E Johnson's List: Science

• Rule #1: Do not describe genes by the disease they cause when broken.
• Rule #2: Get some perspective.
• How about writing a story about genetic factors in general that affect fertility? That would at least have some context.
• Rule #3: Comprehend the science first. This study does not show a direct link
• Rule #4: Learn this simple principle: genes affect how your body responds to environmental factors. Finding an allele associated with a particular physiological state does not mean you have described a cause.
• that effect must be described as a consequence of both the gene and a certain background or environment.

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• DNA doesn’t use a binary code, but a quaternary one. Whereas the unit of information in the computer is a 1 or a 0, the unit in DNA can be T, A, C or G.