Biofilms in the Large Bowel Suggest an Apparent Function of the Human Vermiform Appendix¶
Randal Bollinger, R., Barbas, A. S., Bush, E. L., Lin, S. S., & Parker, W. (2007). Biofilms in the Large Bowel Suggest an Apparent Function of the Human Vermiform Appendix. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 249(4), 826-831.
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- Chesterton's Fence
- Evolutionary biology and medicine — "vestigial" structures repeatedly turn out to have functions (the appendix as immune reservoir, non-coding DNA as regulatory sequence).
This sourceArgues the putatively 'vestigial' appendix functions as a 'safe house' reservoir of commensal gut biofilm that re-inoculates the colon — a recovered function for a structure long deemed useless.
- Evolutionary biology and medicine — "vestigial" structures repeatedly turn out to have functions (the appendix as immune reservoir, non-coding DNA as regulatory sequence).
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