S. Albano

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Feb 7	awarded	Teacher
Oct 28	comment	Why does the butterfly have a cocoon stage in its life cycle? In addition to the list provided by @BruceAlderman, beetles also undergo complete metamorphosis.
Oct 24	awarded	Quorum
Oct 18	accepted	Mutation in axillary buds of trees overcoming self-incompatability?
Oct 18	comment	Mutation in axillary buds of trees overcoming self-incompatability? Going through my old Botany textbooks. It would appear that for at least one mechanism for self-incompatability, it would require between one and three de novo mutations. Perhaps for some mechanisms it would be more likely, and perhaps someone has come across this in the wild, but for now this works for me. :)
Oct 14	awarded	Scholar
Oct 14	accepted	Does cooking or ripening reduce the concentration of solanine in nightshade?
Oct 14	comment	Does cooking or ripening reduce the concentration of solanine in nightshade? The database link is good. My background is in taxonomy and phylogenetics, so I am at a loss for knowing where to look up things that are not gene/protein sequences or species identification. It is unfortunate that the evidence in the answer for reduced levels in nightshade after ripening is all implicit. I would have thought there would be some information about levels, or lack thereof in the ripe berries.
Oct 11	comment	“Acellular” designation for organisms Our own cells are not separated by cell walls either. This is an error in Wikipedia. It should probably read "cell membranes".
Oct 11	comment	Why do plants have green leaves and not red? Heat is the least of a plant's problems. That is why we can breed black tulips without self-cooking petals. ;)
Oct 11	revised	Why do plants have green leaves and not red? Added an example
Oct 11	revised	Does cooking or ripening reduce the concentration of solanine in nightshade? Species is not shown to be in my area, and S. dulcamara looks like a better candidate
Oct 11	comment	Does cooking or ripening reduce the concentration of solanine in nightshade? Actually, it doesn't show either of those in my area. I don't have one to key out, but the illustration for S. dulcamara looks like the correct one.
Oct 11	comment	Does cooking or ripening reduce the concentration of solanine in nightshade? The common name is green nightshade. I am guessing viridi, but I will check in Flora of the Pacific Northwest.
Oct 11	comment	Do plants produce any heat? These and other plants make use of the cyanide-resistant pathway. This is a short-cut in the electron transport chain that allows the plant to produce extra heat at the expense of not using those electrons to manufacture ATP. (It is called the cyanide-resistant pathway because it provides an alternate pathway for the electrons to take. Rather than killing the cell quickly via free-radical production, it is slowly starved via lack of ATP.)
Oct 11	answered	Why do plants have green leaves and not red?
Oct 11	asked	Mutation in axillary buds of trees overcoming self-incompatability?
Oct 11	awarded	Student
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Oct 11	awarded	Editor