Monday, June 02, 2014

hitler attempted that dog-breeding approach...,


medicalexpress | A single-letter change in the genetic code is enough to generate blond hair in humans, in dramatic contrast to our dark-haired ancestors. A new analysis by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists has pinpointed that change, which is common in the genomes of Northern Europeans, and shown how it fine-tunes the regulation of an essential gene.

"This particular genetic variation in humans is associated with blond hair, but it isn't associated with eye color or other pigmentation traits," says David Kingsley, an HHMI investigator at Stanford University who led the study. "The specificity of the switch shows exactly how independent color changes can be encoded to produce specific traits in humans." Kingsley and his colleagues published their findings in the June 1, 2014, issue of the journal Nature Genetics.

Kingsley says a handful of genes likely determine in humans, however, the precise molecular basis of the trait remains poorly understood. But Kingsley's discovery of the genetic hair-color switch didn't begin with a deep curiosity about golden locks. It began with fish.

18 comments:

BigDonOne said...

OT: Golly, BD expected today's fare would be something to do with the First Fuzzlim releasing five hardcore Fuzzlamic terrorists to recover one American Fuzzlim sympathizer....

Vic78 said...

What about the holiest river?
http://youtu.be/uEleq1f_azM

Ed Dunn said...

I do not think the River Ganges is not a fair comparison and is considered a spiritual place for one to prepare for their end or their final destination. Those people in Kenya need to be found and slowly tortured to death in front of a live studio audience for their barbaric act..

John Kurman said...

"Understand this, Erik...These Nazis. I'm not like them. Genes are the key, yes? But their goals? Blue eyes? Blond hair? Pathetic." - Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw in X-Men First Class, which, not a terrible movie, wasn't actually all that good either. So, blonde hair predates white people. Interesting.

CNu said...

n'est-ce pas

John Kurman said...

http://www.livescience.com/20078-gene-mutation-blond-hair.html

Vic78 said...

Compared to X-Men3 and Wolverine, First Class was a classic.

CNu said...

Curious brah, what'dmyou think of The Bourne Legacy?

Vic78 said...

It wasn't as good as the first 3. It was a good idea but the execution wasn't that good. The highlight of the movie was a chase scene. They could've done better. They did leave room for an improvement if they make a sequel.

CNu said...

Of course, I wasn't asking about the movie as an entertainment, I was more interested in its selective breeding premise. The original was premised on the idea of "Manchurian" super soldiers, and the reboot was premised on selectively-bred and drug-enhanced super soldiers.

Vic78 said...

The whole Bourne movie idea was cool. The first one had some psycho-cyberneticially trained soldier. If one can circumvent the brain washing, well you saw the movies.

The legacy was a little sicker when you do the mental plus manipulate the genes. In real life it would probably be more like Limitless than Bourne. You really can't control a group of people like that. If you make a person smarter, they'll start asking questions.

CNu said...

How bout something simple and old-school like this? http://subrealism.blogspot.com/2007/11/uh-oh.html

CNu said...

John makes a quip about Orion nuclear rockets that's true http://johnkurman.blogspot.com/2014/05/radiophobia-or-radiophilia.html - what always interests me is how much of what's doable, folks believe or disbelieve - has been done. Super soldiers comprise a pretty longstanding interest.

BigDonOne said...

'Telefon' (1977) Charles Bronson, was also cool spy brainwasher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefon_(film)

Vic78 said...

I'm first in line for the heart shaped herb and the vita rays.

http://www.supermegamonkey.net/chronocomic/entries/scans8/CA109_VitaRays.jpg

http://s1251.photobucket.com/user/Myronlee26/media/Black%20Panther%20thumbnails/Black%20Panther%202/121eef058bc8a80ad749c8f9f79917f8_zpsde8698f8.jpg.html

John Kurman said...

The key is to supress the eka-MS muscle development system without microcephalism. Khan weren't far off when he told Kirk "I have five times your strength"

CNu said...

That didn't google..., what'choo talkin bout Willis?

John Kurman said...

Um, mebbe I mean myasthenia gravis. A mutation occurred that caused our muscles to be much weaker than our chimp cousins, so that the skull could grow big. Chimps have about five times our strength.

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