Saturday, September 29, 2012

Lions, tigers, mitochondria, oh my!!!!

I came across this article I found on Discover.com about the endosymbiont hypothesis. Scientists believe that this may be occurring as we in real time (so to speak with a Green Alga (eukaryote) and nitrogen fixing bacterium.

 

Check out these links for endosymbiont hypothesis

Monday, September 3, 2012

Chromosomes, Genes, DNA

Scientific American has another excellent Instant Egghead, this time about the organization that occurs within our genetic structure. It is a great review for all my students.