Recurring Design Logic in Living Systems

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Architects, painters, musicians, and other creators apply recognizable patterns of thinking to their craft. Source
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Recurring Design Logic in Gene Regulation

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A feature of biology that has struck me over the years is the phenomenon of recurring design logic, across systems that do not appear to be related by descent. Source
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Popular YouTube Science Educator Professes “Emotional” Response to “Amazing” Flagellum

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In the video, engineer Destin Sandlin explains how he became captivated after watching an online animation of the bacterial flagellum. Source
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New BIO-Complexity Paper Details Complexity of Function and Assembly of Bacterial Flagellum

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The author, Dean Schulz, an engineer with a PhD in computer science, takes a “bottom up” approach. Source
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