A few question have arisen over my short career as a blogger, and I'd like to answer those now.
What is mitosis? This happens when the chromosomes (DNA, genetic material) of a eukaryotic cell (that's us, and animals, and plants, etc.) separates into two equal and identical sets of DNA. Then the cell divides and you have two daughter cells each with an exact copy of the parent cell's genetic material. So when your skin cells 'regenerate' because their constantly being sluffed off, this is what is happening. Meiosis, by contrast, is when a cell's genetic material is halfed. That means that each daughter cell has half of the parent cell's genetic material. This is what happens with reproductive cells. Each has half the necessary genetic material for life, so when you put those two halves together...well, you get the idea.
How did Portland get named Stumptown? Apparently back in the days of the old west, Portland was colonized in the middle of a forest. They cut down the trees all around, leaving stump. Portland was like a little city in a sea of stumps, so people started calling it Stumptown.
Anything else anyone would like to know about anything?
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4 comments:
What came first, the chicken or the egg?
So you mean that Andrew Bird's lyrics actually make sense if your well educated enough? Whoda thunk it?
Will you make me some really good brownies? Maybe bits of score bars mixed in?
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