torsdag 13 augusti 2009

*Warning* schoolstuff

Cells are living in an aqueous solution (H2O).
The cell membrane however is made of a double lipid layer. Where the Polar head is made up of a charged group and its tail that connects with the other lipid is negative.
The tail consists of a hydrocarbon chain. Water molecules are so small that they can go right through the bilayer.
But molecules can’t go through it. Molecules and especially ions can be helped by a protein. The protein creates a channel in the membrane in which the molecule or ion can pass through.
Atoms link together to create molecules. They are considered inorganic so far.
For example Amino acids link together to form proteins which in turn creates parts of the DNA, membrane and so on which then create membrane and chromosomes. The next step is organelles within the cell and the final step is the cell.
It cracks me up (almost as much as Ali.G) to have a vague understanding of how we are built up, from the smallest atoms into molecules -> amino acids -> proteins -> DNA and organelles -> cells -> organs -> and humans.

It seems automatic. The blueprint was certainly not available 1 billion years ago. But today, small atoms form molecules because they have different valence electrons and so that’s where we have the amino acids. And they form into proteins, which in turn… yea you get it.

And when do these tiny atoms actually start to become aware of them selves, like our brain. It's wicked to read about this stuff.
Like some of it is so smart and well functioned that it’s straight out ridiculous.
Who came up with this?

Small tiny atoms and molecules that just could test their way forward they did’nt have any science lab and they don’t even have eyes or a brain for that sake.


If a tree comes out of one cell. Could we look at that cell and see that 12,4m above the ground the first branch will be at an angle of x,y.

How much information is actually in the DNA?

The tree is depending so much on its nutrition, solar hours and so on and on.

Well it must be the same with humans, we are born but the DNA just don't do that much?
(Question mark because that's just me guessing)

I asked my lecturer and we agreed on the fact the we actually don''t know how much that is inherited from the DNA and what's environmental factors.


/Some late night writing after a long reading session

Not 3dited or anythang but it was just for my self to get my head around what I just read

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