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What is inherency? What are the potential flaws with our understanding of biological function?

On this episode, we talk with Stuart Newman, professor at New York Medical College. In his…

A discussion on The People's Forum about evolutionary developmental biology, or “EvoDevo” with cell biologist, Stuart Newman.

The star-nosed mole is aptly named. Its distinctive snout consists of twenty-two tendrils ringing a pair of nostrils and, from some angles, the entire setup resembles a misshapen star. The tendrils are fleshy and look a bit like fingers and, like fingers, they have a certain “manual” dexterity. But why? Why does the mole have such a singular appendage as opposed to…