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Hey there, my name is Lance Lafontaine.
I am a Cell and Molecular Biology undergraduate student at Concordia University, aspiring to be a biotechnologist/synthetic biologist. I am interested in all that's related to science, technology, and freethinking, among other things.
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May 16 |
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Are humans more aggressive during a full moon? This is more fit for Skeptics and has already been asked there. skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/948/… |
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Apr 15 |
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What would it take to recognize a deer by its photo? It seems as though one of your only options is deer-adapted facial recognition software (as silly as it might sound) which is definitely not within the scope of biology. |
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Apr 15 |
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What would it take to recognize a deer by its photo? I'm not so sure about software... but it would help to know what particular trait you are examining, exactly. You can quantify fur color by spectrometry, for example. |
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Apr 15 |
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How is the appropriately-stratified gut microbiome acquired in organisms performing horizontal transmission? Relevent: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15831718 and sciencemag.org/content/312/5778/1355.short |
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Apr 15 |
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Are there natural selection experiments that quantitatively agree with theoretical modeling? If this is possible, I'd be particularly interested in finding out what variables they took into account in their calculations. |
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Mar 29 |
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How are geneticists able to isolate gene functions? Lots of ways. Gene knockout, gain of function, biochemical assays, etc... |
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Mar 2 |
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What makes a gene dominant or recessive I don't have time for an answer, but someone should definitely mention haploinsufficiency somewhere.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haploinsufficiency |
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Jan 10 |
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Why are mosquitoes repelled by smoke? Can you possibly elaborate on the mechanism? And the linked page doesn't even contain any information about smoke or its constituents. |
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Nov 10 |
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What is the difference between xDNA and yDNA? In fact, I just discovered the answer to the question in this article: aseanbiotechnology.info/Abstract/21026349.pdf. I will answer within the next few days unless someone beats me to it. |
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Oct 26 |
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How is evolution possible in contemporary humans? Very thorough answer. +1 |
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Oct 20 |
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Were there lifeforms before LUCA? I actually wasn't referring to "a whole other type of life" as you describe, or if abiogenesis had happened twice on earth, but the first paragraph (not counting the first sentence) is exactly what I was looking for, and now seems all-too-obvious in retrospect. As you suggest, if we knew of evidence which described this early now-extinct lifeform, we would have to revise our definition of LUCA. Thanks for the epiphany! |
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Oct 19 |
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Are there genes in humans from the common ancestor of all organisms? Glycolysis seems to be a core pathway of all domains of life: biology.stackexchange.com/questions/2934/… |
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Oct 10 |
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Do all mushrooms have the same multicellular ancestor? Please see the edited question which adresses most of your questions. |
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Oct 10 |
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Do all mushrooms have the same multicellular ancestor? And as far as I know, there are no multicellular fungi outside of Dikarya, but I cannot confirm that statement. |
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Oct 10 |
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Do all mushrooms have the same multicellular ancestor? By mushroom, do you mean fungi in general, or specifically those having a stem, bulb, etc? PS. Not all Dikarya are multicellular: some are unicellular. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikarya. |
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Oct 10 |
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What gives things their colour? Also, related: biology.stackexchange.com/questions/1446/… |
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Oct 10 |
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What gives things their colour? That "something" is just the absorption and emission of this light energy within the bonds and structures of whatever you happen to be looking at. |
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Oct 9 |
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DNA as an acid? voted to close. |
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Oct 4 |
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Can epigenetic changes affect reproductive success? Very welcome, nice timing for the question too. The second article came out less than a month ago. |
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Oct 4 |
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Is there an evolutionary reason for the 5 electron transport complexes in plants and animals? The second paper and associated paragraph is EXACTLY what I was looking for. +1, thanks. |
