1] 'a similar gene to': I know this makes no real sense. I'm talking about a similar mechanism, a similar 'action'.
I know but this is one of my complaints about the gene/meme thing. If a meme is the smallest particle then it is possibly analgous to a gene. But the stripe on the toad you just gave in the example is a phenotype. The pressures are related to the phenotype which may be the result of several genes or maybe the result of a gene which has completely different pressures acting on it which are unrelated. (I'll explain that if anyone asks - quick word list, gene linking and mutation rates).
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gene/meme
Date: 2003-06-20 09:14 am (UTC)I know but this is one of my complaints about the gene/meme thing.
If a meme is the smallest particle then it is possibly analgous to a gene. But the stripe on the toad you just gave in the example is a phenotype. The pressures are related to the phenotype which may be the result of several genes or maybe the result of a gene which has completely different pressures acting on it which are unrelated.
(I'll explain that if anyone asks - quick word list, gene linking and mutation rates).