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What are the physiological effects of retinal exposure to 380–400nm light?

There are two categories of sunglasses: UV380 sunglasses block all light with wavelength 380nm or lower, while UV400 sunglasses block all light with wavelength 400nm or lower. This made me...

Asked on 01/02/2022

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Can people be bred for tameness in a similar way to Russian foxes?

Russian foxes were selectively bred for tameness. Can a similar process happen to humans, under the right conditions — say, extreme political pressure to obey ?...

Asked on 12/31/2021

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Do Termites and Silverfish metabolize cellulose the same way?

I am fascinated with silverfish and would like to understand more about their metabolism. I learned that they can survive on a diet of cotton which is nearly pure cellulose....

Asked on 12/31/2021

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Would BMP7 introduced to a Petri dish with cartilage cause chondrocytes to replicate?

Chondrocytes are the cells that make up cartilage. As I understand it, the best growth factor that signals replication of chondrocytes is Bone morphogenetic protein 7. If supplied with a...

Asked on 12/28/2021

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Are Flippase Recognition Target sites read through during transcription?

I believe it is quite straight forward, but if i have a FRT site following the last exon of a gene (with the stop codon removed), would the transcription factors...

Asked on 12/26/2021

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How was it discovered that flouride helps stop tooth decay?

Apparently flourinated water helps stop tooth decay. So I have some quesions about this. Firstly how does it stop tooth deacy? and Secondly, how was it found that out of...

Asked on 12/24/2021

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Why is the opposite of plantar flexion called "dorsiflexion"?

Why is the action of flexing the foot so that the toes move anteriorly/superiorly (i.e. in the direction opposite that which they move during plantar flexion) described as "dorsiflexion?" In...

Asked on 12/22/2021

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What is the closest species to humans in animal kingdom?

I presumed chimpanzees were the closest relatives of us. However, after watching this TED Talk, it seems bonobos are closer to us both in skeleton and behavioral...

Asked on 12/21/2021

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Polyandry in birds

The WP article on Bateman's principle states “Until recently, most bird species were believed to be sexually monogamous. DNA paternity testing, however, has shown that in nearly...

Asked on 12/19/2021

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Why is this Cuscuta compacta purple?

I was recently browsing the web and came across this site abut the compact dodder. https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/cuscuta/compacta/ The...

Asked on 12/19/2021

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