Thursday, 27 October 2011

Is cloning that simple?

Some quick thoughts on the possibility of doppelgangers:

By taking the SRY gene from the Y chromosome again and copy and pasting it as below, have I in fact just created a clone or doppelganger of the SRY gene?

ATGCAATCATATGCTTCTGCTATGTTAAGCGTATTCAACAGCGATGATTACAGTCCAGCTGTGCAAGAGA
AT
ATTCCCGCTCTCCGGAGAAGCTCTTCCTTCCTTTGCACTGAAAGCTGTAACTCTAAGTATCAGTGTGA
A
ACGGGAGAAAACAGTAAAGGCAACGTCCAGGATAGAGTGAAGCGACCCATGAACGCATTCATCGTGTGG
TCT
CGCGATCAGAGGCGCAAGATGGCTCTAGAGAATCCCAGAATGCGAAACTCAGAGATCAGCAAGCAGC
TG
GGATACCAGTGGAAAATGCTTACTGAAGCCGAAAAATGGCCATTCTTCCAGGAGGCACAGAAATTACA
G
GCCATGCACAGAGAGAAATACCCGAATTATAAGTATCGACCTCGTCGGAAGGCGAAGATGCTGCCGAAG
AAT
TGCAGTTTGCTTCCCGCAGATCCCGCTTCGGTACTCTGCAGCGAAGTGCAACTGGACAACAGGTTGT
AC
AGGGATGACTGTACGAAAGCCACACACTCAAGAATGGAGCACCAGCTAGGCCACTTACCGCCCATCAA
C
GCAGCCAGCTCACCGCAGCAACGGGACCGCTACAGCCACTGGACAAAGCTGTAG

ATGCAATCATATGCTTCTGCTATGTTAAGCGTATTCAACAGCGATGATTACAGTCCAGCTGTGCAAGAGA
AT
ATTCCCGCTCTCCGGAGAAGCTCTTCCTTCCTTTGCACTGAAAGCTGTAACTCTAAGTATCAGTGTGA
A
ACGGGAGAAAACAGTAAAGGCAACGTCCAGGATAGAGTGAAGCGACCCATGAACGCATTCATCGTGTGG
TCT
CGCGATCAGAGGCGCAAGATGGCTCTAGAGAATCCCAGAATGCGAAACTCAGAGATCAGCAAGCAGC
TG
GGATACCAGTGGAAAATGCTTACTGAAGCCGAAAAATGGCCATTCTTCCAGGAGGCACAGAAATTACA
G
GCCATGCACAGAGAGAAATACCCGAATTATAAGTATCGACCTCGTCGGAAGGCGAAGATGCTGCCGAAG
AAT
TGCAGTTTGCTTCCCGCAGATCCCGCTTCGGTACTCTGCAGCGAAGTGCAACTGGACAACAGGTTGT
AC
AGGGATGACTGTACGAAAGCCACACACTCAAGAATGGAGCACCAGCTAGGCCACTTACCGCCCATCAA
C
GCAGCCAGCTCACCGCAGCAACGGGACCGCTACAGCCACTGGACAAAGCTGTAG

And what happens if say I remove part of the protein code? Or add or rearrange it? Is this theoretically gene mutation?

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