麻瓜科学家为什么会接二连三关心魔法的可遗传性?如果用麻瓜科学解读蛇佬腔,应该怎么和蛇交流?哈利波特的头疼会是一种什么症状?麻瓜科学家们又是怎么解读神奇动物的?这一期我们来聊聊,哈利波特世界里的生物,看看科学家们为了解读哈利波特,都做了什么有趣的研究(假设)吧!
biokiwi上哈利波特的图文推送:mp.weixin.qq.com
时间点:
04:19 魔法单基因遗传学说
17:36 魔法遗传学理论之大成
34:26 蛇佬腔之真实性小考
51:33 哈利波特的头痛症状研究
62:54 猫头鹰是如何在送信时找到方向
70:48 三头犬真的可能存在吗?
相关图片:
鸟类感知磁场方向机制的示意图:
1773年在巴黎出现的双头猫:
在中国东北发掘的白垩纪时期双头潜龙化石(a为正常龙,b为双头龙):
双头蝾螈实验(奶树后期更正:组织者的概念是指它会诱导周围细胞的分化和器官形成,不是指它本身会发生分化):
部分参考资料:
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I sent this paper to JK Rowling explaining how the wizarding gene could be singular, autosomal, and dominant despite the protests of a bunch of fans who stopped learning genetics after Punnett squares. Warning: Contains science
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涉及BGM:
电影《哈利波特与魔法石》与《哈利波特与密室》部分片段
John Williams - Hedwig's Theme
George Benson - Thunder Walk