If we take a hypothetical hunk of DNA as software code, and alter it, there is a consequential body that must be grown before the effects of the alteration can manifest itself.

• 如果我们把一段假想的DNA当成软件代码，对它做一个改动，那么，在改动的结果能证明自己之前，必须先相应地发育出一个有机实体。