I'm looking to become a zoologist. How do I start?

Well, Asking, really I am not talking about evo-devo, really these animals treated with bplasma-blood transusion from animals with fether and hair black changed their coulr. I advice you a paper (you can put this title on google and find this paper of 2008 and it is very interesting -tomorrow I can furinsh more detaile in relation of number and Jorunal, anyway the title is "New perspective on Darwin' s Pangenesis" 2008) my point view and of some others is to consider a role of "SOMA" more important respect that assigned in these centuries where DNA is considered the only regulator of development and morphology modelling.

So for eaxample, to me connective tissues have communication with epithelial tissuis during embryo development like Grobstain demonstred on kidney development (induction) but, if I do a diturb (experiment where iduce disturbance) during this interaction, I don' t find DNA modification, but alterated pathway of development.
So, the same with plants if I ( I don' t know word in English right, innest?) do an innest (like do Biologist -Boatanists, Agronomist, Farmer) between two plants (Apple tree, Orange tree) I find that tree that receive innest don' t change Genome constitution, and tree that have furnished sample of tree (for example orange) don' t changed its Genome and number of chromososmes (So to be clear, Apple tree mantain regular number of chromosomes and cells of Orange tree mantai iun the region of innest their normal numeber of chromosomes, DNA-Genome no modified for both, but this new tree produce apples and oranges, so acquired characters and can be transmitted at new generation obatina from seeds of this palant so has been modified SOMA not genome).

Tomorro I send your detail of this papre or if you have specific e-mail address I send you a copy.
Cheer,
Giuliano

Dear Asking,

I seen this moment that last time (For information problems, maybe) had not published my answer for you. Anyway, I re-write my answer that could be of interest for you. So, the experiment above described really are not side or find explanation with evo-devo theory, since this new emrging discipline is a fusion between Development Biology (Embryology, Molecular Biology, Moleculat Genetic and Genetic) with Evolution Biology. But the focus of this discipline is always (unfortunately, sigh! Since I consider really restricted an idea funded only on proteins and genes, but probalby depend that I am Zoobiologist, Zoologist and so I have Holistic approach like that of Ecology-Ecopathology) genes, proteins and DNA, at last chromatin and cells.

Really experiments above described, recall at light of Zoology-Zoophysiology-Plant Physiology and reproductive Biology-Embryology Mincurian Theories, Lamarckian Theories and in side Darwin Theories (since many supporters of Darwin, and natural selection theory, dose not t know or hide that same Charles Darwin had recognized theory of Lamarck powerful and that some biological mechanisms impact positively with it) so to summary, in these experiments and theories it is the SOMA add actor other that genome. Generally Molecular and Cell Biologists, like also physicians and veterinarians don' t have consideration and trust in SOMA, but many other groups like Biologist Zoologists and Biologist Botanists recognize a fundamental role on the SOMA (for example, connective tissues like blood, mesenchima are essential during embryo development for blood and vscular formation and same blood pressure, acting on blood is essential for cells blood formation and Cardiovascular system ripe).

Another great Scientist Ivanov Ivanovich Iavanov has been one of former Biologist (He funded fisrts Zootechnical Institute during 1830, at Saint Pietroburgo, Russia for equine artificial insemination) that generated get born of horses from Zebra (transferring Embryos of horse into uterine environment of zebra and generating hybrides Zebra-Horse inseminating mare with semen of stallion-Zebra male, but the percentage don' t corresponding with Mendel rates and there are not modification (integration, deletion, duplication) on DNA resulting. But these mechanisms are not explainable also by means epi-genetic processes, since there are not altered pathways of methilation (CH3) on islands of Guanine and Cytosine (m-GC) that is typical of epigenetic processes.

So I advice you this paper "A new perspective on Darwin's Pangenesis
Authors: Yongsheng Liu, Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 01/06/2008; 83(2):141-9.

See you,

Giuliano

Thanks for the reference, Giuliano. I am hard at work today, so cannot write at length. But this is great to have. Thanks!. I looked it up and found the abstract. Don't have the paper itself yet. I am unfortunately not able to understand everything you are writing. The zebra story is not making sense to me. I do know a bit about embryology. More later.

Don' t worry, me too, I found a window of time to answer at some e-mails and so I sent you paper' s title.

Will discuss in future if you want on embryological aspects.
See you later I must start the round to check animals in Zoo.
Giuliano

Where did you graduate? I want to be a zoologist but I can't find any affordable colleges that have zoology as a major.

So I was wondering if you enjoy your job? I mean do you get to work with animals a lot?