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The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle: An Irreducibly Complex System

Any system that achieves a complex higher-level objective by means of various well-matched interacting components requires foresight to come about. Read More ›
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Springs, Glues, and Rocket Launchers in Cell Division

The molecules of life do much more than convey information. They combine and impose physical forces on each other in intricate, functional ways. Read More ›
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Photo: Schizosaccharomyces octosporus, by Jon Houseman, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Documentation for Dr. Dan

We hope Rutgers biologist Dan Stern Cardinale finds these citations of interest. Read More ›
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DNA May Be “Junk” at One Level But of Utmost Significance at Another

It is during the latter stages of the production of an animal oocyte that many functionalities of what some disparage as “junk DNA” take center stage. Read More ›
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Photo: Pig oocyte, by Jakub Friedl / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

Chromosome Dynamics Has Egg-centric Features

In the words of Robert Rosen we have to “drastically reconsider what is meant by “genetic information.’” Read More ›

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