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British biologist

Person · Open Library

Works
18

Top works

  • Is Neo-Darwinism Enough?
  • Progress in biophysics and molecular biology
  • Understanding Living Systems
  • Evolution on Purpose
  • Language of Symmetry

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Portugal
popsinger-songwriter

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Listeners
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Total plays
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Quotes

  • [T]he music of life has no conductor.
  • The Principle of Biological Relativity... simply states that there is no privileged level of causation in biological systems.
  • Every time a is needed, the appropriate chemical 'code' is 'read off' the ; this gives the pattern of chemical elements that will make that what it is. Our genes encode the sequences of 100 000 or so proteins that make up the human body.
  • A living cell is a continuous action-packed drama. ...Complex chains of molecular interaction happen again and again. We call them 'pathways'... And proteins form the backbone of all these biochemical pathways.
  • The DNA causes the proteins, the proteins cause the cells, and so on. ...[T]he inside story, is that the information coded in the genes is being expressed. In biologist-speak, the is 'created by' the . The story is seductive.
  • [W]hat does DNA do? As biological molecules go, not very much.

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