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A complex three dimensional organism self-assembling from a single cell is 100% magic, especially given how resilient it is to disruption. You can kill one of t
by praptak 2y ago
A complex three dimensional organism self-assembling from a single cell is 100% magic, especially given how resilient it is to disruption. You can kill one of the two cells produced by the first division and still get a fully formed organism (that's one of the actual early experiments in morphogenesis theory).
- kjkjadksj 2y agoConcentration gradients layered on concentration gradients layered on concentration gradients. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmentation_gene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmentation_gene
- DrAwdeOccarim 2y agoAnd Brownian motion all but guaranteeing everything bumps into everything else constantly!