生物漫游指南

麻瓜科学家如何解读魔法世界|哈利波特里的生物


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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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Dodd A N, Hotta C T, Gardner M J. Harry Potter and the prisoner of presumption[J]. Nature, 2005, 437(7057): 318-318.

Ramagopalan S V, Knight M, Ebers G C, et al. Origins of magic: review of genetic and epigenetic effects[J]. Bmj, 2007, 335(7633): 1299-1301.

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

YOUNG B A. A review of sound production and hearing in snakes, with a discussion of intraspecific acoustic communication in snakes[J]. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 1997: 39-46.

Mason R T, Parker M R. Social behavior and pheromonal communication in reptiles[J]. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2010, 196: 729-749.

Keeton W T. Magnets interfere with pigeon homing[J]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1971, 68(1): 102-106.

Xu J, Jarocha L E, Zollitsch T, et al. Magnetic sensitivity of cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird[J]. Nature, 2021, 594(7864): 535-540.

    

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电影《哈利波特与魔法石》与《哈利波特与密室》部分片段

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