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0dde11eth · 6 months

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#my polls #mutations #mutagens #mutagen #witcher meta

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great-and-small · 2 years

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Finally captured my holy grail! This extraordinarily rare yellow cardinal lives in a natural area that is literally 5 minutes from my old apartment and it took me MONTHS to finally get a good look at him, like one week before I moved out. I was out searching for this handsome bastard nearly every weekend, driving myself mad trying to get a photo of him, until finally he deigned to flit down right in front of me and pose AND he let me excitedly call over some nearby kids to share in the moment before he flew off. Couldn’t stop smiling.

This one-in-a-million mutation (called xanthochromism) occurs when the male cardinal lacks an enzyme responsible for converting yellow pigments in their food into the typical red of their feathers. I am a bit obsessed with the genetics of color and pattern mutations in wildlife and finally seeing this little dude up close was worth the wait.

#birds #birblr #yellow cardinal #xanthochromism #biology #wildlife #zoology #nature #animals #cute #cardinals #mutations #science #cool #photography

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mindblowingscience · 5 months

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Certain types of bacteria can mutate to reproduce more quickly when exposed to microgravity, and that's not great news for our space tourist dreams, seeing as we humans are teeming with bacteria. It's not clear why these bacteria respond so positively to microgravity, but researchers are figuring out ways to protect astronauts out in space, as well as mitigating the damage should a space-modified colony ever find its way back to Earth. In a study published in 2017, researchers from the University of Houston monitored Escherichia coli cells through 1,000 generations of growth in simulated microgravity conditions, finding that it spread significantly faster than a control sample of unaltered bacteria. The E. coli cells also picked up at least 16 different genetic mutations along the way, though it's not clear how these mutations affect growth rates, either individually or as a group. "This study is broader in scope than previous ones on two counts," one of the team, Jason Rosenzweig, told Leah Crane at New Scientist at the time.

#science #stem #biology #space #bacteria #microgravity #mutations

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maxs-creature-corner · 5 months

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Guinea Pig breeds

Note: I am a guinea pig owner, but the photos and majority of info were still found online and researched, as i myself don't have experience with all the guinea pigs talked about. If i get anything wrong, please tell me and i will correct or remove it :)

AMERICAN GUINEA PIG BREED

WHITE CRESTED/ AMERICAN CRESTED GUINEA PIG BREED

ENGLISH CRESTED GUINEA PIG BREED

CUY GUINEA PIG/ GIANT GUINEA PIG

HIMALAYAN GUINEA PIG BREED

CALIFORNIAN GUINEA PIG BREED

RIDGEBACK GUINEA PIG BREED

REX GUINEA PIG BREED

TEDDY GUINEA PIG BREED

LAKELAND/ WIRE HAIRED GUINEA PIG BREED

SHORT HAIR PERUVIAN GUINEA PIG BREED

IRISH CRESTED GUINEA PIG BREED

SOMALI GUINEA PIG BREED

SWISS TEDDY GUINEA PIG BREED

MOHAIR GUINEA PIG BREED

TEXEL GUINEA PIG BREED

MERINO GUINEA PIG BREED

ALPACA GUINEA PIG BREED

SHEBA MINI YAK GUINEA PIG BREED

ANGORA GUINEA PIG BREED

LUNKARYA GUINEA PIG BREED

PERUVIAN GUINEA PIG BREED

MINIPLI GUINEA PIG BREED

SHELTIE/ SILKIE GUINEA PIG BREED

CORONET GUINEA PIG BREED

ABYSSINIAN GUINEA PIG BREED

BALDWIN GUINEA PIG BREED

SKINNY PIG BREED

WEREWOLF SKINNY PIG BREED

#animals #exotic animals #mutations #variations #mammal #mammals #rodent #rodents #rodentblr #cavy #cavyblr #guinea pig #guinea pigs #cavies

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Any RPGs about being an unethical mad scientist or being a mad scientist's creation? Like creating an orangutan with buzzsaws for hands, a horribly mutated two-headed crocodile, grafting a rocket launcher onto a demon's back, giant biomechanical monstrosities, etc.

THEME: Mad Scientist’s Paradise

Hello, so I have a few games that seem specifically tied to mad science, but I also found some games about mutant animals that are a bit more focused on a post-apocalypse. I hope they are still close enough to what you are looking for!

Metamorphosis BX, by Tragos Games.

Metamorphosis BX is a post-apocalyptical MiniBX hack in which you'll roleplay a hybrid survivor in an ever-changing world in which a cataclysm fragmented time and space. It is light both in mechanics and tone, aiming to be fun above all.

