Random Analogies
Molecular Xeroxing......
a: Pcr ~
b: photocopying regions of DNA
What: "Put simply, PCR is like photocopying regions of DNA" or as another website put it "PCR is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and then making a haystack out of the needle"
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 13 2013 6:04 PM
# 3158 Critique Analogy
An Egg Shaped Tumor......
a: A sarcoma ~
b: plastic Easter egg filled with sprinkle
What: "How she explained it to me," Nikki reports, "is that a sarcoma is like a plastic Easter egg filled with sprinkles. The egg is the tumor and the sprinkles are the cancer cells. The doctor's objective is to remove the egg without letting any of the sprinkles out, something that is apparently very difficult to do."
Useful?
Writer: Nikki Sepielli
LCC:
Where:
Date: May 14 2013 3:04 PM
# 3203 Critique Analogy
a: Blood sugar ~
b: money in your pocket
What:
"Blood sugar is like money in your pocket. Glycogen is like money in your EFTpOS account.Fat stores are your term deposit. Glucagon is the bank manager who gives you access to your term deposit, but onlybafter the glycogen account is empty. "
Useful?
Writer: Ken Ho
LCC:
Where:
Date: May 15 2014 4:55 PM
# 5715 Critique Analogy
a: corpus callosum ~
b: an Autobahn
What:
"With its 250 million nerve fibres the corpus callosum is like an Autobahn for neural data connecting the two hemispheres."
Useful?
Writer: A. Schoeke. T. Bittlin, et al
LCC:
Where:
Date: Dec 3 2014 3:28 PM
# 6562 Critique Analogy

