http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/21/from-day-to-night-a-lesson-in-eye-evolution-with-the-owl-monkey/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/21/from-day-to-night-a-lesson-in-eye-evolution-with-the-owl-monkey/#comment-3508 Ed Yong Sat, 23 May 2009 23:42:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/21/from-day-to-night-a-lesson-in-eye-evolution-with-the-owl-monkey/#comment-3508 Sorry, yes, that sentence was missing a couple of words. They used a combination of radioactive thymidine and non-radioactive BrDU to study the cell cycle in the RPCs. Well spotted. Sorry, yes, that sentence was missing a couple of words. They used a combination of radioactive thymidine and non-radioactive BrDU to study the cell cycle in the RPCs. Well spotted.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/21/from-day-to-night-a-lesson-in-eye-evolution-with-the-owl-monkey/#comment-3507 Comrade PhysioProf Sat, 23 May 2009 22:15:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/21/from-day-to-night-a-lesson-in-eye-evolution-with-the-owl-monkey/#comment-3507 My guess is that the bromodeoxyuridine (BrDU) was not radiocative, as the whole point of using BrDU is that it can be detected by commercially available antibodies, and thus allows for the non-radioactive detection of DNA synthesis and, hence, mitosis. My guess is that the bromodeoxyuridine (BrDU) was not radiocative, as the whole point of using BrDU is that it can be detected by commercially available antibodies, and thus allows for the non-radioactive detection of DNA synthesis and, hence, mitosis.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/21/from-day-to-night-a-lesson-in-eye-evolution-with-the-owl-monkey/#comment-3506 DDeden Fri, 22 May 2009 07:39:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/21/from-day-to-night-a-lesson-in-eye-evolution-with-the-owl-monkey/#comment-3506 That's why junk drawers are never empty, and usually have a flashlight. Never know when you'll need it. That’s why junk drawers are never empty, and usually have a flashlight. Never know when you’ll need it.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/21/from-day-to-night-a-lesson-in-eye-evolution-with-the-owl-monkey/#comment-3505 kai Thu, 21 May 2009 23:10:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/21/from-day-to-night-a-lesson-in-eye-evolution-with-the-owl-monkey/#comment-3505 I presume bromodeoxyuridine isn't necessarily radioactive, but that a radioactive version was created for the experiment. I presume bromodeoxyuridine isn’t necessarily radioactive, but that a radioactive version was created for the experiment.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/21/from-day-to-night-a-lesson-in-eye-evolution-with-the-owl-monkey/#comment-3504 Insesgado Thu, 21 May 2009 16:04:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/21/from-day-to-night-a-lesson-in-eye-evolution-with-the-owl-monkey/#comment-3504 That's beautiful man. That’s beautiful man.

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