I wasn't interested in biology when I was a student - it just seemed like a lot memorization and very little math. Today, I think quite differently and the fields of genetics and embryogenesis especially are very interesting and make me wish I had studied more biology. For example, the idea that early embryos of mammals and birds etc are so similar: http://goo.gl/UOZUfi And origami-like embryonic development: http://goo.gl/b0JOoxhttp://goo.gl/8n5O6O
Bitte Corina Marinescu. Before I heard about the mechanics of morphogenesis I thought that embryonic development proceeded with a sort of straightforward (boring almost) expansion through cell division. I had no idea that anatomical features arose through this origami-like bending, folding twisting etc. It created for me a wonderful new sense of the nature of embryonic development. :)
I will not eat again chicken. This little creature is so cute. I will be vegetarian.
ReplyDeleteFunny thing: this post was directly below an image of a fried egg on a sandwich that was open faced! Lol! Had to share...
ReplyDeleteI wasn't interested in biology when I was a student - it just seemed like a lot memorization and very little math. Today, I think quite differently and the fields of genetics and embryogenesis especially are very interesting and make me wish I had studied more biology.
ReplyDeleteFor example, the idea that early embryos of mammals and birds etc are so similar: http://goo.gl/UOZUfi
And origami-like embryonic development: http://goo.gl/b0JOox http://goo.gl/8n5O6O
I like the origami part..Danke Sean Walker =)
ReplyDeleteBitte Corina Marinescu.
ReplyDeleteBefore I heard about the mechanics of morphogenesis I thought that embryonic development proceeded with a sort of straightforward (boring almost) expansion through cell division. I had no idea that anatomical features arose through this origami-like bending, folding twisting etc. It created for me a wonderful new sense of the nature of embryonic development. :)