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MUTAAION

28December2011Karen B.10 CommentsBiology, Sciencedna, molecular biology, mutation, rna

Five years of heavy meticulous biology courses, and it all boils down to one single idea: DNA -> RNA -> Protein This is known as the central dogma of Biology. Really, that’s all there is to it. Every single life-form on Earth follows this universal norm (except for retroviruses- these are the viruses that have

Just Another Species of Big Mammal

26December2011Karen B.14 CommentsBiology, Sciencedna, evolution, mammal

“It’s obvious that humans are unlike all animals. It is also obvious that we are a species of big mammal down to the minutest detail[…]That contradiction is the most fascinating feature of the human species.” – Jared Diamond The genetic distance separating us from chimps is roughly 1.7%. Let me put this in another