So much goes on a single cell

Greg, Nancy, and James Todd todds@pa.net
Tue, 31 Mar 1998 06:56:40 -0500 (00891367000, 199803311156.GAA10256@emh1.pa.net)



>GANESH
>It is amazing how sophisticated is eukaryote cell. Only with ~0.02 mm
>diameter, it is able to accommodate dozens of components
>(mitochondria, golgi, etc.) and carry hundreds of reactions at the
>same time without any mistake. What does not happen in a cell...DNA
>replication, transcription, translation, cell division, metabolism
>(glycolysis, TCA cycle, electron transport), protein sorting, ion
>transport, etc, etc.
>
>Obviously, just one cell needs hundreds of chemicals to carry out its
>function. Thinking statistically, there seems to be a slim chance to
>have all these components some how assembling together and start
>working. What is your opinion?
>
>Ganesh
>nprizew@yahoo.com
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>
NANCY Ganesh, this is the ERRANCY list, not talk.origins. I, for one, am getting pretty tired of you posting little snippets of someone else's arguments from personal incredulity. Why don't you get your nose out of creationist/ID literature and read some real science? Nancy Todd todds@pa.net
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