Genetics Sliced and Diced into Lists of Five

by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei
Posted May 8, 2007 in DNA Products, DNA and Disease, DNA in General

The Eye on DNA 5 Cool Things You Can Do With Your DNA isn’t the only genetics-related post to be submitted to the ProBlogger group writing project. Daniel at Colblindor: Color Blindness Viewed Through Colorblind Eyes has a very helpful post for the cluelessly insensitive among us:

Stop Asking! Top 5 Questions You Should Never Ask Your Colorblind Buddy

According to a report on the genetics of color blindness from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, around 7% of the male population can’t tell the difference between red and green or see those two colors differently from the rest of us. Of course, philosophers would say that there’s no way we can tell whether my perception of colors is really the same as yours but that’s not really for geneticists to worry about. Color blindness is more common in males because the mutant genes for red and green color receptors are on the X chromosome. Daniel, of course, has more on the chromosomes involved in color blindness.

Another entry in the ProBlogger group writing project is from Brian at Baby Biotechs who came up with 5 Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before Investing in a Biotech Company. I admit that I’d rather stick my head in the sand than have to read up on finance-related stuff but if I’m going to read anything about investing, Baby Biotechs is the place I’d go. Brian also writes for The Motley Fool.

And, finally, if you’re itching for more genetics reading, Trevor at Epigenetics News has the 14th issue of Mendel’s Garden up. And not counting my own entry from Eye on DNA, there are five posts! Happy reading, thinking, and learning.

Tags: genetics, genes, dna, diseases, illness, health, biotech, genomics, genome, color blindness

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