIGHT 1.84
#define MASS 68
#define RACE caucasian

/* Include inherited traits from parent DNA files.
*
* Files must be pre-processed with MENDEL program to provide proper
* inheritance features.
*/

#include "mother.h"
#include "father.h"

#infndef FATHER
#warn("Father unknown -- guessing\n")
#include "bastard.h"
#endif

/* Set up sex-specific functions and variables
*/
#include

/* Kludged code -- I'll re-design this lot and re-write it as a proper
* library sometime soon.
*/
struct genitals
{
#ifdef MALE
Penis *jt;
#endif
/* G_spot *g; Removed for debugging purposes */
#ifdef FEMALE
Vagina *p;
#endif
}

/* Initialization bootstrap routine -- called before DNA duplication.
* Allocates buffers and sets up protein file pointers
*/
DNA *zygote_initialize(Sperm *, Ovum *);

/* int main (void)
{
return 0;
} INITIALIZATION CODE
*
* Returns structures containing pre-processed phenotypes for the organism
* to display at birth.
*
* Will be improved later to make output less ugly.
*/
Characteristic *lookup_phenotype(Identifier *i);
===
and so on... :P

[sonrisa]

:D

that is cute

seriously tho, the part about the gay option- I have wondered if gay people are Mother's Nature's method of population control. Their sexual orientation renders them unable to reproduce (unless they close their eyes, grit their teeth & do it with somebody from the opposite sex, or take advantage of modern medicene & use artificial insemination) which runs counter to the evolutionary mandate to propigate the species. Biologically, when something runs counter to Evolution it should die out. Yet gay people keep popping up in every generation at the fairly constant rate of, I believe, 1 in 10 people. Why is this, unless their purpose, from a biological/evolutionary standpoint, is population control.

[Pamela Canaday]

There's actually evidence that whether or not a male child is gay depends largely on how many older bothers he has. It has been shown that the mother's body might have some impact on the hormonal stuff that male babies are exposed to in the womb.

Since men compete with each other, the idea is that a gay brother would help care for the children rather then competing with his older bothers for mates.

Birth Order and Sexual Orientation in a National Probability Sample (http://articles.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2372/is_4_37/ai_72272310)

Excerpt:
BIRTH ORDER AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN MEN

One factor that seems to play a role in sexual orientation development in men is birth order, or the position one has within a family, be it first born, last born, or somewhere in-between. A number of studies have suggested that homosexual men have, on average, a later birth order than population norms or comparable groups of heterosexual men (for a review, see Blanchard, 1997). One of the more impressive elements of the birth order effect is its generalizability. Not only has the effect been demonstrated in samples of men from different eras (see Blanchard & Bogaert, 1996a, 1996b), from different countries (see Blanchard & Bogaert, 1996b; Blanchard, Zucker, Cohen-Kettenis, Gooren, & Bailey, 1996), and with different ethnicities (Bogaert, 1998), but it has also been found to occur in clinical (e.g., Bogaert et al., 1997) and nonclinical (e.g., Blanchard & Bogaert, 1996b) samples. Recently, we have demonstrated that the birth order difference between homosexual and heterosexual men is primarily the result of homosexual men being born later among their brothers, relative to heterosexual men (Blanchard & Bogaert, 1996a, 1996b, 1997; Bogaert et al., 1997).

The article goes on to explain some problems with the idea but it's a trend that's being noticed.

There was some sort of widely seen trend among gay women too... I forgot what it is. It also strongly suggested conditions in the womb.

Edit:
As far as the "junk DNA"...
it could be virues too.

[sonrisa]

interesting article Pam. I remember an article I read several years ago about how gay brains are wired differently than straight brains & that hormones in the mother's womb could be a factor. But again, why would Evolution allow these hormones to make gay babies generation after generation? The odds are pretty good these babies aren't gonna reproduce when they get older, which runs counter to Evolution. Unless the "gay option" is a form of population control.....

[a random hack]

I have wondered if gay people are Mother's Nature's method of population control.

does this make hetrosexual people nature's way of commiting suicide? <_<

[NeverMind]

wouldn't it be cool if you could hack into someone's DNA and mess with them? Make 'em blue and stuff? Or make somebody be able to teleport? :think:

Just a thought. :lol: :o

[sonrisa]

teleport, as in beam me up Scotty? that's not genetics, thats a flippin transporter device

[pnklphnts]

keon, that is pure genuis.
It would save the blue man group so much in make up cost to be acctually blue.
:( <----hes blue
see the smilies arleady know how to alter their genes! scary!
You know humans are only like 7% diffrent from apes in genetics? Thats WIERD! i swear.

