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elte

Nov 28, 2015 02:08 PM
http://m.phys.org/news/2015-11-biologist...ecies.html.
Quote:   Knowing how shape is determined and how to influence it is important because biologists could use that knowledge, for example, to fix birth defects or cause new biological structures to grow after an injury, adds Levin.    

C C

Nov 29, 2015 09:16 AM
Quote:The work reveals physiological circuits as a new kind of epigenetics - information existing outside of genomic sequence - that determines large-scale anatomy.

In the bowels of either Oblivion or Damnation For Ridiculed Scientists, will Lamarck eventually have the last laugh? Only his Stygian hairdresser knows for sure.
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