Random Analogies
The Righteous Rocking Chair
a: Righteous indignation ~
b: a rocking chair
What: "Well said! The only thing we can be certain of is change. You don't have to like the direction it takes, and if you don't it is your responsibility to voice your concerns. But righteous indignation is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere!"
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Writer: LJ_From_SA
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Date: Nov 19 2012 8:05 PM
# 2455 Critique Analogy
Bang Goes The Nerve Cell
a: Neurotransmitter vesicles ~
b: battery of fireworks
What: "Loaded with the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, the vesicles are like a battery of fireworks poised to launch a neurotransmitter barrage into the synaptic cleft - where this amplified signal will in turn energize the adjacent muscle fiber. In the last step, what biologists call a "fusion event," the calcium ions trigger some of the vesicles to fuse with the cell membrane and open outward, allowing their payload to escape."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: May 15 2013 10:26 PM
# 3254 Critique Analogy
a: Base pairing ~
b: passengers in the two trains shaking hands
What: "The arrangement of the strands is somewhat like two trains pointed in opposite directions, and base pairing is like passengers in the two trains shaking hands."From:"Microbiology Principles and Explorations 8th edition"page 184
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Writer: Jacquelyn G. Black
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 24 2014 8:13 PM
# 4777 Critique Analogy
a: epigenetics ~
b: the formatting in a word processing program
What:
'We're compounds, mosaics of epigenetic patterns and gene sequences,'' said Dr. Arthur Beaudet, chairman of the molecular and human genetics department at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. While DNA sequences are commonly compared to a text of written letters, he said, epigenetics is like the formatting in a word processing program."
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Writer: Dr. Arthur Beaudet
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Date: Apr 29 2014 7:44 PM
# 5552 Critique Analogy
