11NOV2014
“It is these chromosomes, or probably only an axial skeleton fibre of what we actually see under the microscope as the chromosome, that contain in some kind of code-script the entire pattern of the individual’s future development and of its functioning in the mature state. […]
But the term code-script is, of course, too narrow. The chromosome structures are at the same time instrumental in bringing about the development they foreshadow. They are law-code and executive power – or, to use another simile, they are architect’s plan and builder’s craft – in one.” (Schrödinger, 2004 [1944]: 21-22)
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Victor Morais
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS) da Universidade do Porto
Arnaldo Videira
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS) da Universidade do Porto
Rui Vieira da Cunha
Instituto de Filosofia (IF) da Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (FLUP) e Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC)
Schrödinger, E. 2004 [1944]. What Is Life? (with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
