Genesis of BMAA hypothesis • BMAA biomagnification in Guam • Fruit bats highly desirable • Access to guns during WW2 • 100X increase in neurodegenerative diseases among native Chamorros and associates • Decline and extinction of bats on Guam • Decline of neurodegenerative diseases
8
Embed
Genesis of BMAA hypothesis BMAA biomagnification in Guam Fruit bats highly desirable Access to guns during WW2 100X increase in neurodegenerative diseases.
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
Genesis of BMAA hypothesis
• BMAA biomagnification in Guam
• Fruit bats highly desirable
• Access to guns during WW2
• 100X increase in neurodegenerative diseases among native Chamorros and associates
• Decline and extinction of bats on Guam
• Decline of neurodegenerative diseases
Symbiotic association
between cycadroots & Nostoc
Flying foxes eat fleshy seed sarcotesta of cycad seeds