Avocados shouldn’t exist. 🥑
Their seed evolved for ice age giants - sloths, mastodons. All extinct 13,000 years ago, and #avocados should’ve gone with them.
They survived because humans liked the taste.
Congrats, you’re doing a giant sloth’s job. 🦥
#Evolution #FoodFacts #GeneticFacts
🍎 Plant a Fuji seed? You won’t get a Fuji tree.
#Apples are extreme heterozygotes - every seed = a genetically unique tree.
That Granny Smith in your hand?
A clone of a tree from Sydney, 1868.
A copy of a copy of a copy.
#GeneticFacts #Gardening #PlantScience
🌻 Sunflowers aren’t mystical - they’re genetic geometry.
New seeds form at ~137.5° (the golden angle), naturally creating #Fibonacci spirals (often 34 one way, 55 the other).
#Evolution didn’t learn maths - it selected efficient packing. 🧬✨
#GeneticFacts #STEM #Science #Bioinformatics #Maths
🌽 Corn Had the Ultimate Glow-Up
9,000 years ago, corn was a scraggly grass with maybe 12 kernels. Humans selectively bred it into what you eat today. That was #genomics before we had a word for it. Now we do it with #DNA data instead of guesswork. 🌾
#GeneticFacts
Fun fact: Calico cats are a masterpiece of chromosomal biology. 🐈⬛
The patchwork occurs when female cells randomly silence one X chromosome (X-inactivation). If you find a male calico, he’s likely XXY and a biological rarity.
Science has never looked fluffier. 🧬✨
#GeneticFacts
Genetics play a role in hearing loss. Some conditions, like Usher syndrome, combine hearing and vision challenges. #GeneticFacts
Lets take a look at a timeline of significant genetic discoveries throughout the 1800's 🧬
#GeneticTesting #genetictestingireland
#singlegenetests #diseasediagnosis #rarediseases #DNA #RNA #geneticseducation #oncology #cancer #cardiology
#geneticeducation #geneticfacts #genetics #mitosis
Today lets discuss how genetic testing has changed over the years! 🧬
#GeneticTesting #PreventativeMedicine #genetictestingireland
#DNA #RNA #geneticseducation #geneticslearning #oncology #cancer #cardiology #targetedmedication #geneticeducation #geneticfacts #geneexpression #science #sciencefacts
