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These crystals are almost like primitive plants.

• cnity 5y ago
  As someone who is not a biologist, I wonder if some of the same principles are at play in biology and genetics. The only thing that comes to mind for me is the "contagious" nature of prions, which sounds a bit like crystallization to me.
  • netizen-936824 5y ago
    At a very rough level you can say its all about intermolecular interactions. That's about all. Prion folding is closer