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“An ecosystem, you can always intervene and change something in it, but there's no way of knowing what all the downstream effects will be or how it might affect the environment. We have such a miserably poor understanding of how the organism develops from its DNA that I would be surprised if we don't get one rude shock after another.”

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Richard Lewontin
Richard Lewontin

Richard Lewontin, born on March 29, 1929, is an esteemed evolutionary biologist. His research has focused on genetics, molecular biology, and evolutionary theory, profoundly influencing the development of modern biology. more

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