tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post4078665703502469409..comments2024-02-27T09:51:03.152-08:00Comments on On Memetics: Peter Richerson's olive branchTim Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06623536372084468307noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post-51428452230545831182014-11-13T15:01:54.776-08:002014-11-13T15:01:54.776-08:00I sometimes use the terms "DNA genes", &...I sometimes use the terms "DNA genes", "RNA genes", "nucleic genes", "nuclear genes" and "mitochondrial genes" - when I want to be more specific than just "genes". Apart from "genes", "DNA genes" is the most common one. It's a bit long-winded, it is true; but most of the other main alternative terminology proposals seem even less attractive to me.<br /><br />Incorporating cultural evolution into evolutionary theory isn't a walk in the park. Some things need to bend - and we have to weigh the costs of making changes against the costs of saddling our descendants with a messed-up classification scheme.<br />Tim Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623536372084468307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post-972380559510738642014-11-13T08:09:35.066-08:002014-11-13T08:09:35.066-08:00So in your classification of the heritable informa...So in your classification of the heritable information, apart from genes, do you give a specific name to the information carried by these molecules?Circle of lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017784186393535735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post-11403382248813676102014-11-13T03:30:18.123-08:002014-11-13T03:30:18.123-08:00DNA and RNA are the names of molecules - not genes...DNA and RNA are the names of molecules - not genes. However, the heritable information carried by DNA and RNA would be classified as being genes.<br />Tim Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623536372084468307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post-5652561794521758982014-11-12T19:36:07.534-08:002014-11-12T19:36:07.534-08:00If memes is a subset of genes, then is DNA and RNA...If memes is a subset of genes, then is DNA and RNA a subset of genes also? Dawkins coined memes as cultural equivalent of genes in biology. <br />Circle of lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017784186393535735noreply@blogger.com