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Stenka25 Posted 11 years ago
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What do 'a magazine article' and 'ads' refer to?
What do 'a magazine article' and 'ads' refer to?
The passage below is from ‘the Blank Slate’ by Steven Pinker.
http://evolbiol.ru/blankslate/blankslate.htm
There are two other reasons why the complexity of the genome is not reflected in the number of genes it contains. One is that a given gene can produce not just one protein but several. A gene is typically broken into stretches of DNA that code for fragments of protein (exons) separated by stretches of DNA that don't (introns), a bit like a magazine article interrupted by ads. The segments of a gene can then be spliced together in multiple ways.
In this passage I want to know what 'a magazine article' and 'ads' refer to.
It seems to me that the former stands for 'exons' and the latter 'introns.'
Am I right?
The passage below is from ‘the Blank Slate’ by Steven Pinker.
http://evolbiol.ru/blankslate/blankslate.htm
There are two other reasons why the complexity of the genome is not reflected in the number of genes it contains. One is that a given gene can produce not just one protein but several. A gene is typically broken into stretches of DNA that code for fragments of protein (exons) separated by stretches of DNA that don't (introns), a bit like a magazine article interrupted by ads. The segments of a gene can then be spliced together in multiple ways.
In this passage I want to know what 'a magazine article' and 'ads' refer to.
It seems to me that the former stands for 'exons' and the latter 'introns.'
Am I right?
Top answer
He is using simile. Magazine articles contain the main useful information readers buy the magazines for. They are like the exons which are active in coding for fragments.
- He is using simile.
- Magazine articles contain the main useful information readers buy the magazines for.
- They are like the exons which are active in coding for fragments.
- Ads (advertisements) interrupt the articles without adding information to the articles.
- They are like the introns which just interrupt the exons without coding for anything.
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He is using simile.
Magazine articles contain the main useful information readers buy the magazines for. They are like the exons which are active in coding for fragments.
Ads (advertisements) interrupt the articles without adding information to the articles. They are like the introns which just interrupt the exons without coding for anything.
Magazine articles contain the main useful information readers buy the magazines for. They are like the exons which are active in coding for fragments.
Ads (advertisements) interrupt the articles without adding information to the articles. They are like the introns which just interrupt the exons without coding for anything.
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