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Graduated with a B.S. in Biology, Minors in Chemistry and English Literature from the University of Utah.

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Feb 20	comment	Are there examples of encryption in nature? You may want to define what you're looking for a bit better. Isn't something that appears random, but is actually a complex formation practically the same as encryption? I don't see the difference between your first and second sentences in your second paragraph.
Feb 19	answered	Melting point of a fatty acid?
Feb 19	comment	Melting point of a fatty acid? You'll want to wait for a full answer. All of the answers will affect the melting point to some degree, but whether it's a significant amount is another thing.
Feb 19	comment	How can the child and the mother have different blood types? The fetus makes its own erythrocytes from a combination of the father's and mother's genome. If the mother is B and the father is A, the child will be AB as they are co-dominant. Only 'O' is recessive. This may be a too-basic question for this site...
Feb 18	answered	When can I assume individuals marrying into a pedigree are non-carriers?
Feb 18	comment	Melting point of a fatty acid? Are you looking for one answer of the 5, or are multiple answers possible? If it's the latter, then it's 1, 4, 5 from a quick recollection.
Feb 18	comment	I'm 20. Can I still grow taller? @rg255 - Sure, there's going to be variance in everything. However, I don't want to mislead, so I use the averages. Answering 'Yes' when you're talking about 10% of the population is misleading to me.
Feb 18	revised	I'm 20. Can I still grow taller? added 9 characters in body
Feb 18	answered	I'm 20. Can I still grow taller?
Feb 18	comment	I'm 20. Can I still grow taller? Edited question to better fit Bio.SE guidelines.
Feb 18	revised	I'm 20. Can I still grow taller? Edited question to fit the Bio.SE requirements and removed personal medical info.
Feb 18	reviewed	Edit suggested edit on Are there grass or fiber eating birds?
Feb 18	revised	Are there grass or fiber eating birds? fixed a typo.
Feb 16	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on Does GTP-γS (GTP gamma S) bind all GTP-binding proteins?
Feb 13	comment	Death because of distilled water consumption +1. I'm with Recursivelyironic. Most of the ions in our diet come from the foods we eat, not the water we drink. Unless you're sucking down softened water in the shower, your salt and calcium should be coming from your big dietary sources - fruit, veggies, meat, seasonings, etc.
Feb 12	revised	What is a Mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosomal Adam Explained inheritance of Mitochondria better.
Feb 12	comment	Is there an “Adam and Eve” for each new trait during (not just human) evolution? @IlyaMelamed - So you're talking about different ways traits evolve. Convergent, divergent, etc. If you can find a way to make that clear in your question, then I'd take away my Duplicate vote since there doesn't seem to be a good question covering evolution of traits.
Feb 12	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on Why does throat 'burn' when you've got a common cold?
Feb 12	answered	What is a Mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosomal Adam
Feb 12	comment	Is there an “Adam and Eve” for each new trait during (not just human) evolution? I think I'm with Michael Kuhn. The concepts between the questions are very close. Ultimately the answer is 'Yes' - there's an "Adam and Eve" or "Parent" to every extant species today, but it's probably not like you'd expect. They were simply able to pass on their trait more successfully than others.