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So when will you lose your health? – Part 3 – When you don’t know this
Every day we read of a new study that says “This is bad for you” and “This is good for you”. No wonder when it comes to taking control of our health, we are confused by science… more →
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ecolution
wrote 1 month ago: Does it make sense to separate ecology and evolution? Conceptually yes, but practically no. This wee … more →
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wrote 2 months ago: Biology Letters’ February Experimental Evolution Special … more →
stepping stones and evolutionary rescue
wrote 2 months ago: I promised to discuss “evolutionary rescue” – the ability of populations to adapt … more →
complex processes
wrote 2 months ago: Inferring evolutionary dynamics is difficult because there is not a one-to-one relationship between … more →
Environmental change influences the pathway to the evolution of antibiotic resistance
wrote 2 months ago: Observed environmental changes. All differences are relative to corresponding averages for the perio … more →
Why I dropped out of psychology and became an evolutionary biologist, Part II: Evolution is happening, and it matters.
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wrote 3 months ago: At about the same time that I was getting very frustrated by my psychology courses, I was taking an … more →
Averting the Approaching Apocalypse
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wrote 4 months ago: This post is a guest contribution by Dr. Levi Morran, NIH postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University. … more →
Top Research of 2012: Evolution
wrote 4 months ago: Jump to: Arthropods; Botany; Developmental Biology; Ecology; Environmental; Geology; Historical Geol … more →
Response to Horizontal gene transfer may explain variation in θs
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wrote 6 months ago: Response to Horizontal gene transfer may explain variation in Inigo Martincorena, Nicholas M. Luscom … more →
Many genes, but two major roads to adaptation
wrote 7 months ago: Cross-posted at Denim and Tweed. In the course of adaptive evolution — evolutionary change via natur … more →
Horizontal gene transfer may explain variation in θs
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wrote 7 months ago: Horizontal gene transfer may explain variation in θs Rohan Maddamsetti, Philip J. Hatcher, Stéphane … more →
Towards the Recapitulation of Ancient History in the Laboratory: Combining Synthetic Biology with Experimental Evolution
wrote 8 months ago: Towards the Recapitulation of Ancient History in the Laboratory: Combining Synthetic Biology with Ex … more →
Diversity & productivity peak at intermediate dispersal rate in evolving metacommunities
wrote 9 months ago: Venail et al 2008 (Craig MacLean) “…Selection at intermediate rates of dispersal leads t … more →
Studying Evolution With an Eye on the Future - NYTimes.com
wrote 9 months ago: Studying Evolution With an Eye on the Future – NYTimes.com. Great intro to experimental evolut … more →
Evolving a tune
wrote 10 months ago: The site DarwinTunes | Survival of the funkiest provides an example of crowd-sourced artificial evol … more →
Ecological complexity breeds evolutionary complication
wrote 1 year ago: It is a truth universally acknowledged in evolutionary biology, that one species interacting with an … more →
A virus with half a wing
wrote 1 year ago: Richard Lenski’s team is one of my favourite research groups in the whole world. If the long-t … more →
"Let's stay together." - Al Green
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wrote 1 year ago: Some of the biggest questions in evolutionary biology deal with the origin of life. For example, if … more →
Inbred females have more fun
wrote 1 year ago: Red flour beetles mating. Photo by Lukasz Michalczyk. Female red flour beetles (Tribolium castaneum) … more →
