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For more complicated organisms, robustness comes in the form of cellular turnover, and regenerative healing in response to injury, at least in youth. I wonder t
by anjel 6mo ago
For more complicated organisms, robustness comes in the form of cellular turnover, and regenerative healing in response to injury, at least in youth. I wonder though if single celled organisms have or even need such a function.
- brazzy 6mo agoIndividual cells absolutely do have mechanisms to repair damage: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5664224/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5664224/ They can even repair their own DNA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_repair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_repair