Meanwhile, Easter is there (twice, because apparently Easter Monday is a...thing?) as well as St Patrick's Day and Cinco de Mayo.

Aww this book is such a delight. It might be time for a re-read here.

Thank you for this.

My boss, for the thread. Definitely not a spy.

Sources:
Human Genome Project, WWF, and my curriculum text Florida Biology (HMH)

#biology #biotechnology #DNA ##scienceteacher

We can use DNA fingerprinting to study the effects of climate change to an ecosystem or a single species, or even to identify pathogens and map their spread to alert communities to outbreaks. So what's the downside? Mostly privacy concerns and the potential for discrimination or other misuse.

DNA fingerprinting is used to tie individuals to crime scenes, establish family relationships, and to monitor biodiversity. This last one is especially useful for conservation efforts because the presence of a species can be detected without direct observation.

So in the last ~15 years, our understanding of these noncoding regions as evolved from labeling it "junk DNA" to discovering much of it has actual, vital functions (we are talking about almost 99% of our genome). While some parts remain a mystery, we have found that everyone has unique segments.

Source for the curious - geologyistheway.com

In order of grain size, you can generally classify rocks as sand, granules, pebbles, cobbles, and boulders. The strata are broken down further from fine to coarse depending on where the size lands within each category. The difference between coarse sand and fine pebbles is just 2mm. #geology