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BIOLOGICAL MYSTERIES

Added on: 12th Feb 2016

 

GOLGI APPARATUS

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

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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

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)

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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

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

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

Consciousness

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

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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