HORIZON

My post title: chicken  and Egg.
My blog title:  Horizon

It has been  the ultimate philosophical  and scientific  mystery  for centuries,  until now, that is.
Scientists  have claimed to have  cracked  the riddle of whether  the chicken  or the egg came first.
The answer , they say, is the chicken.
Researchers found that the formation of egg shells relies on a protein found  only in  chicken's ovaries. Scientists  have discovered  that eggs can only  have been  laid  by chickens, thus solving the puzzle. Therefore , an egg can exist  only if it has been  inside  a chicken . The  protein  called ovacledidin- 17 (OC-17), act  as a catalyst to speed up the development  of the shell. This hard shell is essential  to house  the yolk  and its protective  fluids  while the chick  develops inside.

Scientists from sheffield  and warwick universities used a super computer to zoom in  on the formation  of an egg.
The computer  revealed  that OC-17 is crucial in kick starting crystallisation - the  early stages of the creation of a shell. The  protein coverts calcium carbonate  in to calcite  crystals  that make  up the shell.

Thanks to everyone.********

Published : daily mail co.uk