im no biologist

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im no biologist

Discussion in 'Space Junk' started by ijffdrie, Aug 20, 2009.

  1. ijffdrie

    ijffdrie Lord of Spam

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    but it looks like turkey DNA
     
    ijffdrie, Aug 20, 2009
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    kuvasz Corrections Officer

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    I was appaled when one of my reputable professors translated DNA word for word from Hungarian to English and said DNS :<
    /awful flashback
     
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  3. ijffdrie

    ijffdrie Lord of Spam

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    in dutch it would be

    DNZ
     
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  4. ItzaHexGor

    ItzaHexGor Active Member

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    High five for people who know what it stands for!

    And high five for people who know what polytetrafluoroethylene is!
     
    ItzaHexGor, Aug 20, 2009
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    polytetrafluoroethylene is plastic lol.
     
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  6. ijffdrie

    ijffdrie Lord of Spam

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    Deoxyribonucleic-Acid
     
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  7. ItzaHexGor

    ItzaHexGor Active Member

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    So is polyethylene, polyvinyl benzene, polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc. Saying plastic doesn't really give much insight into what polytetrafluoroethylene actually is.

    @ jiff. And RNA?
     
    ItzaHexGor, Aug 20, 2009
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    DNA to kwas deoksyrybonukleinowy

    I forgot what RNA was :(
     
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    Ribonucleaic acid?



    We got a keyboard cleaner in the other day with urea and boric acid in it.

    *Shudder*
     
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    ijffdrie Lord of Spam

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    Ribonucleine-acid right?
     
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    @ Itza - Teflon.
     
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    RNA is ribonucleaic-acid, it is half of DNA really, DNA unzips and RNA takes over the other side of the DNA to form chains of proteins for instructions.

    I had to take Biology twice. Blææ
     
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    Thats because everything with such a word is plastic :D

    highfive to me :D
     
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    ijffdrie Lord of Spam

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    actually there is a difference in the t-chromosones, in RNA they are U-chromosones
     
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    Does it matter? They are still the link to making the protein chains.
     
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    [​IMG]
     
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  17. ItzaHexGor

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    They're not T and U chromosomes, they're nucleotides, thymine and uracil. We only have forty six chromosomes, remember. It'd be odd if a chromosomes was replaced during transcription. The deoxyribose is also replaced with ribose, too, hence ribonucleic acid.

    And they form polypeptides, not proteins.

    And yes, teflon! I laughed so hard when I first read that. It's like science's own version of how 'pen' in German is 'kugelschreiber'.
     
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    I'm not fluent in German, but I think kugelschreiber directly translates to 'ink writer' or something.
     
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    polytetrafluoroethylene... Pretty sure its on the bottom of my mouse. :)

    or not...
     
    Simbob, Aug 21, 2009
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    As far as I understand, it would actually be more likely for it to be on your mousepad.

    It's primary use is on non-stick pans.
     
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