tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523913590426507844.post8264981311665751781..comments2022-06-13T02:07:04.910-07:00Comments on Home Biology: A Nobel-Winning Home BiologistKathy Cecerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18188872992635537080noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523913590426507844.post-76702877018487104542010-12-15T22:47:51.325-08:002010-12-15T22:47:51.325-08:00Forgot to add, programmed cell death, aka "ap...Forgot to add, programmed cell death, aka "apoptosis" is what is responsible for humans (and other species) developing individual fingers and toes. Embryos have webbed hands and feet in utereo, but through the process of apoptosis, cells are removed in sections to form individual fingers and toes. Occassionally, you'll get someone who has a fused set of toes or fingers and this is the result of incomplete apoptosis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523913590426507844.post-21183566061061314702010-12-15T22:44:50.468-08:002010-12-15T22:44:50.468-08:00If you are interested, read the following book:
No...If you are interested, read the following book:<br />Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries<br /><br />author: Sharon Bertsch McGrayne <br />Citadel Press; Rev Sub edition (September 1998)<br /><br />This book has many stories about the women who've won Nobel Prizes (not many compared to the men) and the struggles they had to go through to get there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523913590426507844.post-84790383020188018522009-05-04T12:23:00.000-07:002009-05-04T12:23:00.000-07:00that is fascinating, please share if you come up w...that is fascinating, please share if you come up with any more resources about her life.Meg_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02159066444833263067noreply@blogger.com