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by thaumasiotes 733 days ago
> where they've shown that it's cell potentials/bioelectric signalling and not genes that determine the left/right asymmetry in embryos.

No, they've shown that electric signaling is how the genes determine the left/right asymmetry in embryos.

How do you think it is that the same thing happens so consistently every time a new organism develops? Where do you think the electric gradients come from?