fora.tv— A look back at our own history, and a question about creating a really tiny dinosaur. Do you think this could be possible?
Apr 2, 2009View in Crawl 4
Mitochrondial DNA is passed down in non-sexual reproduction like those of simpler organisms. This means in a population the matrilinear mtDNA is competing for dominance and both son and daughter will in general have the same mtDNA (with minor mutations). So if you step UP the generations, the number of offspring who depend on the mtDNA of one lucky mother increases with about 2 to the Nth power. Stepping DOWN the generations has nothing to do with it. An opposing effect would be explosive population growth with more than 3 successful children and mutations.Also, while the mtRNA belongs to a cellular organism, the mitochrondium, there did exist a mother whose cells where containing these as in all cases that do not involve Dr. House a person has one kind of mitochrondium - minor mutations notwithstanding.
"Quantum leap" - to those of you that use it improperly: you're idiots. You probably also use "unchartered waters" and "orientate". Bah.
laxativeApr 3, 2009
<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/d1nn3r">http://digg.com/d1nn3r</a> ... Huh
ventg4funApr 3, 2009
mmm sounds good to me. Can you imagine how many people one dinasaur would feed?
veni_vidi_viciApr 3, 2009
you win digg!
bazzarrApr 3, 2009
Personally, I could really use my John Holmes gene reactivated.
mhttApr 3, 2009
hahah it linked to: <a class="user" href="http://digg.com/d1nn3r">http://digg.com/d1nn3r</a>mmm dinner...
redlteutApr 3, 2009
Mitochrondial DNA is passed down in non-sexual reproduction like those of simpler organisms. This means in a population the matrilinear mtDNA is competing for dominance and both son and daughter will in general have the same mtDNA (with minor mutations). So if you step UP the generations, the number of offspring who depend on the mtDNA of one lucky mother increases with about 2 to the Nth power. Stepping DOWN the generations has nothing to do with it. An opposing effect would be explosive population growth with more than 3 successful children and mutations.Also, while the mtRNA belongs to a cellular organism, the mitochrondium, there did exist a mother whose cells where containing these as in all cases that do not involve Dr. House a person has one kind of mitochrondium - minor mutations notwithstanding.
pkstephApr 3, 2009
So, I guess dinosaurs tasted like chicken?
nyxerebosApr 3, 2009
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variant5Apr 4, 2009
"Quantum leap" - to those of you that use it improperly: you're idiots. You probably also use "unchartered waters" and "orientate". Bah.
Closed AccountApr 25, 2009
And if you piss um off,watch out!