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Boring_Ad_3065 t1_j3ep1ot wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in How does DNA encode 3d space/information? by Rit2Strong

I believe the OP is looking for evolutionary developmental biology. If so, there’s an amusing video done to “despacito” that is also highly informative (given its format) by A Capella Science.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ydqReeTV_vk

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I4Vhagar t1_j3ftven wrote

Lex Friedman had an evolutionary biologist on his podcast, sometime in the last few months. The way he explained it was that the accumulation of simple mechanisms trend towards the more complex mechanisms via gradients, electron affinity, etc. I believe it was with Michael Levin, but I can’t play the audio to confirm right now.

I’ve had the opportunity to work with quite a few patients that were born with anatomical structures where they shouldn’t be or oriented abnormally (e.g. Apert syndrome and dextrocardia). It’s fascinating stuff from a biological standpoint.

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