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pazimzadeh on July 23, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: RNA demethylation increases rice and potato yields...

In this case it's RNA not DNA.

Demethylating DNA is like uncommenting a line of code; demethylating RNA is like uncommenting compiled/assembly rather than the source.

eruleman on July 23, 2021 | [–]

Thank you for this incredible analogy.

nobodyknowsyoda on July 23, 2021 | [–]

Oops, thanks

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