Is Information Only Present in the Genome?

[Michael_Okoko]

@Geremy

The algorithm for building an organism is therefore not only stored in a linear digital sequence (tape), but also in the current state of the entire system

The above is empirically false. The complete set of instructions or algorithm needed to build organisms only resides in DNA.

@RonSewell

DNA is part of a system, and at any instant the definition of the system as an entirety requires the complete accounting of epigenetics, cytoplasm, extra-cellular environmental factors, and so forth

Yes DNA is part of every biological system, but only DNA holds information needed to build those systems. It is vital to clarify that I am not saying DNA alone builds organisms, as that is false, but that it is the only keeper of that information needed to do so.