The Biology Thread

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Side note-

My observations of Drosophila traits matched up with my predictions: F2 generation would demonstrate equal distribution of eye color between both genders. There's a bit of a question if white eyed males have a mate selection advantage, though. But that's beyond what is expected of me.

I mentioned in brief in Open Bar an idea that I had- I did a preliminary look and it seems like novel research, and I'll give away that it entails a very tedious look at genomes. Not like I'm not used to tedious work anyway. But if it pans out, well, it's not an insignificant question. I'm going to do further research while I'm undergrad so that I either get a head start, or waste no time.

I am also, at this point, pretty sure that I want to either go into Biotech, or become a Microbiologist. Either way, it's germs, baby, germs!

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Also, my guest died of natural causes (presumably) after a week. Which is also interesting, and leads me to think that it was a lonely survivor, especially because of my lack of insect bites.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Twid, I don't know where you are in physics but you might enjoy this. http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~kovar/hall.html

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

There is also, of course, this classic paper: http://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.pdf

And its accompanying powerpoint: ftp.kaist.ac.kr/chicken/chicken.ppt‎

[Nephew Twiddleton]

My extent of physics is entirely in one astronomy class and I take Gen Physics I in fall, but, I'mma take a leap off this here diving board.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

(Also, biologist is a compromise. I'd be an astrophysicist if it didn't involve me, literally, moving out to Tucson. I can be a well employed biologist in Boston.)

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Twid, I don't know where you are in physics but you might enjoy this. http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~kovar/hall.html

I've read it before. Still bloody brilliant.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

There is also, of course, this classic paper: http://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.pdf

And its accompanying powerpoint: ftp.kaist.ac.kr/chicken/chicken.ppt‎

Oh man. I can point out the flaws in this one.

For one thing it doesn't take into consideration the buffalo-bleu cheese affect, nor does it acknowlege the Parmigiana principle.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I think I needed that. Thanks, Nigel!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I think I needed that. Thanks, Nigel!

You're welcome!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I am procrastinating and dreaming about lunch instead of what I should be doing, which is preparing for today's anatomy quiz and piglet dissection.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I am procrastinating and dreaming about lunch instead of what I should be doing, which is preparing for today's anatomy quiz and piglet dissection.

Christ almighty. Thankfully, I haven't had to do any dissection on anything other than Drosophila. I did dissect a fetal pig in the Intro to Biology course I took years ago for my history major. I hated it. The smell was nasty, my lab partners were no help so I had to do all the incisions (I also had like 4 lab partners, suddenly, just for that lab), you can feel that bone through the scalpel. It's just a nasty creepy thing to do.

I took an exam on the largely unicellular groups of life, both prokaryotic and eukaryotic. I've come to decide that I quite like the term Artist Formerly Known As Protist.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I am procrastinating and dreaming about lunch instead of what I should be doing, which is preparing for today's anatomy quiz and piglet dissection.

Christ almighty. Thankfully, I haven't had to do any dissection on anything other than Drosophila. I did dissect a fetal pig in the Intro to Biology course I took years ago for my history major. I hated it. The smell was nasty, my lab partners were no help so I had to do all the incisions (I also had like 4 lab partners, suddenly, just for that lab), you can feel that bone through the scalpel. It's just a nasty creepy thing to do.

I took an exam on the largely unicellular groups of life, both prokaryotic and eukaryotic. I've come to decide that I quite like the term Artist Formerly Known As Protist.

We did single-celled organisms and plant reproduction last term, an overview of plant anatomy this term, and now we're diving headlong into an overview of animal anatomy and then skimming the basics of ecology for the rest of the term.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I am procrastinating and dreaming about lunch instead of what I should be doing, which is preparing for today's anatomy quiz and piglet dissection.

Christ almighty. Thankfully, I haven't had to do any dissection on anything other than Drosophila. I did dissect a fetal pig in the Intro to Biology course I took years ago for my history major. I hated it. The smell was nasty, my lab partners were no help so I had to do all the incisions (I also had like 4 lab partners, suddenly, just for that lab), you can feel that bone through the scalpel. It's just a nasty creepy thing to do.

I took an exam on the largely unicellular groups of life, both prokaryotic and eukaryotic. I've come to decide that I quite like the term Artist Formerly Known As Protist.

We did single-celled organisms and plant reproduction last term, an overview of plant anatomy this term, and now we're diving headlong into an overview of animal anatomy and then skimming the basics of ecology for the rest of the term.

Before we did the exam we went over plants. I thought about you, actually, because I was thought, "Fuck plants!" and kinda giggled to myself. It is pretty fascinating though, about plant diversity. Ginko is both a species and the only example of its phylum. Flowering plants make up, percentage wise, all the fucking plants. Pine trees. Cool. Conifers are made up of 600 species. Flowering plants, 250,000 species. What the shit.....

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I am procrastinating and dreaming about lunch instead of what I should be doing, which is preparing for today's anatomy quiz and piglet dissection.

Christ almighty. Thankfully, I haven't had to do any dissection on anything other than Drosophila. I did dissect a fetal pig in the Intro to Biology course I took years ago for my history major. I hated it. The smell was nasty, my lab partners were no help so I had to do all the incisions (I also had like 4 lab partners, suddenly, just for that lab), you can feel that bone through the scalpel. It's just a nasty creepy thing to do.

I took an exam on the largely unicellular groups of life, both prokaryotic and eukaryotic. I've come to decide that I quite like the term Artist Formerly Known As Protist.

We did single-celled organisms and plant reproduction last term, an overview of plant anatomy this term, and now we're diving headlong into an overview of animal anatomy and then skimming the basics of ecology for the rest of the term.

Before we did the exam we went over plants. I thought about you, actually, because I was thought, "Fuck plants!" and kinda giggled to myself. It is pretty fascinating though, about plant diversity. Ginko is both a species and the only example of its phylum. Flowering plants make up, percentage wise, all the fucking plants. Pine trees. Cool. Conifers are made up of 600 species. Flowering plants, 250,000 species. What the shit.....

It's pretty crazy, isn't it? We did plant phylogeny last term and I thought I was going to die, but you know, the upshot is that now I know a bunch of shit that I can think about when I walk around outside.