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/
@corlin
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)
@Helical_Code
Thanks.
Added to reading list.
@corlin
yes, that's the intelligence that puts all the bits together to make life possible.