[NeverMind]

If you could alter you DNA a WHOLE LOT, you could teleport. Not like "beam me up scotty" like nightcrawler, from X-Men. "BAMF!" :o

50% of human DNA is the exact same as a banana. I wish we were yellow. If i had an external peal, I wouldn't have to wear pants! and that would totally ROCK! :unsure:

hack, i do not understand your comment about heterosexuals and suicide. Please explain. I DO understand the gays and population control. <_<

[sonrisa]

ah, the X-men.... Capt Picard was in that too, wasn't he?

tell us about the hippos Nevermind

....in verse! :D

[a random hack]

well NM,

if homosexuals limit the population, presumably hetrosexuals, by breeding, push it towards........ extinction?

[pnklphnts]

that is a good point, i like the way you think. :loveyou:

[NeverMind]

so should we all be gay? like hippos? that's why you never hear about hippo overpopulation.

<_<

[a random hack]

i ain't prescibing, just observing :lol:

as for hippos, i don't know, i don't get the hippo news <_<

[NeverMind]

well maybe we should all try really hard to reproduce asexually so there is less genetic variation and more people will die off in large numbers. Just a thought.

[sahyo]

:goodlaugh:

but less genetic variation?

[NeverMind]

if you reproduced asexually all your offspring would be EXACTLY like you genetically thus less genetic variation.

[sonrisa]

but reproducing asexually wouldn't be as much fun, NM

[NeverMind]

And I think it would hurt... :o

[todd]

Cool piece of code keon..

Down the road a new topic has arisen.
I would like to tell you my own, little, but absolutely true and honest experience.
About 3 years ago I landed somewhere on the west coast of the American continent, coming from the old Europe, to start a new American experience…

Today, 3 years after, I must say I am still shocked about The New American Women, and I can somehow have a hint on why the number of gay people is going sky.

I found women here extremely masculine, cold and powerful, and most of all intimidating. This whole theory about woman emancipation has changed generations.
I was shocked to find women offended because I was just trying to be polite and opening a door.
No space for romantics around them, oh no…go straight to the point buddy, like talking business here, time is money..
The problem is, the more you’re getting closer to bed, the more feminine they get. Fake curtains starting to fall. The same sensitive and fragile creature was hidden behind.

But the damage has been done, there is now way back, and the next generations will have to deal with it.
On the other hand man were the same nice guys I was used to…the same sensitivity level.
So I think a lot of men feel more comfortable among themselves instead dealing with women, and more and more women get caught by their own curtains…

Don’t tell me I’m wrong, I may be, but this was my personal experience, and I think about myself as a fairly sensitive person. Straight.

[sonrisa]

Todd--Today, 3 years after, I must say I am still shocked about The New American Women, and I can somehow have a hint on why the number of gay people is going sky.

--Todd, if being gay or straight is genetic, or wired into our brains, or some other biological/physiological thing, then there is no gay (or straight) option. We can't choose to be gay or straight any more than we
can choose to right or left handed.




Todd--I was shocked to find women offended because I was just trying to be polite and opening a door.
No space for romantics around them, oh no…go straight to the point buddy, like talking business here, time is money..

--you're in the wrong part of the country. Opening doors, rambling conversations, that's Southern stuff. Course you're more than welcome to come on ovvah & stay as long as you want... :)



Todd-- The problem is, the more you’re getting closer to bed, the more feminine they get. Fake curtains starting to fall. The same sensitive and fragile creature was hidden behind.

--so maybe these women develop a masculine facade for protection, sort of like a coat of armor?



Todd-- On the other hand man were the same nice guys I was used to…the same sensitivity level.So I think a lot of men feel more comfortable among themselves instead dealing with women, and more and more women get caught by their own curtains…

--and women feel more comfortable among themselves than dealing with men. So what else is new?



Todd--Don’t tell me I’m wrong, I may be, but this was my personal experience

--I won't. You did experience it after all. Just offering an alternative explanation

[sahyo]

I found women here extremely masculine

yes

[todd]

We can't choose to be gay or straight any more than we
can choose to right or left handed.


A left handed child can become right handed adult through education and exercise. This is another issue, but I think there are a lot more left handed people here than in Europe where education and traditions are more strictly enforced – but there are a lot of left footed there though…
I honestly do not believe you can be born gay, but rather it’s the result of the environment you’re raised in.
I only heard about occasional and not absolute homosexualism between animals.

[NeverMind]

Over here in the great Pacific Northwest, girls all want to be like what they see on TV. All the girls have their slutty little Abercrombie & Fitch skirts and low-cut American Eagle shirts. There are very few girls here who seem masculine and even fewer who would get angry if I, or anyone else, opened a door for them. These girls look like they want to procreate. And they do a pretty good job leading my normally well-behaved friends down the path usually ventured only by sex-fiends. It's scary. Wow, I don't think any of that had to do with anything. Oops! ;)

[sahyo]

living washington state
and many females try acting as though tough
like males sometimes act

[sonrisa]

Originally posted by NeverMind@Jul 5 2004, 03:58 AM
Over here in the great Pacific Northwest, girls all want to be like what they see on TV. All the girls have their slutty little Abercrombie & Fitch skirts and low-cut American Eagle shirts. There are very few girls here who seem masculine and even fewer who would get angry if I, or anyone else, opened a door for them. These girls look like they want to procreate. And they do a pretty good job leading my normally well-behaved friends down the path usually ventured only by sex-fiends. It's scary. Wow, I don't think any of that had to do with anything. Oops! ;)
nothing except your hormones :)

[sonrisa]

Originally posted by todd@Jul 5 2004, 03:13 AM


A left handed child can become right handed adult through education and exercise.

