Hedgehog

Each year about four million babies are born around the world. Out of four million only three percent will be born with a genetic disorder and around one percent of the babies will be born with chromosomal abnormality. The reactions to these disorders vary from stares to happiness, resulting in the child feeling different or abnormal but it should not be a thing to frown upon. Ectodermal dysplasia is a group of syndromes that involve defects in the skin,hair, and nails. There are about more…

It is in this garden that Alice saves multiple men from the Queen of Hearts’ wrath and is invited for a game of croquet with an odd twist. The balls are hedgehogs and the mallets, flamingos. The Queen quickly orders the execution of many players while Alice finds the Cheshire cat again. He initiates a conversation, but is quickly interrupted by the King of Hearts, who is ultimately ignored by the cat. The King is angered and orders the cat’s execution but no one knows how to go about the…

All species are believed to have come from a common descent. Therefore, humans are thought to have evolved from an ancestral species that can be directly related to all forms of life. Evidence of a common ancestor is even evident among fish and humans. For instance, modern day animals have vertebrae, being composed of a bony skull and backbone. The first organisms on earth to have a bone-like structure are fish. The similarities between the bones of fish and humans can be illustrated through…

Have you ever read a book and then thought: "What does this even mean?" Well, the book, Alice' Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, brings up the same question. Did Carroll have a point he was trying to make, or did he write his story for pure entertainment? I believe that he wrote it for entertainment purposes. Though no one but Carroll actually knows the answer to this question. The reasons supporting my thesis are: the original story was told for the amusement of three little girls,…

As an immature teenager, Holden leaves Pencey Prep only because of his innocent idea that people around him are phony and fake. Holden Caulfield is a sixteen-year-old teenager who lives in 1950s. Even though the only he likes is his brother, but in the deep down inside of his heart he still wants to have a spot where he can be free and real. That is why he likes the Natural History Museum much. Because “museum was that everything always stayed right where it was” and “the only thing that would…

To begin with, 65 million years ago was the start of the Paleocene epoch that was the establishment of the tertiary period on earth. Due to the extinction of the dinosaurs during the previous period, there was a heap amount of mammals accumulating and evolving from their original size and aspects. Many forms of animals existed big, small, and of many different sizes; rapidly increasing in numbers by reproduction. In this epoch, carnivores were very large in numbers. For example, a bird that was…

occurred when the tissue was removed later, and undergrowth occurred when removed early. This was an extremely important finding because they found out that this was occurring because one single gene, and this was the discovery of the Sonic Hedgehog Gene. The Sonic Hedgehog Gene, was initially found in fruit flies as something that told other cells what to do, making different parts. However, later, the gene was found in chick embryos that linked the gene in the ZPA tissue to the creation of…

which there is an incomplete cleavage of prosencephalon into the left and right hemispheres which occurs sometime between the 18th and 28th day of gestation. The primary defect is the lack of forebrain tissue which is impacted by a lack of sonic hedgehog signaling which causes the facial defects. During the 4th week of gestation, the neural tube gives rise to the three primary brain vesicles prosencephalon, mesencephalon, and rhombencephalon. In the 5th week of gestation, the prosencephalon…

planes, larger ships, the Atomic Bomb, the cavity magnetron, the hedgehog and many other helpful military tools. Many of these items, as well as North American troops, were being transported across the Atlantic and targeted by the Kriegsmarine. The invention of the cavity magnetron was a huge advantage to the allies helping to locate underwater ships and interfere with their radar devices, clearing the Atlantic seaways. The hedgehog was also described in the book as a multi headed grenade…

We all spent 9 months in our mother’s womb. For some of us, the whole process goes according to plan but for others, one small change can cause dramatic results. When someone has a genetic condition, that means that something went wrong while they were developing in the womb. I can name three genetic conditions that result from a problem in early development. This first condition occurs at 2 weeks and 5 days. It’s called big baby syndrome and it happens when two copies of the fathers growth…