Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Monday, August 12, 2013

Knitted Chromosomes

Amigurumis of both the X and Y chromosome.

The human Y chromosome itself contains only 78 working genes, compared to close to 1500 working genes on the X chromosome, which is why it is smaller. It's not exactly to scale, but then again, real chromosomes don't have eyes, so a little wiggle room is acceptable.

Made with 100% wool, stuffed with cotton.

Read more:
Chromosome Pair Amigurumi by ~holls on deviantART




























Source: deviantART
Image credits: ~holls



Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Twitter: LaboratoryEQAS

No comments:

Follow "Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine " on:


https://www.facebook.com/LaboratoryEQAS
https://twitter.com/LaboratoryEQAS
https://plus.google.com/100408138227362094524/posts
http://www.pinterest.com/labmed/medical-laboratory-and-biomedical-science/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jwahlstedt
http://clinical-laboratory.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default