Atoms to ecosystems is not almost a molecular ecology
In Kohl (2012) I wrote: Among different bacterial species existing in similar environments, DNA uptake (Palchevskiy & Finkel, 2009) appears to have epigenetically ‘fed’ interspecies […]
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Model organisms: the birds and the bees
Bird Genomes Abound Scientists complete the largest-ever comparative genomic study of birds. By Ruth Williams | December 11, 2014 Excerpt: “Birds are model organisms for […]
Dual genomes: exposing the evolution industry
Multiple haplotype-resolved genomes reveal population patterns of gene and protein diplotypes Excerpt: “The CDP showed a significant overrepresentation of certain gene ontology (GO) groups (global […]
The key to science: experimental evidence
If it disagrees with the experiment, it’s wrong! — Richard Feynman (1964) Two different experiments are among others from the Vosshall lab that show […]
Are evolutionary theorists ‘nob ends’?
Interview – Prof Brian Cox and Robin Ince Robin Ince “Am I wrong to sometimes be scared of science idiots?” Brian Cox “…my favoured response […]
Connecting the various levels of analysis
Is Our Focus Becoming Overly Narrow? By Nancy Eisenberg Excerpt: “A larger perspective informed by knowledge about all levels of analysis is in jeopardy. An […]
Ecological adaptation: The third way
The Third Way The vast majority of people believe that there are only two alternative ways to explain the origins of biological diversity. One way […]
Humans can do what?
Science 21 March 2014: Vol. 343 no. 6177 pp. 1370-1372 Humans Can Discriminate More than 1 Trillion Olfactory Stimuli Reported as: Humans can distinguish at […]
The wrong picture of our evolution
“We have built a picture of our evolution based on the morphology of fossils and it was wrong.” I’ve repeatedly cited the latest literature, especially […]
Alzheimer’s therapy: scents vs nonsense
Scent and the City By LANCE HOSEY Published: October 25, 2013 in the New York Times Excerpt: In 2009, medical researchers at Tottori University in […]