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Old 11-02-2006, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Downthestretch55
Thanks Timm!
Proud Pappa that I am, I just had to share it with the board.
It's interesting to me.
Heck, I got interested in genetics after I read about what Orville Reddenbacher went through to find a better popcorn.
Then I became fascinated by the mutation for a larger heart in thoroughbreds, like Secretariat.
Now, I'm intrigued by coloration adaptations to brook trout, in that I live at the headwaters of three major river systems, Delaware, Susqehannah, and a major Hudson tributary. All three strains of brook trout live within five miles of each other. All were deposited during the melting of the glaciers of the pliestocene (about 20,000-15,000 years ago). Interesting to me is that all three strains of brooktrout have adaptations (coloration and spot patterns) despite the fact that they live in very similar habitats.
Genetics is a very interesting topic to me.
DTS
DTS: Nothing gets me started like a NOBLE cause! His "hole in the heart' research is just THAT! Was that the 'Philistine' era you were talkin about,lol! I have 3 members(outlaws/inlaws)of my family that have supertachardia ventriculism(sp),so it interests me in a way also. Unfortunately,nothing goes fast on me! Best Timm
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