@sarahdoingthing @DoTheWeirdStuff Trying to think of a good phrasing: gaussian-blurring the genome is selected for at species level.
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Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@DoTheWeirdStuff I know what gaussian blurring is but I'm going to need more explanation here8 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing It seems like it would be hard have a 'mutate this gene but leave that one alone OK' mechanism. But who knows?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing My recollection is that there are multiple mechanisms for adjusting mutability of parts of genome.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Meaningness
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing > I’m confused or else it was confirming a particular part of the story.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing Dunno if I'd read abt it before but as a general principle it seems obvious. Or 'obvious after years of study'1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing Completely random relevant thing I just found after 13 seconds of googling: http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/content/67/4/962.abstract …3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@Meaningness Likewise w/ flu viruses, etc.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigenic_variation … is relevant although this doesn’t discuss metalevel control of the variation rate.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@Meaningness @sarahdoingthing I take back what I said about variability being mostly globally selected. Clearly there's all kinds of tricks.
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