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I slipped and wrote "higher eukaryotes" in relation to yeast and this is my post-doc's comments: "that broke my heart :( other eukaryotes? multicellular eukary
by fifnir 7y ago
I slipped and wrote "higher eukaryotes" in relation to yeast and this is my post-doc's comments:
"that broke my heart :(
other eukaryotes? multicellular eukaryotes? animals? Whatever you like, but please, no "higher", the poor yeast have been evolving for a long time and are much better than us at fermenting beers..."
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This is a great paper that touches on animal complexity, see "Developmental Depth" and "Structural depth"
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228365097_Possible_Largest-Scale_Trends_in_Organismal_Evolution_Eight_Live_Hypotheses https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228365097_Possible_...