Genome complexity in embryology (Introduction)

by dhw, Thursday, April 23, 2015, 12:44 (3284 days ago) @ David Turell

DAVID: [UOTE] Even the expression of genes is now known to be regulated to a degree by the mechanical state of the whole embryo itself and its constituent cells." (my bold)-As I keep emphasizing, the concept of the inventive mechanism entails INVENTION. Once an invention functions, the behaviour of the cells will presumably repeat itself, i.e. will be or will at least appear to be automatic, though we have no idea to what extent they are mindful. An analogy might be factory workers simply doing their jobs. The idea of the IM arises from the fact that, as repeated ad nauseam, many scientists believe cells to have their own form of intelligence, and since no-one has ever observed innovation, I am suggesting that under certain conditions, this intelligence may have produced innovation. I am not suggesting that every single biological process has to be reinvented in every single individual by every single cell community!