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loren schmidt 21. stu
oof, there it is. this is one of those moments where i palpably feel a sense of the rawness of things, of how close the underlying structure is.
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loren schmidt 21. stu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @lorenschmidt
this is an electron microscope image of the foundational mechanism in spiral growth. this isn't even that small. the scale bar is 100 μm, or a tenth of a millimeter.
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loren schmidt
if you could see the cellular mechanisms which drive this, you'd probably see valleys of rapidly dividing cells acting as repulsive force between rafts of cells which will become lateral buds.
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loren schmidt 21. stu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @lorenschmidt
apparently the phi angle ratio between lateral buds (and several other stable sequences) are an emergent property of basically a timer + point repulsion. perhaps it's more complex than descriptions i've come across, but if that's all it is it's a glaringly simple mechanism.
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Keelan Stuart 21. stu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @lorenschmidt
One class of chemotherapy drugs is designed to inhibit the receptors that facilitate nano-tubule formation. It's fascinating stuff.
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loren schmidt 21. stu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @KeelanStuart
oh, transport tubules? that's fascinating.
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