20th October 2003, 12:59 PM
I remember a white eye gene for fruit flies having the side effect of essentially turning them gay as well, and I heard that a LONG time before this. Of course, most insect minds are purely instinctual, and it's as likely as not that they are more or less biological computers rather than aware of existance, but just saying'...
Just a note, all narcoleptic dogs have that caused by a single defective gene. However, in humans, though the narcolepsy is pretty much the same, the cause has been shown to not be that at all, but rather some sort of chemical imbalance, possibly caused by stress and environment. All they know so far is that while dogs and humans have the same symptoms, the cause is totally different. That is all.
Just a note, all narcoleptic dogs have that caused by a single defective gene. However, in humans, though the narcolepsy is pretty much the same, the cause has been shown to not be that at all, but rather some sort of chemical imbalance, possibly caused by stress and environment. All they know so far is that while dogs and humans have the same symptoms, the cause is totally different. That is all.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)