Stairs of Creation
Cosmic
ladder
Navigating the site:
The layers of complexity revealed by genetics research.
Newly emerging dimensions in the "conditions of existence."
macrocosm
| organisms | |||||
| cells | |||||
| organelles | |||||
| molecules | |||||
| atomic elements (•) | |||||
| sub-atomic parts |
microcosm.
Level 1: The organism and the conditions of it's existence
The frog pond in the forest is the visual metaphor recalling the encasing of life within life. The encasing means that the organism is embedded in the environment and within the frog's cells is embedded in the chromosomes where deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA is concealed from the cells and intracellular conditions.
Level 2: The Cell
| Eukaryotic (complex, nucleated, with endosymbionts) | Prokaryotic (simple, not nucleated) |
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Level 2.1: The Cell membrane is a protein structure.
