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"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the values you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memory of your loved ones. I am not afraid."
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Sep 11 |
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Is there a physiological difference between love and infatuation? My point was simply that the interpretation of the words is quite subjective, unless you define them in the question. E.g. dictionary.com definition #1 for infatuation is [to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love], and love as [a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person]. Is this how you interpret them? Or would you say they feelings are more divergent? In my opinion you could probably use either definition for each word, depending on the context. |
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Sep 10 |
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Terminology question: the scope of an allele in an organism I have never seen a term applied to that - although there was a question on here a few weeks ago about something similar. Can't find it now though! |
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Sep 10 |
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Is there a physiological difference between love and infatuation? Could you elaborate on what you feel the distinction between the 2 is? Infatuation could just mean obsession, whereas love could imply a more physical attraction? |
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Sep 7 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Sep 6 |
asked | Is cell senescence in culture comparable to that in vivo? |
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Sep 6 |
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What alternatives are there to the amyloid hypothesis? Hi all. See this article in Nature - very interesting. |
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Sep 3 |
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Difference between genetic engineering and synthetic biology ... however this is just my interpretation of things! I have not seen a concrete definition, so I may well be mistaken. Or indeed, there may not be a concrete definition, and this is quite subjective (like 'bioinformatics' vs 'computational biology'. People agree there is a distinction, but not on where the line is drawn). |
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Sep 3 |
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Difference between genetic engineering and synthetic biology Interesting point. 'Silent' mutations (those that do not affect the protein sequence) could still affect regulation of transcription - for instance miRNA binding or alternative splicing (this is very situation dependent of course, but I'm just saying that 'silent' mutations don't necessarily have no effect). With mutagenesis I would say it's genetic engineering, as there is no 'synthetic' element to the DNA modification, other than it is done under experimental conditions... an analogous experiment using a manufactured/custom sequence of DNA inserted into the genome would be 'synthetic' IMO. |
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Sep 3 |
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Difference between genetic engineering and synthetic biology I don't think they mean synthetic as in 'made in the lab using PCR', as for all genetic engineering PCR will be essential at some point (at least, that is how I interpret it). The term synthetic probably is used to refer to specific sequences of nucleotides that are not naturally formed (i.e. they are de novo, synthetic sequences). |
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Sep 3 |
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Difference between genetic engineering and synthetic biology Hi @Green. Welcome to SE.Biology. If you'd like to get the benefits of a fully account (such as e-mail notifications and voting), register here. |
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Sep 2 |
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What is a focal copy number variation? changed answer formatting and readability |
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Sep 2 |
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What is a focal copy number variation? changed answer formatting and readability |
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Sep 1 |
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What is a focal copy number variation? added 3 characters in body |
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Sep 1 |
answered | What is a focal copy number variation? |
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Aug 31 |
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Where can I find the tissue-specific protein expression levels for hTERT (telomerase subunit)? not heard of this before - just had a bit of a play and it does seem like a great tool! |
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Aug 30 |
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Do we get 1/4 of our genes from each grandparent? Good point about the mitochondrial contribution from the maternal lineage. |
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Aug 30 |
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Evolutionally speaking, why do humans have 46 chromosomes For info, all apes are known to have 48 (total), but monkeys vary (e.g. Rhesus monkeys have 42, but Capuchin monkeys have 54!). See the wiki list of chromosome counts here. |
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Aug 30 |
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Cheapest Way to Measure Germ Density What sort of budget do you have in mind? A quick Google using the search terms "Staphylococcus home test kit" returns many kits, the top hit costs $64. There are bound to be other kits that can detect other pathogens. |
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Aug 30 |
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What phenotypes can arise from gender-related aneuploidy? Thanks for the additional detail - very interesting! |
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Aug 29 |
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What phenotypes can arise from gender-related aneuploidy? Interesting that 47,XXX and 47,XYY both display a 'tall' phenotype, but otherwise appear normal. Any idea why this might be? You mention that 47,XXY individuals are defined as male due to the presence of the Y, but do they display feminine traits other than enlarged breasts? And what cognitive problems might occur? The more detail the better - had hoped for more than just wiki links :) Thanks |
