Chapter 60 Title: Genetic Information: Epistemological and Ethical IssuesQuote:“Maynard Smith’s analogy between the genetic code andhuman0designed codes is too apparent to require a justification.”Expectations:I expect to learn more about genetic information and why it issimilar to computers and ethical issues.Book Review:Generally, genetics has developed many concepts frominformatics and these concepts are illustrated in two different levels.Basically, genetics has taken the very notion of information in the fieldof informatics. To discuss with a high definition, molecular biologistsclaim that cells and molecules are machinery similar to computers andit contains useful devices to build a unique biological beings startingfrom the information stored in a DNA.This chapter also talks aboutthe concept of information and the notion of genetic information. Baseon Maynard Smith, he discussed that the cell and egg are thecomputer machinery that keeps them alive and useful. There are alsoethical problems in genetic information. Things I have learned:I have learned how to define computers in a high and basicdefinition.Integrity Questions:1.Who is Antonio Marturano?2.Why are computers similar from genetics?
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