Tag: eukaryotes
The Stop Lights in the Cell
Even a cell needs laws and enforcers. When the enforcers don’t do their jobs, crime increases in cities and in cells.
Hierarchical Systems in Biology — DNA Packaging
It is hard to fathom that such a highly complex, hierarchical mechanism of information storage on a microscopic scale could come about purely by chance.
Diatoms, an Evolutionary Mystery, Come into Nano-Focus
The jewels of the microbial world, when seen with new nano-scale imaging techniques, look like little modernist cathedrals.
Is There Discontinuity in Biology — And How Would We Know?
For my part, I think it’s better to approach the data without assumptions and to let the evidence speak for itself.
Closer Look at the T3SS Reveals Design
If one visualizes the recoil action of large guns on ships as they fire, that is perhaps what the EA (export apparatus) is doing for the T3SS.