Tag: egg
Doctor’s Diary: I Couldn’t Put Plato’s Revenge Down
I rarely read a book as quickly as I read this text, and I virtually never read a book twice.
The Math Behind the Immaterial Genome
While not a formal defense, this analysis aims to give readers an intuitive grasp of the reasoning behind Richard Sternberg’s Platonic perspective.
Optimization: A Theoretical Principle That Is Predictive for Biology
Are biological mechanisms optimized, or do they function poorly, evidence of their “poor design”?
The Humanity and Personhood of an Embryo
A sperm and an egg separately constitute a potential human. But when they unite, the result is a human being from the moment of fertilization.
The Exquisite Design of Egg Cells
Oogenesis (the process of egg cell formation) begins during embryonic development when the primordial germ cells are specified.