An excellent essay by PZ Myers on how to think about the complexities of genome function: > > http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/12/07/the-reification-of-the-gene/-Dawkins commentary to the original Dobbs article:-http://www.richarddawkins.net/foundation_articles/2013/12/6/adversarial-journalism-and-the-selfish-gene#