Cells, Not DNA, Are The Master Architects Of Life
Far from being a blueprint for an organism, genes are mere tools used by life’s true expert builders: cells.
“What makes you and me individual human beings is not a unique set of DNA but instead a unique organization of cells and their activities.”
By Alfonso Martinez Arias
https://www.noemamag.com/cells-not-dna-are-the-master-architects-of-life/
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I feel compelled to mention scutoids.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05376-1
(mostly as breadcrumbs to find my way back to the article in the OP)