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One Thing Is Just Like The Other – Sort Of
Biology concepts – undulipodia, convergent evolution, parallel evolution, homologous structures, re-emergent evolution, atavism, flagella, eukaryote, prokaryoteThis represents the evolution of cell...
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A Tale Of Two Tails
Biology concepts – flagella, bacteria, prokaryotes, eukaryotes, undulipodia, axoneme, basal body, centrioleEveryone has the dream where you show up for a class that you didn’t know was on your...
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Frankenstein Meets Genetic Modification
Biology concepts – Frankenstein, asystole, ethics, genetically modified organisms, genetically modified foods, synthetic biology, decomposers, electroconvulsive therapyMary Shelly was wedded to Percy...
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Death By Haunted House
Halloween is a time when fear is invited. The rush of adrenaline in a controlled environment is life-affirming. Not much else to comment on here, except that he seems to have excellent oral hygiene for...
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Almost This Or Almost That? Must Be The Other
Biology concepts – Protista, taxonomy, phylum, kingdom, monophyletic, paraphyletic, cladistics, algae, diatom, dinoflagellateEuglena gracilis is an organism in the Kingdom Protista. It has one long...
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Bacteria Are Intelligent Designers
Biology concepts – nature of science, flagella, intelligent design, irreducible complexity, motility, Gram+, Gram -, ion gradient You don’t believe it now, but in the weeks ahead we’re going to discuss...
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Doing More With Less
Biology concepts – protists, complexity, undulipodia, flagella, cilia, amoebas, Emotions are one of the things that make humans so complex. Memories attached to associations, stimulated by...
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A Goat For Thanksgiving
Biology concepts – cornucopia, goat, nutrition, sustainability, browser/grazer, Cassandra hypothesisThe image on top is the traditional cornucopia, filled with foods or riches. The bottom image is the...
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A Meal More Powerful Than The NFL
Biology concepts – genetic code, neurotransmittersA turkey dinner with all the fixins can lead to a satisfying nap. But the meal usually takes a little longer than this to have an effect. This fellow...
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As A Bird - It's No Turkey
Mr. Carlson and Herb Tarlek had to deal with the aftermath of bombing Cincinnati with live turkeys. The line about turkeys being able to fly is one of the most famous in TV history. But he should have...
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How Slime Molds Our World
Biology concepts – Protista, fungus-like protists, penicillin, undulipodia, serendipity, potato famine, networks, co-evolution, slime moldIt’s one thing for Dr. Fleming to have discovered pencillin by...
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Christmas Trees Have Trouble Seeing The Light
Biology concepts – photoprotection, photosynthesis, non-photochemical quenching, reaction center, yule, evergreen, chlorophyllYule was/is a pagan celebration in midwinter. Krampus was the spirit who...
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Christmas Greenery - Friend Or Foe?
Biology concepts – toxin, botany, cancer chemotherapies, pregnancy, evergreenNoche de Rábanos (Night of the Radishes) is celebrated in Oaxaca, Mexico on December 23. The townspeople carve radishes into...
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One Myrrh-aculous Christmas Gift
Biology concepts – synergism, multidrug resistant cancersThe Commiphora myrrha is the classic source for myrrh resin. It is a short tree that grows in low moisture and poor soil areas. Its branches are...
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It May Be A New Year, But It’s The Same Old Brain
Biology concepts – learning, habit, long term potentiation, neural plasticity50% of Americans will make at least one New Year resolution, but a quarter of them won’t even make it one week before...
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The Fungus And The Frog
Biology concepts – common descent, evolution, direct descent, fungi, undulipodia, amphibians, phylogeneticsTHIS IS NOT HOW EVOLUTION OCCURS!! What this animation implies is that one type of animal...
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Everybody In The Gene Pool - Plants That Swim
Biology concepts – botany, taxonomy, alternation of generations, cycad, gametophyte, sporophyte, gametes, motility, ginkgo, archegonium, antheridiumIn the LOTR The Two Towers we find the tree herders...
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Evolving A Second Job
Biology concepts – protein moonlighting, undulipodia, evolution, basal body, centriole, GAPDH, intraflagellar transportToday’s post is on a multitasking cell structure. This would make Alton Brown...
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Crawling To The Top
Biology concepts – characteristics of animals, undulipodia, gametes, nematodes, roundworms, Yes, a sponge is an animal – just like a barracuda, a platypus or a that weird nephew of yours. They are...
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An Immovable Moving Part- That’s Just Cilia!
Biological concepts – primary cilia, sterocilia, kinocilium, Usher syndrome, actin, microtubule, signal transduction, sensory receptor, mechanoreceptorThe USS Oriskany (above) was scuttled in 2006 to...
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