The central dogma of molecular biology (Crick, 1958), that information flows DNA→RNA→protein and cannot be reversed, is correct as a chemical sequence statement, but it does not prevent organisms from controlling their genomes — as shown when immune systems mutate only the antigen-grabbing region of immunoglobulin genes via chance changes, then select and proliferate the cells that successfully grab the pathogen and kill the rest.
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Denis NobleEvidence Quote
“The system then not the individual cell can't know that but the system then decides which cells succeeded in getting the one that grabs the virus.”
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There's no such thing as a Selfish Gene | Denis Noble on Dawkins' mistake— The Institute of Art and IdeasCreated: 6/18/2026, 1:57:54 PM
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