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On Sun, 05 May 2024 05:36:06 GMT, Jan Panteltje
<pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Dynamic DNA structures and the formation of memory
> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240501125755.htm
>Summary:
> An international collaborative research team has discovered that G-quadraplex DNA
> (G4-DNA) accumulates in neurons and dynamically controls the activation and
> repression of genes underlying long-term memory formation.
>
>
>
>I have always though that memory could be stored as DNA sequenxes...

More likely RNA or some other protein.

The oft-mocked Lamarckian concept, of genetic learning (not just
natural selection) is probably real, and some reverse transcription
does happen, namely that DNA is edited within the life of one
organism. But remembering where you left your glasses is probably
handled at a lower level than editing your chromosones.

We do have short-term memory too. We don't want to junk up our
chromosones remembering every grocery list.