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May 16

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funkysafari: rhinoceros and baby, kaziranga  by eenar_6

funkysafari:

rhinoceros and baby, kaziranga 

by eenar_6

npr: Ooooo. jtotheizzoe: Genetics of the Beautiful “Glass Gem” Corn Corn gone viral? You’re looking at an ear of a corn variety called “Glass Gem”, grown by Greg Schoen of Seeds Trust. This is real corn! How does it grow this way? First you have to understand a few things about corn. Each corn kernel is actually a sort of unique plant. A corn plant’s male parts (the “tassels”) sit at the top of the stalk, and drop pollen downward. Unfertilized ears (the female parts) catch the pollen with the sticky ends of their corn silks. Each corn silk (I hate when that gets in my teeth) grabs a pollen grain, shuttles it allllllll the way down inside the ear, eventually creating one kernel for each pollen-silk-ovum combination. It’s one of the more interesting and inefficient breeding schemes I know of. If you’ve taken genetics, you know that the parents’ genes will combine by chance, leading to certain ratios of inheritance in the offspring. This is the basis of Mendelian genetics (great Khan Academy video here). With corn, we’ve simply carefully bred all the interestingness out of them. Native Americans were used to multi-colored corn, because corn plants held many varieties of color genes that could combine at random. Now all we are left with are one-color clones. This “Glass Gem” corn is the other extreme of the spectrum, a combination of corn color hybrid genes and random pollination. It’s almost too pretty to eat!   (via Discover Magazine) I want a necklace made of these colors.

npr:

Ooooo.

jtotheizzoe:

Genetics of the Beautiful “Glass Gem” Corn

Corn gone viral? You’re looking at an ear of a corn variety called “Glass Gem”, grown by Greg Schoen of Seeds Trust. This is real corn! How does it grow this way?

First you have to understand a few things about corn. Each corn kernel is actually a sort of unique plant. A corn plant’s male parts (the “tassels”) sit at the top of the stalk, and drop pollen downward. Unfertilized ears (the female parts) catch the pollen with the sticky ends of their corn silks. Each corn silk (I hate when that gets in my teeth) grabs a pollen grain, shuttles it allllllll the way down inside the ear, eventually creating one kernel for each pollen-silk-ovum combination. It’s one of the more interesting and inefficient breeding schemes I know of.

If you’ve taken genetics, you know that the parents’ genes will combine by chance, leading to certain ratios of inheritance in the offspring. This is the basis of Mendelian genetics (great Khan Academy video here).

With corn, we’ve simply carefully bred all the interestingness out of them. Native Americans were used to multi-colored corn, because corn plants held many varieties of color genes that could combine at random. Now all we are left with are one-color clones.

This “Glass Gem” corn is the other extreme of the spectrum, a combination of corn color hybrid genes and random pollination. It’s almost too pretty to eat!  

(via Discover Magazine)

I want a necklace made of these colors.

(via blamoscience)

wr3n: I have found the epitome of Hipsterdom. Hipsters, a couch, a bike, a vacant lot at 26th & Lyndale. I’m certain there are PBR cans at their feet. don’t forget the NiceRideMN station in the background!

wr3n:

I have found the epitome of Hipsterdom.

Hipsters, a couch, a bike, a vacant lot at 26th & Lyndale. I’m certain there are PBR cans at their feet.

don’t forget the NiceRideMN station in the background!

(via stuffaboutminneapolis)

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theanimalblog: Mother Tiger and Cub by Juniors Bildarchiv

theanimalblog:

Mother Tiger and Cub by Juniors Bildarchiv

nypl: ROAR! Share a pic of your little lion striking their best library pose, Patience and Fortitude style! We’ll share your photos on our new Pinterest board Little Lions, and perhaps an image will be chosen for a special Caturday edition. (Don’t forget to tag it Little Lion) Double paw cross! blasted by teh cute!

nypl:

ROAR! Share a pic of your little lion striking their best library pose, Patience and Fortitude style! We’ll share your photos on our new Pinterest board Little Lions, and perhaps an image will be chosen for a special Caturday edition. (Don’t forget to tag it Little Lion)

Double paw cross! blasted by teh cute!

can’t wait to see him in an affectionate role

can’t wait to see him in an affectionate role

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