Episode: 55 Xenogenesis - 3-Imago: I: Metamorphosis Chapters 3 & 4

Show Notes

In episode 55, Richard and Michael discuss the biology of the ooloi and their Yashi organ.

Timestamps

00:00:00 - Start
00:00:32 - Welcome
00:03:07 - Chapter 3 predictions
00:05:08 - Chapter 3 summary
00:11:27 - Chapter 4 predictions
00:12:42 - Chapter 4 summary
00:13:03 - Multiple metamorphoses in animals
00:15:15 - Rhesus disease and evolutionary advantage of blood systems [1 - 5]
00:20:55 - Double ciculation
00:24:48 - Oankali organelle [6 - 8]
00:32:40 - Fifth Element and multiple DNA strands redundancy
00:41:18 - Yashi organ
00:45:18 - Nikanj, the protective parent
00:47:45 - Ooloi and physical malleability
00:52:41 - Theorising the sex determination in Oankali
00:53:48 - Young ooloi abilities and its problems
01:00:37 - Jodahs getting horny
01:06:13 - Chapter 5 predictions
01:08:03 - Damn you Table of Contents!
01:08:25 - Outro

References

Rhesus disease:

• [1] https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/rhesus-disease/ - NHS article about rhesus disease.
• [2] https://www.nct.org.uk/pregnancy/tests-scans-and-antenatal-checks/rhesus-negative-blood-and-pregnancy-what-you-need-know - What is Rhesus Disease?
• [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rh_blood_group_system - Wikipedia article explaining what is the Rhesus blood group system.

Blood systems evolutionary reasons:

• [4] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4034584/ - Review article pondering over the evolutionary reasons of multiple blood types.
• [5] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-people-have-differ/ - Short article about potential reasons why we have multiple blood types.

Mitochondrial inheritance:

• [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrion - What are mitochondria?
• [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_DNA - Wikipedia article about mitochondrial DNA.
• [8] https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1810946115 - Interestingly, although mitochondrium is inherited from mother, the mitochondrial DNA can come from both parents.

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