{"id":746,"date":"2011-05-08T13:31:51","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T21:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jeremyjohansen.com\/news\/?p=746"},"modified":"2011-05-09T04:53:28","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T12:53:28","slug":"happy-mother%e2%80%99s-day-biologist-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jeremyjohansen.com\/news\/2011\/05\/08\/happy-mother%e2%80%99s-day-biologist-video\/","title":{"rendered":"appy Mother\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

appy Mother\u2019s Day Everyone! Here\u2019s a scientific perspective on mother\u2019s day. While the lyrics are out there, the song is homey and from the heart.<\/p>\n

A Biologist’s Mother’s Day Song<\/h2>\n

Watch and listen here<\/a><\/p>\n

Lyrics:
\nTo make one me you just add
\nHalf of mom and half of dad
\nThat is what I once believed
\nBut I know now that I was wrong
\nI got so much more from you mom
\nThan just half a set of genes
\nI got nutrients and transcription factors
\nand nearly everything that matters
\nplus my prenatal environment (transplacental inheritance)
\nmRNA, mitochondria,
\nThat back in the day once belonged to ya (theyre cytoplasmic)
\nand I just want to thank for supplying them
\nJust like two strands of DNA are spirally entwined
\nYour nature and your nurture are inspiringly combined
\nScientists remind me and I find that it is true
\nSlightly more than half of everything I am is thanks to you
\nMitochondria power my cells
\nand they have DNA as well
\nTranscription factors modulate transcription
\nAnd since theyre in the cytoplasm
\nThe eggs the only one that has em
\nand sperm I guess they dont have much ambition
\nMy sex determination gene means that Im a guy
\nFrom you I got my X chromosome, from Dad I got my Y
\nX has over a thousand genes, Y has less than 92
\nThats why more than half of everything I am is thanks to you
\nI roomed in your womb for nine whole months and never paid the rent
\nYour glucocorticoids shaped my hypothalmic development
\nI took in your blood and sucked it dry of every nutrient (its gross but true)
\nSometimes I wonder where the time went (where did it go)
\nSometimes I wonder where it went
\nI know Ill never understand all you have done for me (Im not that smart)
\nBut since you paid for college Ill get my B. S. degree (bachelor of science)
\nAnd I have learned its not BS but absolutely true
\nSlightly more than half of everything I am is thanks to you.
\n“It’s not an even 50\/50 split you get a disproportionate share of your DNA coming
\nfrom your mom. Really important.” – Robert Sapolsky
\nv CHORDS
\nVerse: D A G G
\nChorus: A bm G D x2 \/ G A D-A-bm \/ G A G D
\nBridge: G A D G x2 \/ G A D-A-bm \/ G G A A — rock on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

appy Mother\u2019s Day Everyone! Here\u2019s a scientific perspective on mother\u2019s day. While the lyrics are out there, the song is homey and from the heart. A Biologist’s Mother’s Day Song Watch and listen here Lyrics: To make one me you just add Half of mom and half of dad That is what I once believed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_rsvp_to":"","_rsvp_max":"","_rsvp_show_attendees":"","_rsvp_instructions":"","simple_price":"","simple_price_label":"","venue":"","_template_start_hour":"","_template_start_minutes":"","_sked_minutes":"","_sked_stop":"","_sked_duration":"","_payment_gateway":"Cash or Custom","_rsvp_currency":"USD","_sked_hour":"12","_sked_end":"13:00","rsvp_tx_template":0,"_rsvp_start":0,"_rsvp_deadline":0,"_rsvp_deadline_daysbefore":"0","_rsvp_deadline_hours":"0","_rsvp_reg_daysbefore":"0","_rsvp_reg_hours":"0","_rsvp_count_party":"1","_timezone":"America\/Los_Angeles","_rsvp_on":true,"_add_timezone":false,"_convert_timezone":false,"_calendar_icons":true,"_rsvp_end_display":false,"_rsvp_rsvpmaker_send_confirmation_email":false,"_rsvp_confirmation_after_payment":false,"_rsvp_confirmation_include_event":false,"_rsvp_count":true,"_rsvp_yesno":true,"_rsvp_captcha":false,"_rsvp_login_required":false,"_rsvp_form_show_date":false,"_show_rsvpmaker_options":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[318,317,319],"class_list":["post-746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-biologist","tag-mothers-day","tag-scientist"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t