CompuServe Archive

This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.

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From: Rick McQuay The Science/Math Forum · Biology February 11, 1995 9:36 AM
>> Wooooossshhh (that was the flame lighting up) I'm a biological anthropologist, and our stuff is at least as hard as any biologists!
From: Rick McQuay The Science/Math Forum · Biology February 11, 1995 9:36 AM
>>Did you run any karyological and/or DNA fingerprinting assessment of state of those unfortunate freeze-thaw embryos? There are numerous indications that apart from general cytoxicity freezing-thawing has direct impact on genome…
#166752- #Marine Biology Course Message #167058
From: Rick McQuay The Science/Math Forum · Biology February 10, 1995 9:12 AM
I'm currently a biology student, though not marine biology. Tell him not to underestimate the amount of math involved in biology. I did. Algebra, physics, and chemistry are core studies. If your school has a college prepatory program, that would help. If he works hard at these subjects, he'll be…
#166738- #Don't freeze your kids Message #167057
From: Rick McQuay The Science/Math Forum · Biology February 10, 1995 9:12 AM
I conducted an experiment in which Hamster embryos were frozen. All survived with detrimental effects. They developed with severe behavioral problems, acting almost rabid. Approximately one year from the date of birth, all were dead. The causes of death for each was not determined. One was found to have a…
#166733- #DNA & Stonehnge builders Message #167056
From: Rick McQuay The Science/Math Forum · Biology February 10, 1995 9:12 AM
Re: Mitochodrial DNA I may have read this or at least similiar articles a while back while writing a paper about mDNA research and ancient asian migrations to the americas. Very interesting. The conflicts I spoke of between paleoanthropologists and geneticists arise from the estimation of the time period that…