Thursday, January 29, 2009

ROAR 5-4-3-2-1 #2

BIG APOLOGIES! I'm so sorry I haven't been updating. LOl so here's a double treat for you guys! Plus I need to catch up on my friends. ^^ Enjoy!!


The New Science Of Evo Devo: Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Sean B. Carroll


P.s. I know this book might be confusing but it's better to read it for yourself ^^. Not that hard.


5.Comments:
* The next few pages are explanations on skeletions and difference how on we as human compare to other organisms. There are a few images that help improvise what Sean Carroll ment. Photos of a snake, Falcon, Sea Turtle, dog Crane, and Cow. They reallly suprised me, because they were so different. It's was pretty interesting that we all have different limbs.
* There was a section on the appendages of a lobster which really I found cool. Really random but I really liked it. It was basiclly the transformation of the lobster. It's homologous and verebrates structures. Then again was compared to humans and a horse and mosasaurs. The teeth in a primitive verebrate.
* Beyond that section was the symmetry and Polarity. Here it's about symmetric and some examples of sea creatures were the Sea Urchins, sand dollars, and starfish. BTW, some of the pictures was drawn by Jamie Carroll, I'm guessing it's someone who's related to Sean B. Carroll. :)( just somethign I catch up on.)
* Second section was the Monsters, Mutants, and Master Gense. There was a photograph of a mutanated sheep taht had 3 eyes. Scared me a bit but anyhow, here's where the helpful information on mutantion starts. Here they give examples (true proof photographs & x-rays.) of human hands with more than 5 fingers and toes.Then the transformation of mutantion of a fruit fly, the orgins is the animal's genomes.
* Now he performs the introduction of DNA. (Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid). The Proteins, DNA and Gene logic. Here is the cell and some organelles functions that help do the task of DNA genetics for later generations. The DNA sequence of Letters that are rearranged that creates different genes for every living organism. A= Adenine T= Thymine G = Guanine C= Cytisine. These are the letters in ALL DNA just mixed differently.(I'm learning about this in BIO ^^)

4.Questions:
1. Is there any organism that does not have a symmetric line? Any at all?
2. Why is that only those letters? And really are those letters based off?
3. Does mutantion also gives the mutanted DNA to the next offspring as well?
4. So DNA is the substance that created everyone? (broad question.)

3.Vocabulary: (ALOT OF VOCAB WORDS. ^^)
*Polarity: the property or characteristic that produces unequal physical effects at different points in a body or system, as a magnet or storage battery.
*Contraptions: a mechanical contrivance; gadget; device.
* HomoGlobin: the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb

2.Literary Terms:
* Allusion: Many allusions to many other biologists and embryologists and many many many more. EX: James Watson and Francis Crick;s paper that modeled the genetic materials.
* Imagery: Even though there was some images, the author was also describtive about the cell which there was no photographs of. There was explanation and what teh organelles did.

1.Overview:
BIG BUNCH! I'll summerize it real short on what everything I read so far, first the skeletal explanation and comparisons. Next the structures of any organisms and symmetry of their bodies. After was short stock on monsters and mutanted organisms and how it happened. AFter was the DNA sequences and letters that symbolized the DNA forms. There is actaully alot I want to explain and tell you guys but this is too short, sorrys. Until next time.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Inauguration!! ^^

Oh yeah! one more post for today... Inauguration..
Today was a change, a historic event took place today in front of million of people and probably everyone in the world. The Inauguration of Barack Obama!!! I hope everyone is enjoying the chane beign made and have further hope for the better future!!=] SMILE & keep it up!

To Mr. Obama: THANKYOU!!
^^ I WAS PRESENCEE!! I SAW THIS HOSTORIC CHANGE BEING MADE POSSIBLE!!!=]
I'm really happy. yet sad for Mr.Bush. Everyone makes mistakes....(:

BYE!

ROAR 5-4-3-2-1 #1

***LOl here I go!! Oh yeah quick update! Almost Asian New Year (next Monday) and there's going to be a fun culture Vulture if anyone would like to come. If you do, please leave a comment or contact me ^^ I'll be happy to tell you more information after I gather up some more. haha(:
Thanks!

The New Science Of Evo Devo: Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Sean B. Carroll

5)Comments:
*Evo Devo is actually Evolutionary Development Biology! I was so suprised when I found out and when people ask me what it means, I feel very smart! So this first section the author tell us more backgroung information of the animal architecture.
*Some of the words are very scientific and I had to look up most words. But here he describes the smiliaries between different organisms, like butterflies, human and zebras.
*Embryos from the development of embryos to how they mature into adults. He clarify some of that, just a little information to look to in the introduction, he'll get more into that later in the book.
* He did some reference to other scientists and biologists that came before him, and how they arrived to their conclusions and thoughts. He opened upto his own opinions.
* The Evo Devo Revolution is the starting of studies of genes and how the start and end off as, by DNA, genomes and then the tool kit paradox and origins of diversity of different organisms.

4)Questions:
*Did the author create the word Evo Devo or did it already exist? (btw, I really like that^^)
*So what is the building bloxks in animals? Is it cells? (I've learned some of this!)
*What is the "smoking guns" that he refered on page 11. of the genomes for evoltuion in forms that are being found?
*How was DNA formed? Or how did people discover and named it that way? I've always ahd a question on how people label and name scientific terms, project, and process.

3)Vocabulary:
*Modification: Biology. a change in a living organism acquired from its own activity or environment and not transmitted to its descendants.
*Aphorisms: A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage.
*Ontogeny: the development or developmental history of an individual organism.

2)Literary Terms:
*Allusion/Reference?: Sean B. Carroll refered to many different literature references of scientists and biologists books and opinions, conclusions and many many many others.
*Symbols: Many terms were symbolizing other terms such as Tool kit, which is the internal envirnoment of the organism.( I learned this in biology too!^^)

1)OverView:
Sean B. Carroll introduces us to the world of biology and so far he gave us a little of background information of different topics that all relate to biology and the EVO DEVO! The Evolutionary development for organisms and how they change.(you guys should be happy now that you know what it means. SO now when people ask you, you can answer with confidence!(=)

NEW ROARR! (: excited??

HELLO everyone!! Once again I've come to my new ROAR book. HAHA you guys might think this term Roar book might be boring or "whatever!". LOl first, I thought so too but actually I've found it really interesting additional, that I've learn some of this stuff already. so yepp. This term topic is Science/Technology.
&&Here's my book:

The New Science of Evo Devo : Endless Forms Most Beautiful
By: Sean B. Carroll

(Awesome title right? Totally blew me off too^^!)

Ready? I'm going to start a new post for the first roar =D look forward to it guys in just a few minutes!