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“With respect to the ZPA, what kind of digit develops depends on how close the digit is to the source of Sonic hedgehog.”

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“... two little patches of tissue essentially control the development of the pattern of bones inside limbs. A strip of tissue at the extreme…

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“In areas close to the ZPA, where there is a high concentration of this molecule, cells would respond by making a pinky. In the…

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“All the genetic switches that make fingers, arm bones, and toes do their thing during the third to eighth week after conception.”

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“Our hundreds of useless olfactory genes are left over from mammal ancestors who relied more heavily on the sense of smell to survive ...…

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“The retina absorbs the light via sensitive light-gathering cells ... In humans these cells make up about 70 percent of all the sensory cells…

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“Some fish, for example the lungfish, have the one bone at the base. Other fish, for example Eusthenopteron, have the one bone–two bones arrangement.…

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“The key to tooth development is that an interaction between these two layers of tissue, an outer sheet of cells and an inner loose…

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“The molecules that allow microbes to catch their prey and hold on to them are likely candidates for the molecules that form the rivet…

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“In a perfectly designed world —one with no history— we would not have to suffer everything from hemorrhoids to cancer.”

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“Whole batteries of genes are turned on and off during fly development, and this pattern of gene activity serves to demarcate the different regions…

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Madame Michel has the elegance of the hedgehog: on the outside she is covered in quills, a real fortress, but my gut feeling is…

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Isaiah Berlin once said that there are two kinds of writers, hedgehogs and foxes. He said the fox knows many things, the hedgehog knows…

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There is an ugly kind of forgiveness in this world,--a kind of hedgehog forgiveness, shot out like quills. Men take one who has offended,…

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They lay on their heathery beds and listened to all the sounds of the night. They heard the little grunt of a hedgehog going…

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Step aside? I step aside for nobeast, whether it be a hallowed hedgehog, an officious otter, a seasoned squirrel, a mutterin' mole or a…

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I speak many times about Stephen Ireland, that he is shy like a hedgehog.

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When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me.

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