Don't Stump the Layman: Science Addition

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[QUOTE=cmyk]
You’re always such the weasel, aren’t ya?!

ZERO points!
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pout

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[QUOTE=nameless]
ETA: I’m not sure why I thought a Punnett square question would be fun for anybody.
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You should have known better. Punnetts are really the lowest form of humor.
d&r

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And cmyk, you’re throwing a no-hitter again. You’re on fire tonight, sir.

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[QUOTE=cmyk]
I love ya nameless… you’re really giving me a lot of credit :smiley:

  1. After much drawing of diagrams, I came up with this:
    None?

  2. Aren’t they the nerves involved in hearing?
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Answer 1: 1/8. Go to this nifty Punnett square calcuator to verify. But I did it by hand first! Of course if you’re really confident with your math, you can just multiply the allele probabilities.

Answer 2: Close. The cochlea is a sound transducer; it converts pressure waves into action potentials. This is performed by vibrations in the basilar membrane, which displace stereocilia in hair cells, affecting the electrostatic potential across the cell membrane of these cells, which causes them to release neurotransmitter to cells that make up the auditory nerve.

Asked: 6
Right: 1
Wrong: 5
Total: -4

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[QUOTE=RoOsh]
My Q’s, we’ll start easier and go up:

  1. Name a cellular structure found in Plant Cells that are NOT found in Animal Cells.
  2. Name the nucleotide found only in RNA base pairings, and NOT in DNA (not the Letter, but the actual Name of it).
  3. Name 4 Lobes of the Brain.
  4. What is the Corpus Luteum?
  5. What species of Mosquito spreads Malaria?
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  1. Chlorophyll?
  2. No idea.
  3. Occipital, Frontal, Hippocampus, and Olfactory? gulp
  4. Obviously part of the brain, but I do not know its function.
  5. No clue. Damn, I really thought I’d do better at biology. :sigh:
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[QUOTE=nameless]
Answer 1: 1/8. Go to this nifty Punnett square calcuator to verify. But I did it by hand first! Of course if you’re really confident with your math, you can just multiply the allele probabilities.
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I take my diagrams and I nuke them from orbit!

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[QUOTE=cmyk]
4) Obviously part of the brain, but I do not know its function.
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Only if your brain is in your ovary. :slight_smile:

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[QUOTE=nameless]
Only if your brain is in your ovary. :slight_smile:
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HA! (I was thinking of the corpus callosum :smack: )

I take someone’s ovaries, and I nuke them from orbit.

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Let’s go a little easier. I provide the scientific names for the most important models in developmental biology. You tell me what each one is…

  1. Caenorhabditis elegans
  2. Drosophila melanogaster
  3. Xenopus laevis
  4. Danio rerio
  5. Gallus gallus
  6. Mus musculus

ETA: That ends up not being very easy.

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Methinks you came into the lions’ den (not the Detroit football Lions, mind you) and are biting off more than you could chew.

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[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever]
And cmyk, you’re throwing a no-hitter again. You’re on fire tonight, sir.
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Yeh, but that’s a lose-lose in this gam–oh, I see what you’re getting at.

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[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever]
Methinks you came into the lions’ den (not the Detroit football Lions, mind you) and are biting off more than you could chew.
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How was I to know only the biologists where here today? I’m my own worst enemy. AND I’M LOVING IT!

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[QUOTE=nameless]
Let’s go a little easier. I provide the scientific names for the most important models in developmental biology. You tell me what each one is…

  1. Caenorhabditis elegans
  2. Drosophila melanogaster
  3. Xenopus laevis
  4. Danio rerio
  5. Gallus gallus
  6. Mus musculus

ETA: That ends up not being very easy.
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Did I mention I was a laymen, with no formal study? :weeps:

  1. Holy
  2. fucking
  3. shit.
  4. No
  5. Idea.
  6. Muscles?
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nameless, I think I was doing better with your “harder questions”. At least I was in the ballpark on some. :slight_smile:

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[QUOTE=cmyk]
How was I to know only the biologists *where * here today? I’m my own worst enemy. AND I’M LOVING IT!
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Italicizing mine.

You mean *were * here today. The grammar Nazis are also on the prowl.

Als, you’re singular (at least you were last I saw you, so you’re a “layman”, not “laymen”).

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[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever]
Italicizing mine.

You mean *were * here today. The grammar Nazis are also on the prowl.

Als, you’re singular (at least you were last I saw you, so you’re a “layman”, not “laymen”).
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Oh dear god, I’m in deep! They were typos, I swears! Someone throw me a line!

ETA: Ahh HA! “Als” is not a word, and two commas in a row are not grammatically correct. Truce?

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That’s blamed on my fat fingers and Gaudere’s Law. I’m covered. You’re not.

My girlfriend says I need a typing wand.

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[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever]
That’s blamed on my fat fingers and Gaudere’s Law. I’m covered. You’re not.
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Yeah, but you missed the one in the title, so you lose a point. :wink:

ETA: D’oh! Wait a minute…was that a pun? I’m humbled.

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Hmm, I do have rather effeminate hands. DAMN YOU LOUNE!

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[QUOTE=cmyk]
Hmm, I do have rather effeminate hands. DAMN YOU LOUNE!
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To cure that, you must wrestle down an 8-point buck and beat it down with your erect penis.

After that, prepare the buck with a 3 inch paring knife.
Then, and not a moment sooner, we can stop calling your hands effeminate.