This is just a quick reply to one point (no time to enter the fray).
>I will order that article today. But I still don't know that I buy this
>figure and here is why 2^50 =1.1 x 10^15. If all the cells along the line
>divide the same number of times, and produced cells the size of the sperm, 60
>microns in diameter (30 in radius) that means that in the first 20 years of
>my life, while awaiting sexual maturity, I must make and slough off a cube of
Some cells that are produced by division do not go on to divide. That is,
one cell divides to give two cells, but only one of the two daughter cells
goes on to divide further. The other cell is "mature"--at the end of its
reproductive line.
Mike
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