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.

Type

Journal article

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Primary research

Year

2007

DOI

10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.08.032

Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.08.032

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philosophy

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Primes

• 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.

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