My boyfriend and I haven't been together for a very long time, but it has already started to feel very serious and I see the potential for a longterm future together. We are both extremely close with our families and I know that family life and children are a huge priority for both of us. We're on the same page there. However... By extraordinary coincidence we both suffer from the same rare, semi-inheritable disease.
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posted by anonymous
on May 10, 2013 -
25 answers
I saw a trailer a while (1,2 years?) ago. The plot had something to do with either a company or research project that had gone wrong. Genetically messed-up creatures and people were roaming around inside an office block. In the trailer, a guy is at the photocopier, and a large, human-faced spider thingy creeps up behind him.
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posted by flutable
on Apr 5, 2013 -
9 answers
How can you tell the physical and chemical structure of a nucleic acid based on a sample's proportions of nucleotides?
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posted by johnofjack
on Feb 9, 2013 -
20 answers
I know I want to study genetics but I don't know where to go from there. What kind of things in genetics did Professor X and the Drs. Suresh on
Heroes study? I want to study that.
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posted by acthelight
on Dec 14, 2012 -
10 answers
How can I learn enough about biology and genetics to understand current research into cystic fibrosis?
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posted by Stark
on Aug 2, 2012 -
14 answers
Was reading about microchips that are designed to allow a few mistakes (known as '
Sloppy Chips'), and pondering equivalent kinds of 'coding' errors and entropy in biological systems. Can a fair comparison be made between the two?
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posted by 0bvious
on Jun 5, 2012 -
4 answers
What are my options for secretly determining paternity? It's come to my attention, thanks to some casual conversation about blood types, that my blood type is possibly incompatible with my parents'. This is not something I want either parent to know I know, until I'm damn sure.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 10, 2012 -
12 answers
Looking for an awesome primer on genetics! It should start somewhere around the highschool level, and continue through to some college-level material. Bonus points if it touches on some recent developments and research. Oh! And readability is key.
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posted by Afroblanco
on Jan 13, 2012 -
5 answers
If personality isn't supposed to be genetic, then how are pet breeds able to be differentiated by personality?
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posted by divabat
on Jan 5, 2012 -
15 answers
Questions about biology, genes, humans and apes, courtesy of the movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes. SPOILERS WITHIN.
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posted by Brandon Blatcher
on Aug 19, 2011 -
8 answers
After seeing my mother suffer from myriad health problems due to her depression and obesity, I am freaking out that my destiny is written in my genes. Please help figure out how to change the things I can and accept the things I cannot. I also welcome stories/advice from children of unhealthy people who learned from their parents' mistakes.
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 30, 2011 -
17 answers
I don't know enough about genetics generally, and RNA specifically, to work through this
Star Trek RPG story hook. Please hope me.
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posted by AugieAugustus
on May 6, 2011 -
12 answers
How common is
human chimerism of the sort described in
this Boing Boing post? What implications does the existence of chimerism have for DNA testing, especially with respect to the criminal justice system? Does it pose a practical limit on the usefulness of DNA evidence, or just a theoretical one? Has chimerism come up in any cases, or been considered as a problem in legal scholarship?
posted by gerryblog
on Mar 23, 2011 -
15 answers
My poster group needs a short, snappy title (preferably with a terrible newspaper style pun). And we've got nothing.
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posted by stillnocturnal
on Feb 26, 2011 -
15 answers
[biogeography filter] Both of my parents are adopted. How can I find out more about my ethnic heritage? Complicating factors inside.
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posted by easy, lucky, free
on Feb 17, 2011 -
11 answers
Trying to find an NPR program about an eccentric pioneer of genetics who insisted on black laboratories?
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posted by brownbat
on Feb 12, 2011 -
5 answers
YANMD but: can a bald patch in the beard be an indicator of oral cancer? More detail below.
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posted by rahnefan
on Jan 30, 2011 -
9 answers
A late friend of mine had a very rare genetic disability, which he never liked to go into great detail about. I'd like to know what it was. The condition had some very distinctive characteristics.
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posted by es_de_bah
on Dec 28, 2010 -
11 answers
Looking for books on genetics, archaeology, and anthropology for a 14 year old interested in history and non-fiction.
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posted by saffronwoman
on Sep 16, 2010 -
15 answers
So I'm gay. Turns out a lot of folks in my extended family are as well. What are the odds? Has anyone studied extended family charting specifically?
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posted by Tchad
on Aug 30, 2010 -
11 answers
Does anyone have any experience with companies that offer genetic testing targeted towards specific goals (ie - weightloss)?
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posted by DoomGerbil
on Mar 14, 2010 -
6 answers
Please recommend reading that will help me understand the role gender and gender hormones play in determining which parental gene set dominates in an individual.
posted by effluvia
on Dec 14, 2009 -
10 answers
Any recommendations for iPhone apps or Web apps that will be useful in a basic science lab.
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posted by roofus
on Nov 4, 2009 -
3 answers
Should I try to breed out the parts of me I don't like? Or is it ok to make super neurotic kids?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 17, 2009 -
19 answers
I lost a link to a really interesting article I wanted to read... can YOU help me find it? The article was probably on a science blog. It was, more or less, a debunking of arguments in favor of behavioral heritability and the genetic predisposition for certain horrible actions. If not a blog, perhaps it was in a weekly sitting in my therapist's office?
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posted by mr. remy
on Aug 10, 2009 -
5 answers
Both of my parents have brown hair, brown eyes. I also have brown hair, brown eyes. My two older brothers have blond hair, blue eyes. Is that strange? A reason to think they may be adopted?
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posted by scottreynen
on Jun 21, 2009 -
22 answers
My best friend is considering a career in genetics and would welcome guidance, advice and anecdotes on schools/ jobs.
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posted by roxie5
on May 21, 2009 -
6 answers
Regarding humans, is it possible to remove the DNA from an unfertilized female egg and replace it with the DNA from a sperm cell carrying the X-chromosome (perhaps using a process similar to
nuclear transfer)? After doing this, could the egg be fertilized by the sperm of a different male and implanted into a surrogate mother, thus creating a child that is the biological child of two males?
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posted by Houyhnhnm
on Mar 13, 2009 -
12 answers
Why couldn't Henry VIII have living male children (except Edward) and then, why did Edward die so young? Medical explanations?
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posted by mygothlaundry
on Jan 5, 2009 -
14 answers
"The DNA of humans and chimps is 98.4% identical." I've read that several places. I've also read "The DNA of all living things is 90% identical" and "The DNA of humans and lettuce is 16% identical." How could I find out which of those last two statements is correct? Or is the problem that I don't understand which part of the DNA is being referred to? (Frankly, I'm not that clear on DNA in the first place - I'd just like the right number.)
posted by kestralwing
on Dec 31, 2008 -
14 answers
This has been bugging me for a while: is there much difference in appearances between people of various European backgrounds? Acquaintances and strangers can always "tell" I'm genetically Scottish, or at least some strain of Brit. This would seem ludicrous if they weren't totally right.
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posted by zoomorphic
on Dec 2, 2008 -
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