“We can now determine, easily and relatively cheaply, the detailed chemical architecture of genes ; and we can trace the products of these genes ( enzymes and proteins ) as they influence the course of embryology . In so doing we have made the astounding discovery that all complex animal phyla - arthropods and vertebrates in particular - have retained, despite their half-billion years of evolutionary independence, an extensive set of common genetic blueprints for building bodies.” YearsMadeBodyCoursesAnimalCommonHalfInfluenceBuildingParticularProductsDiscoveryIndependenceComplexesDetermineArchitectureBillionsDespiteChemicalsGenesProteinBlueprintsEnzymesVertebratesArthropods Book:Leonardo's Mountain Of Clams Source: Leonardo's Mountain Of Clams
“Complex organisms cannot be construed as the sum of their genes, nor do genes alone build particular items of anatomy or behavior by themselves. Most genes influence several aspects of anatomy and behavior as they operate through complex interactions with other genes and their products, and with environmental factors both within and outside the developing organism. We fall into a deep error, not just a harmful oversimplification, when we speak of genes "for" particular items of anatomy or behavior.” FallSpeakInfluenceParticularProductsBehaviorAspectErrorsComplexesEnvironmentalFactorsDevelopingGenesInteractionOrganismsItemsAnatomyOversimplificationInteraction With OthersEnvironmental Factors Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“Over the course of fifteen years of research on plant development, I came to the conclusion that for understanding the development of plants, their morphogenesis, genes and gene products are not enough.” YearsEnoughCoursesUnderstandingProductsDevelopmentResearchPlantConclusionGenesFifteenFifteen Years Author:Rupert Sheldrake
“... we find ourselves facing a rising tide of biologically active, synthetic organic chemicals. Some tinker with our hormones. Some attach themselves to our chromosomes and trigger mutations. Some cripple the immune system. Some light up our genes and so enhance the production of certain enzymes. If we could metabolize these chemicals into completely benign breakdown products and excrete them, they would pose less of a hazard. Instead, a good many of them accumulate.” IfsLightCertainProductsEnvironmentalProductionsActiveRisingGood ManChemicalsGenesTidesPollutionTriggersImmuneBreakdownHazardsHormonesLight UpBenignImmune SystemCripplesMutationSyntheticEnzymesChromosomes Author:Sandra Steingraber
“Nothing is truly unnatural, because everything that exists, including human intelligence, is a product of nature. If human intelligence can devise ways for the genes from two men to result in a child, their doing so is an entirely natural event.” IfsMenWayHumansChildrenTwoNaturalResultsEventsProductsIncludingGenesUnnaturalHuman Intelligence Book:The Reason of Things: Living with Philosophy Source: The Reason of Things: Living with Philosophy
“I'm a big fan of Kiss. Gene Simmons, he's all into marketing and branding. You name it, there's some type of product with Kiss' name on it. Studying people like that, you see guys have hooks and there are reasons people are successful.” PeopleReasonBigsGuyNamesStudySuccessfulFansProductsTypeKissingMarketingGenesBrandingHook Author:Gabriel Iglesias