Random Analogies

What: "They have most of their genes on a chromosome that is passed just to the descendents of each bacterium. But some genes are on a tiny loop of DNA called a plasmid that can leave one bacterium and enter another. If a chromosome is like a hard drive of genetic information, a plasmid is like a flash drive-tiny and portable."

Writer: Albert Fuchs

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Date: May 13 2013 5:44 PM

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"Glucose is like the fire within you... The Pancreas is like an Air-Conditioner...
Insulin is like Cool Air...
Beta Cells are like Light Bulbs...
Carbohydrates are fuel for the fire..." The linked page is a highly metaphorical discussion of the human body.

Writer: Ellis Toussier-Ades Bigio-Antebi

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Date: Dec 29 2013 1:46 PM

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"Cotton consists of over 90% cellulose like other plant fibers, which is a polymer of glucose. Polymer is usually the same as synthetic fibers and plastics. Polymers are usually the same as synthetic fibers and plastics. Polymers of glucose are also known as polysaccharides. Structural polysaccharides are like cellulose. They both provide support for the organism, also many of the traits that make cotton come from the unique structure of cellulose. Cellulose can take up water, accounting for a good amount of absorbency of cotton and of cellulose based products. Another structural polysaccharide is chitin, which is a variation of cellulose."

Writer: Kylie Taylor

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Date: Dec 31 2013 2:09 PM