Amino acid substitutions and de novo creation (revisited)
Extensive variability in olfactory receptors influences human odor perception December 8th, 2013 Excerpt: “…the underlying amino acid sequence can vary slightly for each of the […]
DNA methylation
Creation of new species
1. “Genetically altered mice are a powerful experimental tool, but the extent to which recent positive selection in humans acts on pathways and amino-acid residues […]
Pheromone-controlled thermodynamics and cancer
“If you learnt evolutionary biology and genetics a decade or more ago you need to be aware that those debates have moved on very considerably, […]
Evolution: innovations may have non-adaptive origins (sans mutations)
Q & A: Evolution Makes Do By Chris Palmer Evolutionary biologist Andreas Wagner argues that many evolutionary innovations may have non-adaptive origins. Excerpt: “If exaptations […]
The cause of colony collapse could be a message for all of us
“The honeybee is a model organism for understanding the epigenetic link from food odors and social odors to neural networks of the mammalian brain, which ultimately determine human behavior.”