This is one of the games where your strange mutations and abilities don’t necessarily come from mad science; but I think they could, if you wanted them to. This is a game that employs the use of roll-tables and gives your characters both benign and malign mutations, with different sized pools of different size dice for your hit dice. What is interesting is that you have a list of different dice pools on what is called your hit dice double-helix, aka HDDH - taking your highest dice from your dice pool every time you take a hit. This encourages your characters to end fights quickly, or avoid them when you can - and it also makes for a highly lethal game.

Mutants in the Now, by Julian Kay.

In the ‘80s and ‘90s, they ruled the streets, kick-flipping off of villainous faces and slipping into the shadows. Then, they vanished from the world of tabletop gaming.

But they’re back. And ready to KICK BUTT.

Mutants in the Now is a retromodern retake on the mutant animal role-playing games long past and left behind by licensing. Mutants fight to survive, thrive, and make the world better for themselves and humanity.

I’m not entirely sure what the origin of your mutation is in this game, and it seems that’s the point. The source of your mutations is meant to be a mystery, although big tech corporations, alien conspiracies, and psychic ninjas are all on the list of potential bad-guys. The game itself has a multitude of good reviews, with a lot of praise for the flexibility available to you at character creation, and a large amount of love for the random tables.

If this game sounds interesting but you want something a little less scienc-ey, you might also want to check out the Mutants in the Next supplement, which adds in cryptids, mythical beasts, and a post-apocalypse setting to throw at your characters.

CyberRats, by Alex Rinehart.

You are genetically engineered Operatives addicted to Biotech, a glowing gel that gives you superhuman powers.

The world is being invaded by extraterrestrials known as Interlopers. You have been employed by a megacorp to ensure that the aliens don't win, and that if they are stopped, it's you who does it, and not some rival corporation.

Winning won't be easy. But it also won't be enough. The right corp must get credit.

Can you stop the aliens? Will you sabotage the military to steal equipment and defense contracts from your competitors? How many Operatives will you lose before you taste victory?

Cyberrats, an illuminated RPG.

Here’s a game all about being lab rats - literally! Cyberrats is a fast-paced shoot-em-up about genetically engineered rats addicted to the substance that gives them super-human powers, up against a terrifying alien threat. Your characters can be altered biologically, but also cybernetically, so I have a feeling rocket launchers and exo-suits are on the table here!

If you want to hear what this game plays like, you can check out the Cyberrats Radio Hour, a 30-minute episode full of alien combat and explosions.

Bio-Drones & Cryo-Clones, by ChrisAir.

Bio-Drones & Cryo-Clones is a 48pg biopunk facility-crawl for Mothership RPG, inspired by the body horror of Cronenberg’s The Fly and a twisted take on Metroidvania “save stations.” This zine is the first installment of The Sleeper Crew Adventures zine series.

PCs wake up in the Mountain Forces R&D Facility, dropped smack center into the plans of a scientist gone mad in her love for the dead despot that once owned the world. Players must gather clues, navigate NPC motivations, evade monstrosities before they Become the Mutants.

This is less of a gonzo scenario and more built for fans of horror, putting the player characters in a hostile lab environment and threatening them with a number of mutations as they try to find a way to stop the mad scientist big-bad of the adventure.

This isn’t a standalone game, but rather a module for Mothership, which is a game set inspired by Alien and has many, many different kinds of modules that you can run in many different horror scenarios. This module looks rather extensively developed, with printable maps, a set of VTT tokens, and art for all of the listed NPCs and Creatures. If you want a game full of suspense and horror, you should check out Bio-Drones & Cryo-Clones!

The UPLIFT, by Kurt Potts.

The Uplift is a tabletop RPG about cybernetically uplifted animal heroes saving the galaxy with superpowers! Think Guardians of the Galaxy, but you're all playing Rocket.

You awaken to find you are both less and more, you are both old and new.

You play animals who've been cybernetically uplifted by some mysterious company or lab. Through your adventures you may get the chance to learn why this was done to you, but by then it may not matter anymore. You're a hero and the galaxy needs saving.

Describe yourself in four steps, and let the GM describe to you the situation the crew finds themselves in. You roll 2d6 for pretty much everything you try, with modifiers for advantages and disadvantages. Each character will have one super-power that allows you to add a third d6 to certain rolls, to increase your chance of beating the difficulty score. You can risk personal injury or busted implants on a failure, and then spend downtime later to fix yourself up.

I like that the designer of this game took the basic rules of WSCA games and combined them with tools like clocks and downtime, which are commonly seen from Forged in the Dark games. It allows the players to deal with bigger setbacks during play, because you know you’ll have a chance to fix them down the road. That being said, you can still choose to die a heroic death if you still want to!

