Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-2] of 2 James Shapiro quotesJames Shapiro QuotesJames Shapiro Cells constantly adjust their metabolism to available nutrients, control their progress through their cell cycle to make sure that all progeny are complete at the time of division, repair damage as it occurs, and interact appropriately with other cells. In a multicellular context, they even undergo programmed cell death when suicide is beneficial to the entire population or to the multicellular organism as a whole.~ James Shapiro The capacity of living organisms to alter their own heredity is undeniable. Our current ideas about evolution have to incorporate this basic fact of life.~ James Shapiro Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print