That Extra Chromosome!

Kelly’s 25th birthday party in the Pavilion with all her buddies. On a recent trip to Kansas, at about mile #569 a voice chirps from the back seat: “Mom!” “What, Kelly?” “What does that extra chromo, chromso, chromodome do?”                                   Above: Karyotype Trisomy 21 She was talking of course, about the extra 21st chromosome that…

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The Packing List

January 1, 2010 The Packing List Here at Down Home  Ranch, the Ranchers are filtering back from time spent over the holidays with their families. Not all left, but most did. We’re all feeling a bit bloated from an excess of holiday feasting, and a bit off kilter from too much time spent out of our…

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