Genetics & Evolution (general)
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Tami Port
Professor Levine's engaging and beautifully written book assures us that it is entirely possible to be a Darwinist and find life to be meaningful and enchanting. more...
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Lee Gjertsen
Millions of specimens provide a fascinating insight into both animals and the mind of a 19th century scientist embroiled in the debate over evolution. more...
A Guinea Pig's History of Biology
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Tami Port
A Guinea Pig's History is not what you'd think after skimming the title. Endersby skillfully weaves an addictive tale where genetics history is impossibly interesting. more...
DNA Gene Mutations & Evolution
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Tami Port
A mutation is an alteration of a gene's DNA sequence. Mutations are usually bad news, but those rare changes that benefit an organism are the raw material of evolution. more...
Genetics of Anxiety Disorder PTSD
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Tami Port
JAMA study reveals relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), child abuse and a stress-related gene. more...
DNAs Selective Signature of Genes
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Tami Port
Genetic sequencing allows MIT scientists to examine natural selection through the selective signature of a gene across a range of microbial species. more...
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Tami Port
Charles Darwin, theory of evolution, and natural selection; familiar terms, but do you understand how evolution works? These articles may provide the missing link. more...
Charles Darwin & Evolution Theory
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Tami Port
Darwin was not the first to understand that organisms evolve or change over time. His crucial contribution was in identifying the mechanism of change, natural selection. more...
Teilhard de Chardin: Man's Future
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Will Deatherage
Teilhard de Chardin, a Jesuit priest, claims in his theory that man's fate is to evolve spirtiually, not genetically, toward a version of Christ he calls the Omega Point. more...
This article analyses and questions the trends of brain and testes size in bat species. more...
Bat Mating System and Brain Size
This article examines some of the important hypotheses relating to sexual dimorphism and brain size in bats. more...
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Will Deatherage
Gaia theory, elaborated by scientists James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis, holds that earth's biosphere is a living whole--in some ways an organism, or super-organism. more...
Nucleic Acids & Gene Recognition
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Tami Port
New study demonstrates that genes recognize other genes that have similar base pair sequences, a discovery that can help us understand DNA repair and genetic diversity. more...
Evolution is Not a Random Process
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Sue Cartledge
Researchers in Israel, the U.S, France and Germany have shown that evolution is not a random process, but occurs through the natural selection of successful traits. more...
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