Science & Sabotage, by Live Real Press.

You are a team of evil mad scientists, hell-bent on creating a doomsday device that can bring the world to its knees.

Unfortunately, there is competition for the honor. You must finish your device before they finish their device.

You don't have time to play fair.

This is a game where you actually get to play the mad scientists, rather than their creations. It’s built off of the famous Lasers & Feelings structure, so you just need a d6 or two to play. Race against a rival team of mad scientists to be the first one to destroy the world - or at least, to threaten the world with destruction. This is probably good for a single one-shot, or perhaps, if you want to combine it with one of the other games here, you might want to use this game as a set-up for the event that destroyed the world, or perhaps your scientists are instead racing to be the first to cause mutations on a global scale!

Blister Critters, by stillfleet.

Pick your favorite varmint, grab your dice, and roleplay as a cartoon animal on a radiation-blasted Saturday-morning show!

The humans are gone just like the ozone layer, and the world they left behind is overflowing with danger…

In this innovative and surreal game, you play as a small animal who can wield bizarre mutations called Blisters as well as physics-bending Nonsense powers. These strange abilities—artfully developed within the Grit System—will help you survive in a vast, cruel suburbia populated by fellow Critters and their feral counterparts, Beasts.

The sun will mutate you and give you special powers as you scavenge the piles and piles of loot that the humans have no more use for. The tone of this game is very much like a Saturday-morning cartoon, but you can also turn up the gritty dial and make it about the harshness of this new world if you want to. Blister Critters uses a number of different polyhedral dice, with larger dice assigned to traits you’re good at and smaller dice assigned to traits you’re… not so good at. Your character also has two pools that can diminish: Health and Grit, which represent your hit points and your energy respectively. Your Grit can be spent to power the special abilities given to you by your Blisters, so the course of gameplay will likely require balancing your resources as you work through various obstacles.

The Kickstarter has finished for this game, but you might want to keep an eye on it so you can see when the final product is published. In the meantime, you can also check out the Quickstart, as well as the entries to the Critter City Crawl Jam.

#tabletop games #indie ttrpgs #game recommendations #dnd #asks #indie ttrpg #mad science #mutations

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romanowork · 6 months

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cbirt · 6 months

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Researchers have introduced a groundbreaking computational framework called DEMINING, designed to directly identify expressed DNA and RNA mutations in RNA deep sequencing data. This innovative approach incorporates a deep learning model named DeepDDR, which effectively distinguishes expressed DNA mutations from RNA mutations following RNA-seq read mapping and pileup. Upon application to RNA-seq data from acute myeloid leukemia patients, DEMINING revealed previously overlooked DNA and RNA mutations, some of which were linked to the increased expression of host genes or the generation of neoantigens. Additionally, the study demonstrated DEMINING’s ability to accurately classify DNA and RNA mutations in RNA-seq data from non-primate species using transfer learning techniques. This development holds great promise for advancing our understanding of genetic mutations and their implications in various biological contexts.

Changes in DNA and RNA play significant roles in the domains of genetics evolution and human well-being. These changes determine the hereditary variety, considering species’ variation and development over the long run. Changes can create genetic issues and illness if they happen in basic and administrative domains. Cancerous growth can also usually be caused by DNA alterations in which oncogenes are activated or deactivated cancer silencer properties. These changes are critical in biodiversity and natural specializations, allowing species to thrive and evolve.

These changes in DNA can be frequently recognized using whole genome sequencing or from RNA-seq data; however, RNA mutations, such as Adenosine-to-Inosine (A-to-I) RNA changes, are difficult to differentiate because of the existence of expressed DNA Mutations. DEMINING, a stepwise bioinformatic technique, was developed to overcome this. DEMINING combines DeepDDR, a sophisticated learning model that distinguishes transmitted DMs from RMs in RNA-seq data. Even working with intense myeloid leukemia (AML) patients, DEMINING uncovered various ignored variations and changes in AML-related gene regions, revealing insight into potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets. This tool provides a new way of recognizing infection-related changes from RNA-seq datasets.

#mutations #dna #rna #rnase #deep learning #bioinformatics #genomics

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peribytes · 23 days

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spent some time outside and found not one, not two, but THREE mutated dandelions!

