Science+&+Magic

You May Change the graphic above and put in your own driving questions. Do cartoons provide genetic plausibility or do they ignore the plausibility factor? Driving questions are: Provocative – Do Commercials paint an accurate picture of the United States? Open-Ended – Should the United States have used the atomic bomb in WWII? Go to the heart of a discipline or topic – How Safe is our drinking water? (Biology Chemistry principles applied in context – judgment and evaluation required) Are challenging – When are people justified in revolting against the established government? Can arise from real world dilemmas that you find interesting – How could we effectively prevent texting while driving?
 * [[image:dna_image.png width="153" height="46"]] || Why is it called the "Blueprint of Life?" DNA allows vital processes to occur and it is a code of only four nucleotides. || What is it a blueprint for? It causes cells to divide, move, make proteins and organelles. || What reads the blueprint? RNA polymerase. ||
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Describe your Topic below: I want to know if the population within Equestria made sense.

I have unfortunately decided to leave out the dopamine part. I don't see how it could possibly entertaining to make it involved. I will leave it up only to show I tried to get research. Brainstorm what you know and what you would like to know:

(Finding probability of offspring) DNA can be uncoiled. Dopamine is released when someone is happy. ||  ||< How does dopamine work? Can dopamine be exported? Can dopamine go into the cell/nucleus and uncoil DNA? Can skin cells tell themselves apart? Can, for any of these steps, a protein/molecule replace dopamine || As you conduct background research on your topic upload useful finds here. This could include ANNOTATED LINKS, ARTICLES, EMBEDDED VIDEOS, GRAPHICS. For all resources site the source (usually the url)
 * = ** What we (think) we know ** ||=  ||= What we would like to know / understand ||
 * < Basic information about Punnet squares.
 * Background Research **

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 * Good feeling= Dopamine goes to dopamine receptors
 * Synapses are used
 * Some leftover dopamine is contained in re-uptake molecules

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 * //Dscam // is a cell-adhesion molecule that helps to guide axons to their intended targets.
 * “This is a new concept for neurons,” Chess says. “It suggests that even while they’re driving along, following pathways, they are somehow aware of which parts of the cell membrane surrounding them are their own and which parts belong to different cells.”

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 * SLC24A5 responsible for 1/3 of skin differences
 * SLC24A5 is on 15th chromosome

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 * Methyl groups turn on/off traits

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_group
 * Methyl groups include: CH3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine_transporter
 * Dopamine transporter is on 5th chromosome

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Progress: https://docs.google.com/a/centennialsd.org/presentation/d/10oumi1rdQtTmXrzHMeCgTqT5PHhu00q5NChgShPkWHU/edit#slide=id.gb278ab9_1_23 http://www.mindmeister.com/152757176 https://docs.google.com/a/centennialsd.org/document/d/1MuEH8XFVrqYbfFkrpzXxyH1SY5mUixfQ_GXY5bHLXpM/edit

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I could not seem to find any information in regards to untangling of DNA.


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