So that’s it: genes are leftwing. What a relief!
But to be honest, I’m still concerned: Proteins have consistently shown themselves to be independent-minded. RNA never hangs around long enough to participate in the political process. And metabolites? Total anarchists.
I am in the Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy. In 2009 I had my entire genome sequenced. My book about all of this stuff (and more) is called Here is a Human Being: At the Dawn of Personal Genomics, published by HarperCollins in 2010. Find me on Twitter: @MishaAngrist.
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