BIOLOGICAL MYSTERIES
Added on: 12th Feb 2016
GOLGI APPARATUS
In cell theory, we still don’t know what the exact transport
mechanism by which proteins travel through the Golgi apparatus
actually is.
GLYCOGEN BODY
A glycogen body is an oval structure in the spinal cord of birds,
made of specialized cells that contain large amounts of glycogen.
The function of this structure is not known, but it doesn’t seem
to be related to the normal function of glycogen in animals,
which is to store energy.
GALL WASP
It is largely unknown how Gall wasps induce gall formation in plants.
Even though chemical, mechanical, and even viral triggers have
been suggested.
FAIRY CIRCLE (AFRICA)
There is an intense debate about the formation process of these
circles. research has shown that some can be explained by the
activities of the sand termite, psammotermes allocerus, but
there is no theory explaining all fairy circles.
EVOLUTION OF SEX
Believe it or not, it’s still unclear as to what selective advantages
drove the development of sexual reproduction and how it evolved.
THE FUNCTION OF DNA
We still don’t know what the vast majority of Our DNA Does.
For a long time it was believed that about 98% of the human
genome was “junk” DNA (non-coding) and served no known
function. However, recently scientists have begun to
question this belief.
THE WHOLE CONSCIOUSNESS THING
In short, we still don’t know what consciousness is exactly. Why
do many animals, especially mammals, dream? What are the
inheritable characteristics of intelligence? These are all questions
that have no specific answers as of yet.
THE HISTORY OF FLOWERS
We like to look at them and we might even like to smell some of them
but we still don’t know what the exact evolutionary history of flowers is.
It has long been assumed that flowers evolved from within the
gymnosperms (a group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers,
cycads, Ginkgo, and Gnetales) however recent molecular evidence
is at odds with this hypothesis.
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