laura (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} shinyobject) wrote,@ 2008-02-22 18:15:00 |
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the one where I yell "FORESKIN" across a crowded room
Ecology/Evolution lecture.
somewhere around 150 students, TAs, profs
Just been talking about inheritable traits, and why Lamarckian stuff doesn't work. Cutting off rats' tails doesn't result in future generations of rats with no tails, or even shorter ones.
The question: "So, similarly, what have we been cutting off humans for generations that hasn't resulted in a phenotypic change?"
my hand goes up.
my brain engages, and contributes an exceedingly useful oh, shit.
the prof points to me, all the way in the back, "Yes, you?"
150 eyes turn to me
-cough- "Foreskin?"
"Sorry, what?"
"FORESKIN!"
"Yes, exactly!"
Ecology/Evolution lecture.
somewhere around 150 students, TAs, profs
Just been talking about inheritable traits, and why Lamarckian stuff doesn't work. Cutting off rats' tails doesn't result in future generations of rats with no tails, or even shorter ones.
The question: "So, similarly, what have we been cutting off humans for generations that hasn't resulted in a phenotypic change?"
my hand goes up.
my brain engages, and contributes an exceedingly useful oh, shit.
the prof points to me, all the way in the back, "Yes, you?"
150 eyes turn to me
-cough- "Foreskin?"
"Sorry, what?"
"FORESKIN!"
"Yes, exactly!"