--ah yes! those nuns & their rulers! They tried to do that to my brother & my Mom got on them but good, told the biddies to let the kid write with his left hand. My Father's handwriting was terrible & my Mom thinks it becuz he was a southpaw forced to learn to write with his right hand. My uncle (Daddy's brother) wrote with his left hand & his handwriting was perfectly legible.

Handedness is more than just writing, however. It's a natural tendency to use one hand over the other to do things. Even southpaws forced to write with their right hand will prefer to use their left hand to do other common tasks.

[NeverMind]

Slutty preppy girls
sporting abercrombie and
anti-depressants

[todd]

If there is symmetry between left and right, I do not see one between gay and straight, not yet.

[samebutdifferent]

Well i guess our culture also has something to do with over population. Advertisements are using sex as a marketing tool. Theres been more rapes which may have conseption.Recently has our population been labeled as "Over populated". But females are also having their periods more earlier in life then in the 1960's. Boys/Men it seems like their horomones are raging everywhere and screwing anything on two legs. :ph34r: so its all confusing

[NeverMind]

I think a lot of it has to do with lack of modesty in clothing on the female side. I mean, jeez! They show pretty much everything! Nobody wore thongs in the '60's. the media definitely plays a huge part in it as well. Damn media! GARAAA!!

[sahyo]

"Damn media!" ? or

[sonrisa]

hormones? :D

why should we have to cover up, especially during the summer when it is hot, NM? Guys go around in nothing but cut-offs, & believe you me, alot of y'all need to be wearing more then just those! But it's comfortable, right, to just wear cut-offs & nothing else? So why can't we dress for comfort as well?

[todd]

In order to feel comfortable, a man has to feel stronger than the women he is with, everything else is perversion. A strong, masculine woman will inhibit any sexual desire in a man.
The real strength of a woman doesn't reflect in her masculinity - a really powerful woman, uses her femininity to attract, dominate and control men.

[sahyo]

a really powerful woman, uses her femininity to attract, dominate and control men.

yikessssssssss
...todd believes that?

:lol:

[todd]

Absolutely. But it requires intelligence, self control and confidence to use it. It is the perfect infallible weapon no regular man could resist (stupid brutes and gay excluded).
It even makes them find pleasure in being manipulated…

[sonrisa]

:goodlaugh: Todd, you're so ate up!! No wonder u have women troubles!!

[NeverMind]

I think this relates somehow:
Saturday night was the Charles Wright homecoming dance, which I attended with my girlfriend Kathryn.
There were basically two groups of people there: One group consisted of the girls dressed like whores, basically having sex on the dance floor.
The other group of people was smaller and included Kathryn and me. We were dressed more medestly and were actually dancing and not dry-humping.
The clothing invites a kind of behavior that a lack of clothing does not. I was disgusted by the girls dressed like prostitutes, being practically raped by their partners.
Kathryn is a very attractive girl, but doesn't feel the need to flaunt her body.
I have much more respect for that than the girls who leave ABSOLUTELY nothing to the imagination.
We live in Washington, these girls are not wearing such skimpy clothing because its hot out.

[levity]

This comment doesn't fit with the flow of conversation in this topic; however, it's important to note.

The idea of some X% of human DNA being 'junk' is total bullshit.

The only reason that theory came about is because some scientists couldn't fit what they saw in DNA into their reductive, simplistic models of what it was supposed to be. So they wrote it off as junk.

Pure hubris. Nowadays we're just beginning to understand, well, that we don't understand so-called junk DNA. Google "junk dna" for details.

....

NeverMind: "The clothing invites a kind of behavior that a lack of clothing does not." My impression is that the absence of clothing encourages even more interesting behavior... :)

But seriously, maybe being open to sexy dancing makes you more willing to wear revealing clothes, not the other way around. And this is just the opinion of some random dude on a net forum, but I think you're being pretty judgmental. (Prostitutes? Rape? Let's have a sense of proportion here.) Perhaps those scantily-clad women provoke feelings in you that you find inappropriate?

[todd]

The idea of some X% of human DNA being 'junk' is total bullshit

Necessary and sufficient denies evolution or implies initial purpose.
Evolution comes out of randomness and redundancy.
In fact, ....how can infinity be necessary and sufficient?