Week Twelve - Website reviews

So I really appreciated the animated Krebs cycle site, except I only really recognized the little CO2 and water molecules floating away during the various stages. It was very helpful to look up pyruvate in wikipedia and get a little background since that is a base component of the cycle. It reminds me of stem cells in a way, in that pyruvate can go on to create carbohydrates, fatty acids, the amino acid alanine or ethanol depending on the process. It's like a blank slate!

I'm a sucker for a good list, so I love the side-by-side comparison of animal and plant cells! Also, this Cell site was such a nice and simple description of the various topics we are studying. It's really very helpful to just have a basic summary in the midst of some of these more complicated processes - just a few simple definitions to throw into the ol' memory bank.

The diagram of the complete human karyotype is cool! I didn't realize that there was such a variety in shape and sizes - I guess I thought they all looked identical. Makes sense that they don't - how appropriate to have a variety and diversity of chromosomes within the very structure that creates diversity among species!