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Ad Libitum15 September 1993The CellAlice Jones, MDAlice Jones, MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-119-6-199309150-00018 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Like every reception, there's foodand dancing and bumpinginto all those quirkyrelatives: blood, Great-aunt Henriettedeclares, is thicker thananything. Familyis in the genes, she says, as if shejust discovered the cell,the body's time capsule,recording history for the clumsy, nakedbipeds who hover atthe edge of fire,evolving into creatures who learnthe cell's workings:how it sucks upwater from the surrounding matrixthrough sticky-lippedpores; how each tinyapparatus for food or sex floatsin this one drop of opaquesalinethe primal jelly;how it composes proteins frominborn templates forgenerations of identical daughters;pull ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 15 September 1993Volume 119, Issue 6Page: 533KeywordsBirthBlood cellsChromosomesFoodProteins ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 15 September 1993 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1993 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...
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