Inherency in evolution (Ep 102)
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The Inherence of Milliken's Functions
Stuart: I want to come back though, Stuart, to something that you said at the beginning now that we've defined inherency in a more explicit way. One of the first things that came up was function, these proper functions of Milliken. So what's happened is that those cells differentiate. They give up certain properties that are common to most other cells or even with the ancestral cells. And they have a specialized function now. It's an appropriation of this ancestral contractile function. But now it is in the service of a more complex organism that is sustaining that tissue type in ways that it can't sustain itself. so it gives up something and it's appropriated something.
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