Heredity B/Designer Genes C

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Heredity B/Designer Genes C

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Woohoo! Anyone else as happy as I am that Heredity doesn't rotate out with anything? :P
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I'm still confused why they didn't do a name swap
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geminicross wrote:I'm still confused why they didn't do a name swap
I could offer you a few reasons.
1. history
2. related to #1, to avoid confusion with last year's events
3. related to #1, no impetus to make the change

Unless you're saying they actually seriously discussed flipping the names of the event (which would mean #3 is wrong), those three reasons should all follow.
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PicturePerfect wrote:Woohoo! Anyone else as happy as I am that Heredity doesn't rotate out with anything? :P
ME. It's one of my favorites. :mrgreen:

I haven't gotten the rules yet. Does anyone know if there's any major changes to it? Thanks.
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PicturePerfect wrote:Woohoo! Anyone else as happy as I am that Heredity doesn't rotate out with anything? :P
It does rotate out. Just not until next year.
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rfscoach wrote:
PicturePerfect wrote:Woohoo! Anyone else as happy as I am that Heredity doesn't rotate out with anything? :P
It does rotate out. Just not until next year.
Wait. WHAT?!?!?!??!
vennowsah wrote:
PicturePerfect wrote:Woohoo! Anyone else as happy as I am that Heredity doesn't rotate out with anything? :P
ME. It's one of my favorites. :mrgreen:

I haven't gotten the rules yet. Does anyone know if there's any major changes to it? Thanks.
I have the draft rules, didn't see any changes.
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I didn't see any changes either. I love Heredity too! :D
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Does anyone know exactly what they're referring to with "Plasmid selection and isolation"? It's a bit vague.
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Gemma W wrote:Does anyone know exactly what they're referring to with "Plasmid selection and isolation"? It's a bit vague.
Well, plasmids are small portions of DNA that are separate from chromosomal DNA, they are most common in bacteria. I assume they mean anything pertaining to the selection for use in cloning (and other things). And, isolation refers to a method of extracting the plasmids you want.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xEDEJ0DHFA This video also explains it quite well if you learn visually.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmid_preparation And this breaks down the steps .
i hope this was helpful to you :D
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