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SIGNATURE SIGNALS. “Following pollen tube discharge and plasmogamy, the egg and central cells displayed transient Ca2+ spikes, but not oscillations. Only the events in the egg cell correlated with the plasmogamy. In contrast, the synergid cells displayed Ca2+ oscillations on pollen tube arrival. The two synergid cells showed distinct Ca2+ dynamics depending on their respective roles in tube reception. These Ca2+ dynamics in the female gametophyte seem to represent highly specific signatures that coordinate successful double fertilization in the flowering plants.” http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms5722?WT.ec_id=NCOMMS-20140829 View in LinkedIn

PULSES OF SIGNAL. “We observed Ca2+ dynamics in all the female gametophytic cells directly involved in the double fertilization of Arabidopsis. The egg cell displayed two distinct spikes on pollen tube discharge and gamete fusion, respectively.” http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms5722?WT.ec_id=NCOMMS-20140829 View in LinkedIn

LUNATICS INVITED. “Biological engineering could become as common as software engineering, bringing millions of new developers into the field. Lunatics must be expected.” http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/06/feature-bio-crime/the-bio-crime-prophecy View in LinkedIn

PROGRAMMING LIFE. “Science has evolved to the point where human beings can write DNA code as well. As a result, thousands of scientists, known as genetic engineers, are programming living things directly.” https://lnkd.in/dkjx-Yi View in LinkedIn

DNA IS PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE. “And hackers are going to love DNA. Fundamentally, DNA is just a programming language for living tissues. DNA hackers will write programs for living cells to run, just like computer hackers write programs for computers to run. Today’s most leading-edge scientists have only started doing this, and there is no telling where it will go.” http://blogs.wsj.com/experts/2015/04/28/how-future-hackers-will-target-your-dna/ View in LinkedIn

FRESH PAGE. “Artificial life attempts to understand the essential general properties of living systems by synthesizing life-like behavior in software, hardware and biochemicals.” https://lnkd.in/du7vSNn View in LinkedIn

ARTIFICIAL SELECTION. “One well-known computer program that purports to mimic evolution is the one by Richard Dawkins that creates "biomorphs". The program generates stick figures that resemble insects, trees, bats, spiders, etc. The figures show a certain amount of variety as they evolve. But the evolution is by artificial selection, and nothing like gene duplication occurs. Instead, only nine or sixteen variables (in different versions) are allowed to wander within narrow ranges.” http://www.panspermia.org/computr2.htm View in LinkedIn

ZARATHUSTRA. "Richard Dawkins has written several computer programs which function, he says, like evolution. Dawkins also uses the computer to generate artificial creatures he calls "Biomorphs." The evolution they undergo is analogous to biological evolution, he says." http://www.panspermia.org/computrs.htm View in LinkedIn

THIN LINE. “What's the difference between the process of evolution in a computer and the process of evolution outside the computer? The entities that are being evolved are made of different stuff, but the process is identical.” https://lnkd.in/dshHtpP View in LinkedIn