Harlequin Ichthyosis Causes. The harlequin ichthyosis is known to be genetic in nature. The ABC 12 gene, which directs the protein production that is necessary to have a normal skin growth, is being mutated which leads to this severe skin disorder. It is a gene that is responsible for the transportation of lipid.
Boron (IPA: /ËbÉËrÉn/) is a chemical element with atomic number 5 and the chemical symbol B. A trivalent compound containing boron occurs abundantly in the ore borax. Boron is never found free in nature, and is a non-metal. Several allotropes of boron exist; amorphous boron is a brown powder, though crystalline boron is black, hard (9.3 on Mohs' scale), and a weak conductor at room temperature.
As part of borax, boron is a very common household element that is found in many detergents. (Pro tip: A borax-sugar solution will also kill ants!) It's also in the recipe for the science-fair goop oobleck, a liquid with some very strange properties. Boron may have been the key to the evolution of life on Earth. 2  The element stabilizes ribose, part of RNA, the self-assembling molecule that may have preceded DNA. ( 3 Viruses are essentially roving RNA strands.) A June 2014 study found that boron is present in the oldest rocks on Earth, which date back 3.8 billion years.