Tag: somatic cells
The Elegant Spindle Assembly Checkpoint
Without this exquisitely engineered system, the cell risks distributing an uneven number of chromosomes to the daughter cells.
The Return of Teleology to Biology
Biologists have faced a vexing dilemma since the philosophy of scientific materialism came to dominate Western thought.
How Do We Decide if Something Is Well Designed or Poorly Designed?
Erika DeBenedictis’s statement that “organisms are absolutely the most sophisticated machines we know of” is supported by overwhelming evidence.
Evolution’s Third Rail — Transgenerational Epigenetics Can Have a Profound Impact
It is an enormous problem to explain how such capabilities evolved.