#photography #nature #flowers #mutations #spring

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lindahall · 1 year

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Hugo de Vries – Scientist of the Day

Hugo de Vries, a Dutch botanist and geneticist, was born Feb. 16, 1848. Learn more

#Hugo de Vries #genetics #primroses #mutations #botany #histsci #histSTM #20th century #19th century #history of science #Ashworth #Scientist of the Day

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spookcataloger · 28 days

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"An Encounter in the Nevada Desert" by DesertRat (2013)

#/x/ 4chan #prosetext #camping story #innadesert #guns #creature story #monsters #mutations #hunting #being hunted #being watched #coverups #unidentified creature #conspiracies #longreads #scary #creepy

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perfunctory-idols · 7 months

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Japanese postcard of Beck, 1999

#beck #beck hansen #1999 #mutations #midnite vultures #photoshoots #my scans #perfunctoryidols scans #post card was given to me as a surprise gift by a japanese fan whom i bought a magazine from a few years ago #may be charlie gross but uncredited

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0dde11eth · 13 days

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Jaskier: you can smell that?

Lambert: i'm a witcher I can smell everything

Jaskier: Cool!

Lambert: *sniffs jaskier* You smell like a bitch

Jaskier: *offended gasps and stabs Lambert in the thigh*

Lambert: I stand corrected

Jaskier: technically you're lying. in a puddle of blood, so who's the bitch now?

Lambert: geralt i love your bard

#my nonsense #jaskier #lambert #jaskier and lambert the chaotic duo #feral jaskier #feral bard #petty jaskier #mutagen #mutagens #mutations #witcher lore #witcher facts

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octahedral-chaos · 5 months

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I don't know much about mutations in animals but I do remember this crazy blue lobster

Now that right there is the bluest creature I've ever seen

YOOOOOOOOO

Do you know that the reason why blue Lobsters are, well, blue is because of a genetic mutation that causes them to create the a LOT of one type of pigment? Yep, apparently that's a thing now.

Also, there's a "blue" mutations in a lot of other animals known as Axanthism, where they are unable to create yellow pigment, and appears blue in normally green animals (Amphibians, reptiles, birds), White in yellow animals and grey in mammals.

Also there's no such thing as an actually blue animal, if we're not counting Mandarinfish. This is because most "blue" animas aren't actually blue: they're brown. The blue colour comes from structural colour, NOT pigments! Mandarinfish, however, does have a blue pigment.

#OCTAfan says stuff #OCTAfan answers #Colour mutations #Mutations #Anima mutations #blue lobster #Lobster #Jaaisoffical #Ask to tag

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go-go-devil · 1 year

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Thoughts on Dudunsparce's Design

I've been seeing dunsparce fans completely split down the middle on this design. Those who love it seem to say so because they think it's either really cute and/or silly because of how it looks exactly like dunsparce, while those who hate it do so precisely because it looks too similar to its pre-evolution and thus the design is lazy

Personally I think the design by itself is just alright, but what truly makes dudunsparce actually clever imo is the very existence of its three-segment form (pic below taken from this video)

While dunsparce is primarily based on the tsuchinoko snake, I feel it's also important to acknowledge the very clear insect references on display: the stinger tail, the stripes resembling those of bees or wasps, the small thin wings, even the eyes could be seen as far more bug-like than snake-like

I'm in full agreement with Bulbapedia in that the three segment body is a reference to the real life Ultrabithorax genetic mutation seen fruit flies. This occurs when the homeotic genes (a.k.a. the ones that direct the development of specific body parts) within the thorax are rendered inactive during a fly's growth into its imago form, causing the third segment of the thorax to convert its halteres into a second set of wings

Now here's where it gets clever!

The three-segment mutant form of dudunsparce is rare to obtain, though the form itself isn't actually any stronger than the regular two-segment form and really only exists as a fun curiosity

Which is very interesting considering that dunsparce in its initial conception was a pokemon that was rare to obtain but wasn't actually very strong to use in battle and really only existed as a fun curiosity when catching all of the Johto pokemon

The way I see it, this alternate form for dudunsparce appears to be a way for the developers reignite the initial feeling of rarity that dunsprace had in its debut generation without sacrificing the actual urge to put one on your team due to it actually being strong and fun to use now!

I dunno, that's just the impression I get at least :)

#dudunsparce #pokemon #insects #mutations #pokemon headcanons #pokemon sv

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er-cryptid · 1 year

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Mutations Vocabulary

#medblr #studyblr #notes #my notes #anatomy and physiology #anatomy #physiology #anatomy notes #physiology notes #biology #biology notes #bio #bio notes #mutations #mutations notes #evolution #evolution notes

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maxs-creature-corner · 5 months

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Sugar Glider Mutations

Note: I am not a sugar glider owner/breeder, and i am also aware that in some places you require a permit/license to own them as pets and/or breed them- i just think they're cool, and they happen to not need one here in the UK :) This is simply information and photos i have found online and believe to be factual after researching. If i get anything wrong, please tell me and i will correct or remove it :)