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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

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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

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