Chapter 16: Genetic Information: Epistemological and Ethical Issues
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What I expect to learn?
I expect to learn about Genetic Information: Epistemological
and Ethical Issues
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Review:
Genetics has utilized many concepts from informatics The idea of “genetic information” is that genes containing an amount of information and able to build a human being up is today a seldom challenged triviality. Several authors have argued that molecular biology developed at the same time as computer technology and information theory; these two parallel processes have remained parallel. Genetic essentialism is widely attacked and this view has strongly influenced the public perception of genetics. Berlinski explores another interesting analogy between languages and the genetic code. berlinski suggests that concepts such as code, information, language, control and regulation, and translation come easy to the biologist as he describes the cell according to lights provided by the central dogma in which the same terms are widely used This idealization of a cell thus appears as automation; the associated programs are designed to push the machine through movements that look vaguely biological one of the main problems arising at the beginning of the HGP was ensuring the coordination of the different tasks and the cooperation among all research groups
What I Learned?
Integrative Question:
- What does genetic is?
- What is the idea of genetic information?
- What does several author argue about?
- What is generic essentialism?
- What does berlinski explore?
Discussion:
- What does genetic is?
Genetics has utilized many concepts from informatics
- What is the idea of genetic information?
The idea of “genetic information” is that genes containing an amount of information and able to build a human being up is today a seldom challenged triviality.
- What does several author argue about?
Several authors have argued that molecular biology developed at the same time as computer technology and information theory; these two parallel processes have remained parallel.
- What is generic essentialism?
Genetic essentialism is widely attacked and this view has strongly influenced the public perception of genetics.
- What does berlinski explore?
Berlinski explores another interesting analogy between languages and the genetic code.
- What does berlinski suggest?
berlinski suggests that concepts such as code, information, language, control and regulation, and translation come easy to the biologist as he describes the cell according to lights provided by the central dogma in which the same terms are widely used
- What does this idealization of a cell wants to show us?
This idealization of a cell thus appears as automation; the associated programs are designed to push the machine through movements that look vaguely biological
- What is the problem on cooperation and public access of data?
one of the main problems arising at the beginning of the HGP was ensuring the coordination of the different tasks and the cooperation among all research groups
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