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> [That the role of size has been to some degree neglected in biology may lie in its simplicity. Size may be a property that affects all of life, but it seems pallid compared to the matter which makes up life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tyler-bonner/that-the-role-of-size-has-been-to-some-degree-neglected-in-biology/)

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## More by John Tyler Bonner

> [Changes in size are not a consequence of changes in shape, but the reverse: changes in size often require changes in shape. To put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tyler-bonner/changes-in-size-are-not-a-consequence-of-changes-in-shape-but-the/)

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> [That the role of size has been to some degree neglected in biology may lie in its simplicity. Size may be a property that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tyler-bonner/that-the-role-of-size-has-been-to-some-degree-neglected-in-biology/)

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> [In the seventeenth century, it was held by some that inside a human sperm there was a minute human being - a homunculus -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tyler-bonner/in-the-seventeenth-century-it-was-held-by-some-that-inside-a-human/)

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> [It is hard to explain the huge variety of diatoms - a microorganism that has 100,000 species - in terms of natural selection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tyler-bonner/it-is-hard-to-explain-the-huge-variety-of-diatoms-a-microorganism/)

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> [Evolution, cell biology, biochemistry, and developmental biology have made extraordinary progress in the last hundred years - much of it since I was weaned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tyler-bonner/evolution-cell-biology-biochemistry-and-developmental-biology-have/)

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> [When, as an undergraduate, I began experiments on these slime molds in 1940, only one other person, Kenneth Raper, was working on them at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tyler-bonner/when-as-an-undergraduate-i-began-experiments-on-these-slime-molds-in/)

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> [As in all of biology, comparative studies showing differences among species are often helpful for a better understanding of the basic mechanisms; with all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tyler-bonner/as-in-all-of-biology-comparative-studies-showing-differences-among/)

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> [Any object, whether animate or inanimate, will have a size. Airplanes, boats, or musical string instruments vary in size just like animals and plants,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tyler-bonner/any-object-whether-animate-or-inanimate-will-have-a-size-airplanes/)

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> [The reason for natural selection's great success is that it provides a satisfying explanation of how evolution might have occurred: individual organisms vary, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tyler-bonner/the-reason-for-natural-selection-s-great-success-is-that-it-provides/)

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> [My prime interests are in evolution and development. I use the cellular slime molds as a tool to seek an understanding of those twin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tyler-bonner/my-prime-interests-are-in-evolution-and-development-i-use-the/)

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> [The sudden appearance of mushrooms after a summer rain is one of the more impressive spectacles of the plant world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tyler-bonner/the-sudden-appearance-of-mushrooms-after-a-summer-rain-is-one-of-the/)

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> [There are good reasons why natural selection has become widely accepted as an explanation of evolutionary development. When applied to mammals and other large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tyler-bonner/there-are-good-reasons-why-natural-selection-has-become-widely/)

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