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episode 45: Cells
We’ve talked about all sorts of living things. Bugs, for instance. And plants… elephants… the list goes on. But what we haven’t discussed is the thing that all of those animals are made of: cells! What are they? Why are they? Answers to half those questions await you!
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[Trivia Question]
B. natans number of genes
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24502779/
https://www.genome.gov/human-genome-project/Completion-FAQ
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6085824/
[Fact Off]
Streptococcus disguises itself as red blood cells
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31801066/
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/886535
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/harmful-bacteria-masquerade-red-blood-cells-evade-immune-system-180973678/
Ciliate nuclei + genetics (O. trifallax/S. histriomuscorum)
https://www.wired.com/2014/09/oxytricha-encrypted-genome/
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=427777
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(14)00984-2
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001473
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3558436/
[Ask the Science Couch]
Cell movement & motor proteins
https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/microtubules-and-filaments-14052932/
https://www.pnas.org/content/108/51/20275
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4812444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1893118/
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/comments/S0960-9822(98)70264-7
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26867/
[Butt One More Thing]
Buttock cells
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2787452/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12308-013-0175-y
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6888610/