Changes in size are not a consequence of changes in shape, but the reverse: changes in size often require changes in shape.… — John Tyler Bonner Another Copy Share Image
That the role of size has been to some degree neglected in biology may lie in its simplicity. Size may be a… — John Tyler Bonner Affects Copy Share Image
In the seventeenth century, it was held by some that inside a human sperm there was a minute human being - a… — John Tyler Bonner Balloon Copy Share Image
It is hard to explain the huge variety of diatoms - a microorganism that has 100,000 species - in terms of natural selection. — John Tyler Bonner Explain Copy Share Image
Evolution, cell biology, biochemistry, and developmental biology have made extraordinary progress in the last hundred years - much of it since I… — John Tyler Bonner Biochemistry Copy Share Image
When, as an undergraduate, I began experiments on these slime molds in 1940, only one other person, Kenneth Raper, was working on… — John Tyler Bonner Began Copy Share Image
As in all of biology, comparative studies showing differences among species are often helpful for a better understanding of the basic mechanisms;… — John Tyler Bonner Advantages Copy Share Image
Any object, whether animate or inanimate, will have a size. Airplanes, boats, or musical string instruments vary in size just like animals… — John Tyler Bonner Affect Copy Share Image
The reason for natural selection's great success is that it provides a satisfying explanation of how evolution might have occurred: individual organisms… — John Tyler Bonner Biology Copy Share Image
My prime interests are in evolution and development. I use the cellular slime molds as a tool to seek an understanding of… — John Tyler Bonner Biology Copy Share Image
The sudden appearance of mushrooms after a summer rain is one of the more impressive spectacles of the plant world. — John Tyler Bonner After Copy Share Image
There are good reasons why natural selection has become widely accepted as an explanation of evolutionary development. When applied to mammals and… — John Tyler Bonner Accepted Copy Share Image