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by encypruon 2069 days ago
> The only thing that's encoded in DNA is how to make proteins.

Wikipedia on the human genome [1]:

> Protein-coding sequences account for only a very small fraction of the genome (approximately 1.5%), and the rest is associated with non-coding RNA genes, regulatory DNA sequences, LINEs, SINEs, introns, and sequences for which as yet no function has been determined.

Wikipedia cites [2].

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_genome

[2] https://www.nature.com/articles/35057062

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Still.

The point remains that the products of DNA self-assemble, in the correct environment, into the pattern that determines the organism. Eliminate that environment, and it is just a stew of RNA and proteins.