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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 5 Dec 2013

    Molecular biologists deserve some blame for journalists' confusion cuz they redefined "gene" as protein-coding DNA -http://bit.ly/1kf2otS 

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      1. A. Martinez Arias‏ @AMartinezArias 5 Dec 2013
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @aylwyn_scally and evolutionary biologist should also take their share for making literature with molecules.

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      2. Aylwyn Scally‏ @aylwyn_scally 5 Dec 2013
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker Mol. biologists should have stuck with cistron

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      3. Joaquín de Navascués‏ @jdenavascues 6 Dec 2013
        Replying to @aylwyn_scally

        @aylwyn_scally @sapinker Sorry I'm late for this but I disagree. The fuzzy gene concept (= ensemble of trcrptn units, not just cistrons) 1/2

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      4. Aylwyn Scally‏ @aylwyn_scally 6 Dec 2013
        Replying to @jdenavascues

        @jdenavascues @sapinker yeah was half joking. But the mol biol rush to identify physical gene has proven to be somewhat counter productive

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      5. Joaquín de Navascués‏ @jdenavascues 6 Dec 2013
        Replying to @aylwyn_scally

        @aylwyn_scally @sapinker … for conceptual discussions in evolutionary biology, you mean :)

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      6. Aylwyn Scally‏ @aylwyn_scally 6 Dec 2013
        Replying to @jdenavascues

        @jdenavascues @sapinker of course!

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      7. Joaquín de Navascués‏ @jdenavascues 6 Dec 2013
        Replying to @aylwyn_scally

        @aylwyn_scally @sapinker Perhaps we should only talk about hereditons and transcriptrons

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      2. BandieraRossa‏ @fran_b__ 5 Dec 2013
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue I blame the prevalence of vacuity in journalism. Simplicity is easier to compose and sell than complexity.

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      3. Dan Smith‏ @sirdansmith 5 Dec 2013
        Replying to @fran_b__

        @fran_b__ @sapinker @Evolutionistrue A desire for earth-shattering headlines helps ...

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      4. BandieraRossa‏ @fran_b__ 5 Dec 2013
        Replying to @sirdansmith

        @sirdansmith @sapinker @Evolutionistrue Along with Ripley's Believe It or Not and Ripping Yarns and advertising by the bucketload.

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      5. Believe It or Not!‏Verified account @Ripleys 5 Dec 2013
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        @fran_b__ @sirdansmith @sapinker @Evolutionistrue Hey! What did we ever do to you? #Ouch #BrandsHaveFeelingsToo

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      6. Dan Smith‏ @sirdansmith 5 Dec 2013
        Replying to @Ripleys

        @Ripleys @fran_b__ @sapinker @Evolutionistrue You compulsively ego-searched for brand references, then spammed us ...

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      1. Jonathan Badger‏ @ttaxus 8 Dec 2013
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Sorry. That's what a gene is. Plus a few RNA genes. They don't code for traits. Classical Genetics is bullshit.

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      1. Richard Edwards‏ @cabbagesofdoom 6 Dec 2013
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        @sapinker Not to mention that protein-coding genes themselves have non-coding regulatory & promoter sequences. Dobbs owns his failure.

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      1. Richard Edwards‏ @cabbagesofdoom 6 Dec 2013
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        @sapinker We have tRNA genes, rRNA genes, miRNA genes lncRNA genes... all clearly in the literature for those who can be bothered.

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      1. Richard Edwards‏ @cabbagesofdoom 6 Dec 2013
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        @sapinker I'm a molecular biologist and I don't define "gene" as protein-coding DNA. Not our fault when journalists get it wrong.

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      1. flingleflump‏ @flingleflump 5 Dec 2013
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        @sapinker now THAT is an exemplary piece of sci writing. #legend

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      1. Gus Bici‏ @PPolish 5 Dec 2013
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        @sapinker Molecular biologists deserve blame for journalists' "confusion" cuz they (MBs) are confused themselves. That is good not bad:)

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      1. Paul Wilson‏ @TorpedoWilson 5 Dec 2013
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        .@sapinker And those that wrote-off the bulk of the genome as junk..

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