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#genes

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AskPippa🇨🇦

"Early in development when we are still in the womb, very little about us is “determined.” Indeed, the structures that become our reproductive system start out as multi-potential, capable of taking on many possible forms. A neutral structure called the germinal ridge, for example, can develop into ovaries or testes—the structures that produce reproductive cells and sex hormones—or sometimes into something in between, depending on the molecular signals it receives.

Our #genes influence this process, of course. But so do interactions among cells, molecules in our body, including hormones, and influences from the outside world."

#gender #sex #biology #fetus

thetransmitter.org/sex/what-bi

Photograph of a cardinal with male-typical red feathers on one side and more drab, female-typical feathers on the other.
The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives · What birds can teach us about the ‘biological truth’ of sexBy Nicole M. Baran
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Mainz University

The eukaryotic cell emerged as an evolutionary algorithmic phase transition / Eukaryogenesis happened abruptly, led by the tension of increasing gene length and the constraints on producing longer proteins / Evolvement of the eukaryotic cell is the most significant increase in complexity in the history of life's evolution on Earth 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/eukaryotic-

The image shows the evolution of protein-coding gene length distributions across evolutionary time (ill./©: Fernando J. Ballesteros)
#EvolutionaryBiology#ComputerBiology#eukaryotic
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

A new study revealed that #caffeine impacts your thinking skills is not just about how much #coffee you drink, but also about your #genes. Researchers discovered people with genes for fast caffeine processing performed differently on cognitive tests depending on their caffeine consumption levels, particularly in tasks involving emotion recognition and complex thinking. Suggests #genetic makeup plays a significant role in how we respond to caffeine’s effects on brainpower.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11

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Daniel Dvorkin

My day job is all about #genes, so I applaud the #genomic revolution in #paleontology and #evolutionary #biology. But #evolution really is more than a shift in #allele frequencies over time. It's also change in the #phenotypes those alleles produce, and their #interaction with the world around them. 🧪🖥🧬🦖

cambridge.org/core/journals/pa

So I'm equally excited about the #quantitative revolution in describing and cataloguing #traits which until recently could only be analyzed #qualitatively. There's a whole new window opening into the history of life.

Cambridge CoreMorphological evolution in a time of phenomics | Paleobiology | Cambridge CoreMorphological evolution in a time of phenomics
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Wulfy

**Biological Constraint Engine**

Validates generated sequences against biological feasibility rules

Predicts #protein folding, metabolic interactions, and cellular dynamics
(Again this is something #AI is already good at)

Ensures synthetic organisms would be thermodynamically viable

**Simulation Environment**

Virtual cell environment to test synthetic genomes before physical synthesis.
(We have done this a while ago - pre AI)

Models interactions between #genes, #proteins, and environment

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