Sulfated steroids and RNA-mediated identity codes
Summary: In two studies of human pheromones we linked a mixture of androsterone and androstenol to increased flirtatious behavior and reports of increased attraction to […]
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Let there be anti-entropic light (2)
Without knowing anything about the biophysically constrained chemistry of protein folding that links light-induced amino acid substitutions to the stability of DNA is the organized […]
Defining pheromone
Earlier today, I discovered a change to what Google displays as the definition of a “pheromone.” a chemical substance produced and released into the environment […]
Food odors and chemosignals in body odor
A Sniff of Happiness Excerpt: We observed that exposure to body odor collected from senders of chemosignals in a happy state induced a facial expression […]
Methylation and cell type differences
Methylation and cell type differences Watch for other articles from Nugent et al., that attest to the obvious involvement of epigenetic effects on RNA-mediated cell […]
The biologically-based origin of the mammalian placenta
Summary: In this open access journal article, Gunter Wagner’s group eliminates assumptions about mutations and ends the obfuscation of biologically-based cause and effect. Experimental evidence […]
From Hydra to humans vs a Lakatosian research program
Imre Lakatos Excerpt: “A Lakatosian research programme[8] is based on a hard core of theoretical assumptions that cannot be abandoned or altered without abandoning the […]
Sackler Colloquium: Effects or AFFECTS on Behavior
Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium of the National Academy of Sciences, “Epigenetic Changes in the Developing Brain: Effects on Behavior,” held March 28–29, 2014, at the […]
Sexual differentiation of cell types in plants
Antheridiogen determines sex in ferns via a spatiotemporally split gibberellin synthesis pathway Excerpt: “Homosporous ferns have evolved a mechanism to favor cross-fertilization by controlling the […]
A model of MHC ‘evolution’
Sexual selection and the evolutionary dynamics of the major histocompatibility complex Excerpt: “Here, we present the results of the first model of MHC evolution incorporating […]