The vomeronasal organ
Not only in DNA’s hands: Epigenetics has large say in blood formation animah: pheromone-controlled Modern science: https://www.scienc…1100010X The vomeronasal organ (the pheromone receptor organ) is thus […]
Month: August 2014
What Darwin proved: there’s no such thing as a species
GENETICS As Animals Mingle, a Baffling Genetic Barrier A short stretch of DNA is challenging what it means to be a species. By: Emily Singer August […]
CRISPR corrects at what cost?
CRISPR Corrects Blood Disorder Gene Scientists use the genome-editing technique to fix a disease-causing mutation in human cell lines. By Kerry Grens | August 5, 2014 Excerpt 1): […]
Small RNAs and nutritional epigenetics (serious humor)
Serbian government honored me by putting me on their 20 recently In the context of nutritional epigenetics and “fitness,” small RNAs are clearly the drivers […]
Are population geneticists serious scientists?
Geneticists decry book on race and evolution Excerpt 1): ‘…geneticists have crafted a joint response, concluding that “there is no support from the field of population […]
A microRNA-mediated mechanism that is epigenetically inherited
Pregnancy Stress Spans Generations The stressors a female rat experiences during pregnancy can have repercussions for her granddaughters, a study shows. By Anna Azvolinsky | August 7, 2014 […]
Something from no thing
The Bridge From Nowhere How is it possible to get something from nothing? BY AMANDA GEFTER AUGUST 7, 2014 Excerpt: “Evolution has trained us to find […]
Epimutations: Attacking pseudoscientific dogmas
“Our principle aim in the lab is to attack scientific dogmas.” That claim went missing from the Oded Rechavi lab web page in September 2014. […]
Order and disorder: Ecological adaptations not mutations
In the context of order and disorder that includes what is known about quantum physics and light-induced amino acid substitutions in plants and animals, as well […]