Some people have hitchhiker's thumbs, which bend backwards with a large angle between the two segments (phalanges). The myth is that there are just two kinds of thumbs, straight thumbs (S) and hitchhiker's thumbs (H), and the trait is controlled by a single gene with two alleles, with the allele for S being dominant.This was proposed by Glass and Kistler (1953) and has been the subject of very little research since then.he myth is that there are just two kinds of thumbs, straight thumbs (S) and hitchhiker's thumbs (H), and the trait is controlled by a single gene with two alleles, with the allele for S being dominant. This was proposed by Glass and Kistler (1953) and has been the subject of very little research since then.
Two fundamental cellular processes are cellular respiration and photosyn-thesis. Cellular respiration is the process by which cells release stored energy from sugars. Photosynthesis is the process in which producer cells use carbon dioxide, water, and nutrients to produce glucose and oxygen.
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are complementary processes by which living things obtain needed substances. They both consume and create the same substances (water, glucose, oxygen, and carbon dioxide) but in different ways.hey are also necessary to the energy exchange that living things need to survive. Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants create their own food by turning light energy into chemical energy. Chlorophyll in the leaves transform carbon dioxide, water, and minerals into oxygen and glucose.