So I have this MBOD (Molecular Basis of Disease aka Biochemistry) teacher that I think is hilarious. Today, in class, we were going over recombination and new gene assortments and this was his example:
Dad contributes the Lucky allele: cause he's lucky to have found Mom
Mom contributes the Smart allele: cause Mom's are awesome like that
So in recombination, their kids can turn out one of four ways:
Lucky and Stupid- becomes a professional athlete
Smart and Unlucky- goes into business
Lucky and Smart- goes to medical school
Unlucky and Stupid- goes to law school
Obviously, we all cracked up. Cause who doesn't want to hate on lawyers a little bit (no offense Nick and Alan)? Also, it's clearly untrue because if medical school has taught me anything, it's that I'm an idiot and there are 50 million trillion things in life I don't know. FYI- a majority of these are related to anatomy, specifically origins and insertions.
Also, the other day he had a nice cartoon to go with his lecture on the ancestral symbiosis between eukaryotes and mitohondria. The eukaryote was like- hey, wanna see my actin and microtubules? And the mitochondria was like- wanna get in my genes?
Anyway, he's this way cute little asian man, and I heart him for bringing a little light into my life. Also, I have friends.
