Brain in a vat

Human cell type

Human molecular biology

Human body system

Exciting... sometimes cruel. But too exciting not to do:
* 2016 https://nextnature.net/story/2016/reversing-evolution-legless-mouse limbless

Databases and projects:
* https://www.jax.org/research-and-faculty/resources/mouse-mutant-resource The Jackson Laboratory


Mouse mutant

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Since <rat> and <mouse> are not scientifically specific names, we'll just use them interchangeably.

When one specific species is implied, we will mean <Mus musculus> by default.


{tag=Model organism}
{wiki}

= Mus musculus
{c}
{synonym}
{title2}


House mouse

Human body

{tag=Good}
{wiki}

= Transhumanist
{synonym}


Transhumanism

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As of 2020, account for about 20% of the known <mammal> species!!! https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/why-are-there-so-many-species-of-bat/ mentions some reasons:
* they can fly, so they can move out further
* their eating habits are highly specialized


Mouse

{wiki}

= Homo sapiens
{c}
{synonym}
{title2}

Genome:
* 3 Gbps
* 20k genes
* 37.2 trillion cellshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/how-many-cells-are-in-your-body{ref}

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/genome/guide/human/index.shtml

``
wget ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq/H_sapiens/annotation/GRCh38_latest/refseq_identifiers/GRCh38_latest_genomic.fna.gz
gunzip --keep GRCh38_latest_genomic.fna.gz
``


Human

Placenta

Placentalia subclade

{c}

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lu_Zhishen_Water_Margin_2.jpg
* https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/79307


Lu Zhishen uproots willow tree

{c}
{tag=Lin Chong scene}

* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shuihu8.PNG
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lu_Zhishen
* http://www.artnet.com/artists/guan-liang/lu-zhishen-from-water-margin-8s_8K745SiOR8b2OvTOcqQ2


Lu Zhishen saves Lin Chong

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They split up from the rest of the <mammals> after the <monotremes>.

Every other mammal has a <placenta>.

This baby in pouch thing just feels like a pre-<placenta> stage.


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