M.E.A.T. (A New Acronym) Poem by Denis Mair

Gimme an 'M'!
The M stands for 'Massive, ' because huge amounts of information are being processed at every moment in the body.

Gimme an 'E'!
The E stands for 'Extended, ' because massively distributed gene regulation networks use parallel processing to deal with information. Genes get inputs from metabolic markers. They activate and suppress each other in switching relays, so the right coding can be accessed to get things done. (The 'E' here could also stand for 'Epigenetic.')

Gimme an 'A'!
The A stands for 'Aleatory, ' because cells in the body are ready to respond flexibly and unpredictably as conditions change.

Gimme a 'T'!
The T stands for 'Transcriptomics, ' because the minds of scientists are boggled, so all kinds of '-omics' have become a thing. An '-ome' is a realm in which very complex things are happening. There is a space where RNA interacts with everything necessary to build cellular structures. (This could include source coding, messenger RNA, transfer RNA, amino acids, and surface features of protein factories called ribosomes.) This space is the transcriptome, and the dynamics of such a realm are 'transcriptomics.'

So three cheers for the intelligence of the body.
Let's hear it for
M_E_A_T... Meat!
M_E_A_T...Meat!
M_E_A_T...Meat!

And don't forget the great UNKNOME, ** where dynamics of the proteome and genome and microbiome and all those other '-omes' find a place!
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**[Note: The concept of the 'unknome' was conceived in a satirical vein by the evolutionary biologist David Coppedge on the EVOLUTION NEWS website]