Would a metric like ratio of varying base pairs to the differential in expressed proteins be better metric? I realize that it's just a theoretical number and that we can't actually count literally every protein in a human body, but, as a thought experiment I suppose, is that a more meaningful depiction of actual genetic difference?
snuffleupugus_anus t1_isnsed2 wrote
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Would a metric like ratio of varying base pairs to the differential in expressed proteins be better metric? I realize that it's just a theoretical number and that we can't actually count literally every protein in a human body, but, as a thought experiment I suppose, is that a more meaningful depiction of actual genetic difference?