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Networking from the Cell to Quantum Mechanics as Consciousness

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A prior series of peer-reviewed journal articles (Torday and Rehan 2007; Torday 2013, 2015a, b, 2018a, b) and monographs (Torday and Rehan 2012; Torday et al. 2017) have elucidated how cell–cell signaling for form and function during embryologic development can be exploited to determine the evolution of such processes. This is particularly true when the mechanisms of development are identified as the source of phylogenetic changes in physiologic traits such as the lung, kidney, skin, and bone (Torday and Rehan 2012, 2017).

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  2. Physician/Independent researcher, Banner Health/J.C.Lincoln Health Systems, Paradise Valley, AZ, USA

    William Miller Jr.

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Torday, J., Miller Jr., W. (2020). Networking from the Cell to Quantum Mechanics as Consciousness. In: Cellular-Molecular Mechanisms in Epigenetic Evolutionary Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38133-2_5

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