We all know octopuses and squid are weird. What yo... ...ess—faithfully transmits the message in the genes . But octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish (but not th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/04/10/Octopuses-Are-Big-Weirdos/#81519458 / gettyimages.comIn an earlier post t... ...an causes changes in just one generation. No, the genes themselves don't change, as the addition and/or s... ...nge, as the addition and/or subtraction of actual genes in a population takes many generations. However,... ...e activation or de-activation of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/05/12/How-Famines-Make-Future-Generations-Fat/The polar bear and the brown bear are rather close... ...these extreme cholesterol levels. Nine of the 16 genes that are changing the most in response to selecti...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/05/12/What-Makes-a-Polar-Bear/13 Movie Scenes That Make You Never Want to Use th... ...ou're In Love (Geekosystem)Jet Lagged? Blame Your Genes (Geeks Are Sexy)Disney Princesses Also Make Great...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/26/Neatolinks-A-Bra-to-Stop-Those-One-Night-Stands/Ed Yong has a fascinating article on the behavior... ....That’s very strange. There are many master genes that play pivotal roles in our development, contr... ...ling the growth of eyes, limbs and more. If these genes don’t work properly, the results could be c...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/09/04/Some-Genes-are-More-Analog-than-Digital/We've learned that dinosaur DNA from millions of years ago is too degraded to be deciphered, but scientists have been sequencing DNA from extinct animals, going further and further back as the art and science of genome s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/06/27/Worlds-Oldest-Genome-Sequenced-from-an-Ancient-Horse/We now have silk fabric that glows under black lig... ...ilkworms that have been genetically modified with genes from fluorescent protein-producing animals. In th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/06/23/Mutant-Silkworms-Spin-Fluorescent-Silk-in-3-Colors/[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/[http://youtu.be/eSMQcy5ReQQ] (YouTube link)Chimera is a term for some mythological monsters that are made of different parts from different animals. Real-life chimeras contain the genetic material of more than one indiv...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/09/28/Real-life-Chimeras/
