First of all, I cannot believe this is the last post we have to post on this blog!! I'm kind of happy because I don't have to include this in my dailiy homework routine, but I will miss sharing my thoughts on this blog - it really shows me what I've learned. Although I won't be posting anymore posts, I will definitely read the book to the end (or else I will feel incomplete...sorry I'm OCD like that). Anyways, back to the book!
This has got to be my most favorite chapter of all the chapters in this book. First of all, it's the shortest :). Second of all, he talked about our sense of smell which always intrigues me. I was fascinated by the fact that fishes can smell underwater. I thought they just had gills and that was that!! Well, who knew. What else surprised me was that 3% of our entire genome is devoted to our "smelling genes". Oh wow, that's a lot! Basically, this chapter fascinated me more than all the chapters combined (and I am exaggerating LOL). I admire Shubin for keeping me hooked on reading about biology this summer and I actually learned something! There's something about crafty scientists who write national best-selling books :)
- BryanMunar
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