Only one in about 3,000 calico cats are male. You... ...he explanation starts with a refresher on X and Y chromosomes . Females have two X, and males have an X and a Y.... ...lor. Unless that color is white. A cat with two X chromosomes (female) only uses one of them, while the other w... ...ecause white cat...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/03/16/Why-are-Calico-Cats-Almost-Always-Female/Ed Yong has a fascinating article on the behavior of a gene called SRY. It is located on the Y chromosome, and is pivotal in making an embryo develop into a male. But what about studies of Swyer syndrome, in which a chil...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/09/04/Some-Genes-are-More-Analog-than-Digital/[http://vimeo.com/60747882] (vimeo link)For an episode of the BBC Explainer series, Territory Studio designed this animated video to accompany an explanation of DNA as we now understand it, narrated by molecular biologis...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/03/17/DNA-Explained/[http://youtu.be/N5plbx-i2Kw] (YouTube link)This video from AsapSCIENCE provides no reassurance whatsoever for guys who worry about losing their hair. However, women will tell you that a man who wears his baldness proudl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/03/15/The-Science-of-Hair-Loss/Kevin Van Aelst create artworks inspired by biol... ...iety of mediums. I particularly like this set of chromosomes
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/09/gummy-worm-chromosomes/
