Sorry that I had to run out of class (work thing), and didn't have the opportunity to play any games. I'm sure that they were all awesome! I am glad that Dana gave us the current state of our grades though. I am feeling a lot better about things, and knowing that we have a few minutes to collaborate over the more detail oriented questions on the test helps relieve a lot of the stress I was felling. So thank goodness for that!
In reviewing metabolism, I found one thing that really stuck out in my mind. Dana said that metabolism is the strongest argument for evolution. A striking feature of metabolism is the similarity of the basic metabolic pathways between even vastly different species. For example, the set of carboxylic acids that are best known as the intermediates in the citric acid cycle are present in all organisms, being found in species as diverse as the unicellular bacteria Escherichia coli and huge multicellular organisms like elephants. These striking similarities in metabolism are most likely the result of the high efficiency of these pathways, and of their early appearance in evolutionary history. That's awesome!
Well, that's all. See you all Tuesday! Aimee
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