A Biologist’s Mother’s Day Song
I love you, mom Much to my surprise, some people have requested the mp3–now you can get it here: www.cdbaby.com (it’s the first song) or on iTunes, just search cadamole Lyrics: To make one me you just add Half of mom and half of dad That is what I once believed But I know now that I was wrong I got so much more from you mom Than just half a set of genes I got nutrients and transcription factors and nearly everything that matters plus my prenatal environment (transplacental inheritance) mRNA, mitochondria, That back in the day once belonged to ya (theyre cytoplasmic) and I just want to thank for supplying them Just like two strands of DNA are spirally entwined Your nature and your nurture are inspiringly combined Scientists remind me and I find that it is true Slightly more than half of everything I am is thanks to you Mitochondria power my cells and they have DNA as well Transcription factors modulate transcription And since theyre in the cytoplasm The eggs the only one that has em and sperm I guess they dont have much ambition My sex determination gene means that Im a guy From you I got my X chromosome, from Dad I got my Y X has over a thousand genes, Y has less than 92 Thats why more than half of everything I am is thanks to you I roomed in your womb for nine whole months and never paid the rent Your glucocorticoids shaped my hypothalmic development I took in your blood and sucked it dry of every nutrient (its gross but true) Sometimes I wonder where the time went …
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June 14th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Thats Great!!
June 15th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
“Transplacental inheritance” – lol. Love it.
June 16th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
@MsMira Last time I was pregnant was 30 years ago.. and I still found it touching…
June 16th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
Best mom song in the world! haha
So sweet!!
June 23rd, 2010 at 8:41 am
Oh God I’m a nerd…
June 25th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
I didn’t want this song to be OVA! Very sweet, in embryo at least.
The delivery is impressive as well. THANKS FOR THE LOVELY SONG!
June 26th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
today is my first day of what could be months of home bed rest to keep two little boys baking inside me for as long as possible. this song just made that reality that much more tolerable. thanks, bio guy! (btw, was that a Sepulski cameo toward the end??
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July 3rd, 2010 at 7:12 pm
Never understood maternal inheritance like this! Terrific video.
July 6th, 2010 at 6:00 am
Can somebody transcrip for me what the teacher says at : 3:05 please?
July 9th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
What about the antibodies passed through the breast milk?
July 11th, 2010 at 2:06 am
@iamdorkus emo kids that need to see sunlight, hate the world and have need clicking lessons…
this video is epic… youtube, needs more vids like this
July 14th, 2010 at 1:40 am
adam…you rock! this is the best video
showed it to all the friends in spain. so proud of you! brings me back to the days of AP calc haha
xoxo
July 15th, 2010 at 3:27 am
Adam, I shared this with my daughter Jessica (at UCD) who happens to be studying for a genetics midterm right this moment! It brought levity to her grueling evening! Great video!! See you next Wed for pizza … Janet
July 17th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
I LOVE YOU, SNOOPY
July 17th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
I love you snoopy
July 18th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! Thanks for making my day! (I just finished the chapters on reproduction and pregnancy in A&P II. Perfect find today!)
July 21st, 2010 at 10:56 am
Yay, wonderful. :0)
Any chance of putting the lyrics up? (Not to steal, just to sing in the shower.)
July 21st, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Very clever
What a cool video
July 27th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
WTF
July 30th, 2010 at 3:52 am
Phenomenally well done!!! Absolutely loved it!
August 6th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
I was trying to find why we were more like our moms on the internet. You were the only relevant link. This helped so much.
August 11th, 2010 at 11:42 am
Robert Sapolsky at the end! That was awesome!!!!
August 19th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
well done man, this is awesome!
August 24th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Can somebody transcrip for me what the teacher says at : 3:05 please?
September 1st, 2010 at 4:26 am
so love the lyric and rythm