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( Warning, political )

Happy DNA Day

The first story is that dinosaurs are related to birds. You likely already knew that. What's particular interesting is that scientists have extracted actual protein chains from a T-Rex bone, and it matches closely the modern chicken.

In case you didn't get that the first time, Scientists have actual protein chains from a T-Rex. It's not DNA, but it's a lot closer than anything thought was possible.

Details here, there, everywhere, and way over here.


The second story is that we have now sequenced the rhesus macaque. Humans share 93% of the DNA with this guy, and 98-99% with chimps (though if I recall correctly, that last number has been questioned). The geeky-cool stuff is that the rhesus chromosomes have bits that have shuffled around in the past 25 million years, and no one knows why.

Details hither and yon

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From my last trip to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. (set)

( Displays - 10 images )

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From my last trip to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. (set)

( Bugs - 5 images )

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From my last trip to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. (set)

( Birds and Plants - 9 images )

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From my last trip to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. (set)

( Special Hummingbird Set - 8 images )

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From my last trip to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. (set)

( Mammals - 10 images )

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From my last trip to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. (set)

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From my last trip to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. (set) This post got deleted due to my own stupidity. Here it is again. Apologies if you saw it during the five minutes it was up.

( Coyotes - 8 images )