dvunkannon
Posts: 1377
Joined: June 2008
|
| Quote (Albatrossity2 @ Aug. 29 2008,12:00) | | Quote (qetzal @ Aug. 28 2008,22:24) | | Quote (Lou FCD @ Aug. 28 2008,21:32) | For the moment though, we have no evidence of disembodied telic entities, ghosts, or leprechauns pushing the termites around. We're sticking with the substance in the ink hypothesis for the moment.
:) |
Maybe you should check for quantum coherence in their microtubules. I'm sure TP can help you with experimental design. :D |
Dang it, I was going to suggest the same thing. You gotta be quick here!
Interestingly, the bacterial symbionts in termite guts were the first case where tubulin (and microtubules) were found in prokaryotes. Here's an old reference from Science. This is one of the bits of evidence for Margulis's endosymbiont hypothesis; cilia and flagella might have arisen from prokaryotic endosymbionts that were like modern spirochetes.
Perhaps TP can tell us if the prokaryotic microtubules and the termite microtubules exhibit quantum properties... |
Yeah, I learned way too much about termite guts reading Margulis' Symbiosis in Cell Evolution but the tubulin hypothesis never caught on the way mitochodria and chloroplasts did. Now if flagella had their own DNA...
--------------
I’m referring to evolution, not changes in allele frequencies. - Cornelius Hunter
I’m not an evolutionist, I’m a change in allele frequentist! - Nakashima
|
