Random Analogies

Motor Cell Madness.....

a: Dynein ~
b: a tractor trailer

What: "Dynein is like a tractor trailer; the microtubules are the highway; and the HIV particles are the cargo," notes David McDonald, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology.

Useful?
Writer: David McDonald
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 6 2013 10:01 AM


Poems Of Meiosis /poems Of Mitosis

a: Metaphase ~
b: a game

What:

"Metaphase is like a game give the play a name. The play name is fear the centriolies appear. Call the play " FEAR" chromosomes pull apart in fear. Telophase the uncoiling phase you have chromosomes on each end and 2 new nuclei that jump in." And so it goes...


The link is a list of poems written about meiosis by students. Some are pretty good, some are somewhat loopy, by design.


Useful?
Writer: Tiffany Lucas
LCC:
Where:
Date: Dec 29 2013 6:54 PM



a: Antioxidants ~
b: a mop-up crew

What:

"Antioxidants are like a mop-up crew, Clarke said. After the hydrogen atoms are pulled off, antioxidants stop the harmful chain reaction. Using another analogy, Clarke said, "Instead of taking an antioxidant to jump in front of a bullet, you place bullet-proof vests on the hydrogen atoms."


Useful?
Writer: Catherine Clarke
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 17 2014 5:27 PM



a: Phloem ~
b: a pipeline that carries food

What:

"The inner bark, called phloem, is like a pipeline that carries food produced in the leaves down to the trunk and to the roots. Interestingly, the phloem only lives for a short time, and then dies to become a part of the outer bark."


Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 23 2015 12:51 PM



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