tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post116025124016087620..comments2023-10-26T03:59:46.212-04:00Comments on The Malagasy dwarf Hippo: Le gene de la couleur de peau/ the skin color gene ?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561304085890605734noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1161357783176612482006-10-20T11:23:00.000-04:002006-10-20T11:23:00.000-04:00Salut Lilia,:) Un malgache serait capable de disce...Salut Lilia,<BR/>:) Un malgache serait capable de discerner les differences de teintes entre marron noix de cajou et marron caramel ;)....helas :(. Mais je crois qu'on est pas les seuls: plusieurs temoignages des Philippines, Inde et Cote d'Ivoire accordent une importance trop grande aux nuances de couleur. Je suis juste inquiet que cette etude sera utilisee a des fins douteuses....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561304085890605734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1161352718635409142006-10-20T09:58:00.000-04:002006-10-20T09:58:00.000-04:001) Il faut bien être malgache pour s'intéresser au...1) Il faut bien être malgache pour s'intéresser autant à la couleur de la peau :P (faux les études ont été faites par des non-malgaches :P)<BR/><BR/>2) Ça n'explique pas (comme tu le soulignes) qu'il y ait différentes couleurs de peau entre les individus d'un même peuple, d'une même région ou voire d'une même famille...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1160840942942517722006-10-14T11:49:00.000-04:002006-10-14T11:49:00.000-04:00Congrats, video ! That's awesome. We got a head st...Congrats, video ! That's awesome. We got a head start to dinner at La scala. The funny thing is that we thought of going to bistro 501 to join you guys..:-)<BR/>after the prelim, it's cruise control from here on :) sort ofAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561304085890605734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1160791923799391662006-10-13T22:12:00.000-04:002006-10-13T22:12:00.000-04:00Hey, Ranjit passed on your regards! Thanks! Appare...Hey, Ranjit passed on your regards! Thanks! Apparently you were in la scala at the same time! I must've walked right past cos I din't see you. Anyway, I passed!border between sanity and insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754014879007322036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1160612863466300192006-10-11T20:27:00.000-04:002006-10-11T20:27:00.000-04:00Tattum, ton amour de l'ocean te perdra :). Ca m'a ...Tattum, ton amour de l'ocean te perdra :). Ca m'a etonne qu'un journal comme Science mette cette etude sur leurs couvertures. C'est clair que d'autres facteurs doivent entrer en jeu. Ils ont quand meme preciser que couleur de peau etait loin d'etre =race.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561304085890605734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1160553080264093282006-10-11T03:51:00.000-04:002006-10-11T03:51:00.000-04:00Ce me rappelle la démonstration du prof de bio que...Ce me rappelle la démonstration du prof de bio que la notion de race n'a absolument rien de scientifique mais uniquement une connotation culturelle.J'ai adoré!<BR/><BR/>Cela fait longtemps que je ne m'étais pas plongée dans l'analyse de ce genre de conclusion mais disons qu'elles ne sont pas très solides.<BR/>Ok pour la relation entre la drépanocytose et la barrière contre le palu. D'ailleurs, laAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1160484784415885992006-10-10T08:53:00.000-04:002006-10-10T08:53:00.000-04:00hello Jo,Personally, Angie could play E.T. and I w...hello Jo,<BR/>Personally, Angie could play E.T. and I would still buy it. :) and you are right, I cannot think of anyone else who could be more fitting for this role, not because of her acting ability or looks but because of what she represents to the world ( a citizen-of-the-world- straight-talking-no-BS-courageous woman) <BR/> wonder how it feels to be 30ish and have Angie portraying you (Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561304085890605734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1160443286264369762006-10-09T21:21:00.000-04:002006-10-09T21:21:00.000-04:00"Ich bin ein Schwarzwald(er)" :)"Ich bin ein Schwarzwald(er)" :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561304085890605734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1160437147411355182006-10-09T19:39:00.000-04:002006-10-09T19:39:00.000-04:00we're all african ! yay !we're all african ! yay !Mosilagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293536314807508468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1160433889440233592006-10-09T18:44:00.000-04:002006-10-09T18:44:00.000-04:00Hey there,Solely based on the fact that the wild t...Hey there,<BR/><BR/>Solely based on the fact that the wild type gene product results in black skin phenotype...:) but it sure doesn't hurt. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561304085890605734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1160428271312517882006-10-09T17:11:00.000-04:002006-10-09T17:11:00.000-04:00I like the fact that the default skin color is bla...I like the fact that the default skin color is black :)ammuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05618844464887568554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1160420767979773472006-10-09T15:06:00.000-04:002006-10-09T15:06:00.000-04:00hello there Video :), A chinese student asked a si...hello there Video :), <BR/><BR/>A chinese student asked a similar question during the talk: " I am rather pale but it takes 5 min in the sunlight for me to tan extensively, how is that related to this gene ?" The answer was somewhat dissapointing. The speaker went back to the organization of the melanocytes and showed that although the gene was intact in both populations, the histological Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561304085890605734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1160414819776836542006-10-09T13:26:00.000-04:002006-10-09T13:26:00.000-04:00So how does one explain the "tanning" factor. For ...So how does one explain the "tanning" factor. For those of us who are already 'brown' can become 'browner' in sunlight.border between sanity and insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754014879007322036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1160333885959542052006-10-08T14:58:00.000-04:002006-10-08T14:58:00.000-04:00nope, crazy isn't it ?nope, crazy isn't it ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561304085890605734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1160323961898350092006-10-08T12:12:00.000-04:002006-10-08T12:12:00.000-04:00really? so it's not different amounts of expressed...really? so it's not different amounts of expressed melanin in different melanocytes?Mosilagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293536314807508468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1160320243512495052006-10-08T11:10:00.000-04:002006-10-08T11:10:00.000-04:00hey Mosi,yup, some major flaws in the study but I ...hey Mosi,<BR/>yup, some major flaws in the study but I thought that transfecting a human gene in Zebrafish was pretty daring :). I think what he is saying is that this gene gives the blueprint of our skin color. He mentions that other factors would be the organization of the ER and Golgi in the melanocytes and their structures. He lost me after that :) but basically that is how he explains the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561304085890605734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1160287358220164302006-10-08T02:02:00.001-04:002006-10-08T02:02:00.001-04:00damn and there goes my arguement that everyone is ...damn and there goes my arguement that everyone is a different shade of brown...Mosilagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293536314807508468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-1160287330947234672006-10-08T02:02:00.000-04:002006-10-08T02:02:00.000-04:00that dude does have some major problems... didn't ...that dude does have some major problems... didn't know about this talk, i always thought that melanocyte distribution was more concentrated in white people and less concentrated in black people. anyway brown is what, then, heterozygous ?Mosilagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293536314807508468noreply@blogger.com