Greg Priest
@gregpriest.bsky.social
PhD in history and philosophy of science (also JD and MLA), Stanford.
Biology, complexity, diagramming. Philosophy of history.
Curates these BlueSky feeds:
History and Philosophy of Biology
Complexity Science
Philosophy of History and Historiography
Biology, complexity, diagramming. Philosophy of history.
Curates these BlueSky feeds:
History and Philosophy of Biology
Complexity Science
Philosophy of History and Historiography
I haven’t had a chance to read the article yet, but the abstract makes me think of Andreas Wagner‘s idea of sleeping beauties, mutations that lie dormant in the genome until changes in environmental circumstances, which can be much later, suddenly make them ecologically relevant.
November 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I haven’t had a chance to read the article yet, but the abstract makes me think of Andreas Wagner‘s idea of sleeping beauties, mutations that lie dormant in the genome until changes in environmental circumstances, which can be much later, suddenly make them ecologically relevant.
Boosting to 🦋🦫 and 🐋🌱
November 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Boosting to 🦋🦫 and 🐋🌱
Yes, but as I hope I convinced you, not Darwin, or at least not the later Darwin. 😉
November 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Yes, but as I hope I convinced you, not Darwin, or at least not the later Darwin. 😉
Reposted by Greg Priest
See the chords connecting with the genes to each other and to the phenotype in the righthand image? This is an early depiction of gene regulatory networks. More on this here. academic.oup.com/ije/article-...
Commentary: The epigenotype—a dynamic network view of development
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November 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
See the chords connecting with the genes to each other and to the phenotype in the righthand image? This is an early depiction of gene regulatory networks. More on this here. academic.oup.com/ije/article-...
I’ve tried to find one but with no success. ☹️
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I’ve tried to find one but with no success. ☹️
Reposted by Greg Priest
I loved reading Waddington's essays. I think he presented such a nuanced and easy to understand metaphor for gene regulation.
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I made a model of his landscape to demonstrate how it could be used in an education setting. It doubles as a marble toy for my daughter.
www.printables.com/model/671135...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I loved reading Waddington's essays. I think he presented such a nuanced and easy to understand metaphor for gene regulation.
I made a model of his landscape to demonstrate how it could be used in an education setting. It doubles as a marble toy for my daughter.
www.printables.com/model/671135...
I made a model of his landscape to demonstrate how it could be used in an education setting. It doubles as a marble toy for my daughter.
www.printables.com/model/671135...