PYMundGenealogy
PYMundGenealogy t1_iy3k1r8 wrote
Reply to comment by PhilosopherDon0001 in ELI5: How does buffalos get so big while being herbivores? by Kay1636
I love how this reads like a buffalo complaining about their daily routine at first glance.
PYMundGenealogy t1_ixm653a wrote
Reply to How does the number of chromosomes an animal cell or plant cell have affect it physically in terms of complexity? by FellowHuman21
For a long answer you'll need to wait for an expert; for a TL;DR: No.
Number of unique genes/quantity of meaningful DNA is ... more correlated to complexity (but also not that simple) but chromosome number can be ‘messed with’ just by having the same genetic material split into smaller chromosomes, with no effect on the organism's genetic makeup, so the number doesn't matter at all.
(See Wikipedia on microchromosomes for an example, relevant in that exotic creature, ‘chicken’.)
PYMundGenealogy t1_iycxt6w wrote
Reply to Today I learned that poinsettias were first cultivated by the Aztecs. They were brought to America by Joel Poinsett, from who they get their English name. by Underworld_Denizen
Fun fact: most plant names ending in -ia are named in the honour of someone, usually a botanist, with the first part of the name coming from their family name. Magnolia? A botanist named Magnol. Zinnia? Zinn. Dahlia? Dahl. Begonia? Bégon. (And so on. Petunia being the first exception I could find - petun is a native name for the plant.)