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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHuman beings have 46 chromosomes, 2 less than the common potato.
a good friend gave me this gift yesterday:
and we sat on the porch and discussed:
Human beings have 46 chromosomes, 2 less than the common potato...etc., etc., etc....
nice afternoon...
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Human beings have 46 chromosomes, 2 less than the common potato. (Original Post)
kpete
Apr 2012
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leveymg
(36,418 posts)1. Does this mean G-d granted dominion over the earth and the beasts of the field to the common spud?
Last edited Tue May 15, 2012, 06:03 PM - Edit history (1)
Guess this news that potatoes have more chromosomes than people means we need to revise our understanding of humanity's place on this planet.
Gotta admit, that is awesome.
panopeagenerosa
(44 posts)7. Not to the common spud
but to the Solanaceae generally.
panopeagenerosa
(44 posts)3. That's potatoe, with an e on the end nt.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)4. And god did it all in 6 days..LOL
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)6. Yeah, and then ran out of energy before finishing the job. n/t
snooper2
(30,151 posts)8. No, he just turned into a neutron star about 14 million light years away...
ronnie624
(5,764 posts)5. Some plants and bacteria contain thousands.
But they are mostly duplicates, and serve no role in the physical characteristics of the organism.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)9. I welcome the Potato Overlords!
Baked, fried, or mashed.
Bruce Wayne
(692 posts)10. Potato Boobies!! Yay!
Did I fail the the Potato Rorschach test again?