Happy Monday!

Starting new posts for this week of #inkyDays drawings. I was playing with fractal ruffles today.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/86237523
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-071723-D1D5NB3E3

#ink #drawing #art #MastoArt #MathArt #GenerativeArt

I've finally gotten around to listing these prints in my etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1504688974/abstract-generative-art-series

If you support me on Patreon or Ko-fi, be sure to check for the discount codes I posted for you there.

#art #ArtForSale #GenerativeArt #CreativeCoding #WomensArt

#SciRiddles 3 (cont.)

Therefore, when in doubt genetic counseling by a certified professional is very important.

⚠️ Always remember that your genetic information is personal, confidential, and may only be shared with your explicit consent.

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#SciComm #chromosomes #DNA #MySciVoice

#SciRiddles 3 (cont.)

Clinical cytogenetics/cytogenomics allows for the study of chromosome form and number as related to human health. For example, it allows for the prenatal detection of syndromes like Down syndrome, caused by the presence of an extra chromosome 21.

Some chromosome anomalies are inherited others occur in an individual for the first time. Even abormalities that don't cause significant health issues for the individual may cause them in their children.

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#SciRiddles 3 (cont.)

Centromeres allow the chromosomes to bind to fiber-like structures (that form when the cell undergoes division) and move along them towards each daughter.

So why does this matter?

Chromosome anomalies area major cause of pregnancy loss, infertility, birth defects, developmental and intelectual disability, and rare disease. Certain types of cancer, like leukemias, also show specific chromosome abnormalities.

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#SciRiddles 3 - The reveal (cont.)

Each chromosome of a pair is a homolog of the other allowing them to exchange segments with each other. This crossing-over creates a "new" (diverse) combination of the genes they carry.

A human chromosome may be as large as chromosome 1 (with over 3,000 known genes) or as small as chromosome 21 (with over 400 known genes). However, all of them have a short arm (p) and a long arm (q), and a constriction called centromere.

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#SciRiddles 3 (cont.)

Each chromosome is made of a DNA molecule intertwined with proteins (histones). This chromatin is confined in the cell nucleus in a relaxed structure similar to spaghetti. Only when the cell divides into two daughter cells the compact rod-like structures of chromosomes appear.

The tipically depicted X-shaped for corresponds to a duplicated (replicated) chromosome - made of two sister chromatids.

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#SciRiddles 3 - The reveal

Though confined it moves a lot. Made by two sisters, diversified by its brother. Short or long but always constricted. Entwined like spaghetti, compact like a rod.

Did you guess? It's a CHROMOSOME.
Nearly every human cell has 46 chromosomes (23 pairs). Twenty two pairs (1-22) are autosomes and one pair constitutes the sex chromosomes (X or Y; an XX pair for females, an XY pair for males). Half of the 46 will be transmitted to children by each parent.
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Florida is well known for it’s abundant wildlife so I thought you’d like to meet one of our more notorious residents … Allie Gator. Most year-round residents know to be careful when around any body of water but for those visiting the Sunshine State … be especially vigilant when around ponds, lakes or other bodies of water.
#alligator #gator #wildlife #animals #Florida #BuyIntoArt #photography #MastoPhoto #fediverse #FediGiftShop

Meet Allie Gator here: https://hhphotography.pixels.com/featured/meet-allie-gator-hh-photography-of-florida.html

A lot of you are celebrating Father's Day (in Portugal we already did on March 19th). Hope you're having a wonderful time and a great weekend.

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Happy Father’s Day!

Most insect dads don’t do much, but male Belostomatid water bugs carry the eggs on his back after the female leaves, guarding them and making sure they have the right conditions until they hatch.

#Insects #Belostomatidae

Gone fishin’? 🎣

We’re wishing a relaxing #FathersDay to all the dads and father figures out there! Enjoy this Hubble view of the Lagoon Nebula, 4,000 light-years away.

Find out more: https://go.nasa.gov/3CwsVEq
#Hubble

#SciRiddles 4

Sweet&sour backbone. Encrypted information in rings and bonds. Opening up to multiply though half of it still lingering. Holding in its steps the information of what you are.

Did you guess? It's DNA!

DNA has a sugar-phosphate backbone shaped like a spiral ladder, whose steps hold an *encrypted* ACGT *code* about us.
DNA segments can be coding (genes) or non-coding and the entire set is called a genome.

Check out the complete post on my LinkedIn to know more.

#DNA #MySciVoice

Black phoebe incoming....

A Stout Moray Eel peers from a crevice. These are variable in color, very common, and grow to roughly 60 cm. Your #Hawaii #sealife #photooftheday

#animals #wildlife #nature #outdoors
#photography #nature #animals #climatechange #wildlife #environment #follow #outdoors #explore #camera #underwater #scubadiving #Visuallyimpaired #moray #monday #PhotoMontag

The closest stars to Earth (besides our Sun) are in the Alpha Centauri system, three stars 4 light-years away. Prominent in science fiction, Alpha Centauri B, also known as Toliman, is a prime target to search for Earth-sized planets. Explore the star: https://go.nasa.gov/42mXoiI
#NASAExoplanets

This is a cute elephant. Elephants spend up to 18 hours a day eating grass, bushes, roots, shrubs to maintain their appropriate calorie intake. They sleep only for 1 or 2 hours a day.
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Reflections #beetles #insects #MacroPhotography

Cuckoo wasp

These small wasps are parasitoids, often of other bees and wasps. I'm unsure of ID on this one as we have several that look very similar in my area.

I've been looking for cuckoo wasps in our garden to try and get a decent photo. This one fell right onto my hand. Not quite the shot I was going for, but I enjoyed the experience.

#insects #wasps #Nature #MacroPhotography

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