From: Kennita Watson (kwatson@netcom.com)
Date: Sat Sep 06 1997 - 09:58:28 MDT
An exchange apparently between CurtAdams and danny goes:
>In a message dated 9/5/97 4:50:54 PM, you wrote:
>>In a message dated 97-09-05 11:47:57 EDT, you write:
>><< You've got to read these things more carefully. The pictures aren't
>>pictures
>> of chromosomes, as just glancing at them will tell. They claim to be
>> pictures of "chromozones", whatever they are....
>> >>
>>Its obviously a typo.
>
>No, it's not just a typo. I've seen pictures of chromosomes, and those
>pictures aren't chromosome pictures....
Sigh -- aren't they teaching etymology in the schools any more? Try
plugging in "areas of differing color" and see how the claims read.
(See the prefix "chromo-" in a decent dictionary).
Kennita
Kennita Watson | The bond that links your true family is not one of blood,
kwatson@netcom.com| but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do
| members of the same family grow up under the same roof.
| -- Richard Bach, _Illusions_
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Fri Nov 01 2002 - 14:44:49 MST