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I always wondered about that clean simplicity we see in biochemistry. It always seemed like complex molecular structures were a little too perfect. It makes a lot more sense that this would be the simplified version we get in school, as Joanna Masel explains here.
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Excellent point! The more I read about biology, the messier and more contingent I find it. I remember my surprise that animal fetuses moving their limbs in the womb was crucial to their joints forming properly. It amazes me that a process that fragile and complex works. So, I’m not particularly surprised either that biology at the molecular level is also messy.
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