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Posted by Betty L. Meinhardt on September 08, 1999 at 20:53:54:
In Reply to: French flag feather posted by Sergei Atamas on September 03, 1999 at 14:55:38:
: I am an avid hiker, and the Appalachian trail is one of my favorite places. Last time I found two feathers there, and they made me think again about the mechanisms of morphogenesis. One of the feathers (the smaller one on the image) particularly reminded my of the “French flag theory” by Wolpert – you probably can see why. A different theory I am familiar with is by Turing, that comes from his “Chemical bases of morphogenesis.” I know, however, that some of our members have their own theories on the issue, especially interesting to me because they are based on stochastic view on gene expression.
: I invite everyone to comment on the issue. Let us call it “French feather theory.
Our French Flag Feather Ancestors. . .Phantom DNA-patterning---the MIssing
LInk to Evolution.
”Dinosaur ancestors were called archosaurs. Some archosaurs developed a bipedal
(two-legged) posture and S-shaped necks, and it was some species of these that
eventually evolved into dinosaurs.
Cell signaling is phantom DNA-p as is neural
signaling. The probability of a hiker from
France and a hiker from Arizona observing
feather's and a coin (flat first,round second)
would be the same, but different...therefore=0
In other words if you have a Blue Angels Pilot,
a Hopi Indian, an Egyptian Pharoh,and one who sees angels, all have one thing
in common...Phantom Wings!BLM1999