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I never bought into the egg thing. There’s clearly a distinct cell in the center that’s going to divide and grow inside the egg. The egg itself isn’t undergoing
by bilsbie 4mo ago
I never bought into the egg thing. There’s clearly a distinct cell in the center that’s going to divide and grow inside the egg. The egg itself isn’t undergoing mitosis.
- saulpw 4mo agoThe yolk is an energy/vitamin source, not a 'cell'. The division happens outside the yolk. From Wikipedia: > The yolk is not living cell material like protoplasm, but largely passive material
- al_borland 4mo agoI had to go look this up, as I had heard the egg thing my whole life and just accepted it. It turns out the oocyte is the single cell inside the egg, which for birds is significantly larger than a typical cell. So in that respect, the cell in a bird egg is very large. However, compared to the egg itself, it's tiny. The yolk and whites in the egg are all to provide nutrients as it grows, if fertilized.
- ErroneousBosh 4mo agoOne of the fascinating things about biology I think is this - that if the cells of your body were the size of an egg, they'd be way, way too big and you'd probably die.
- trumpdong 4mo agoI also find it interesting that if your spleen were to go prompt critical, it would irradiate you and you'd probably die. That is my favorite fact about nuclear physics.
- zygentoma 4mo agoWhat does that even mean? :D Wouldn't this be true about any organ?
- trumpdong 4mo agoAnother fun fact: if your ears were tomatoes, you'd be deaf.
- ErroneousBosh 4mo agoFor sure. You should definitely avoid bioaccumulating fissionable radionuclides in your spleen, not even a tiny amount if you can help it.