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Article #4440Re: On being a single cell (was Re: Some physics questions)
From: Carl Fink
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 23:47
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 23:47
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In <92Nov7.171257edt.139@neuron.ai.toronto.edu> radford@cs.toronto.edu (Radford Neal) writes: [much deleted] >[ To forstall any further attempt to nitpick - yes, the overwhelming > consensus terminology is that a diploid cell is just one cell. The > vast majority of cells in humans are diploid, so the contrary terminology > would be perverse. Diploid cells are in fact dominant in most organisms, > though there are exceptions. Mosses, for example, are mostly composed of > haploid cells. ] > Radford Neal The males of many hymenopteran insects are also haploid, for instance bees. -- Carl Fink carlf@panix.com, C.FINK4(GEnie), or CF427620I@LIUVAX.BITNET "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence" -- John Adams
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Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.bio Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psinntp!panix!carlf From: carlf@panix.com (Carl Fink) Subject: Re: On being a single cell (was Re: Some physics questions) Message-ID: <1992Nov8.234724.10839@panix.com> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 23:47:24 GMT Distribution: na References: <1992Nov6.175022.13136@galois.mit.edu> <6NOV199212364099@csa1.lbl.gov> <1detccINNkst@chnews.intel.com> <1992Nov7.192950.23136@galois.mit.edu> <92Nov7.171257edt.139@neuron.ai.toronto.edu> Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC Lines: 23