• Coyne on Natural Selection

    Updated: 2010-04-27 21:03:58
    Now on ScienceBlogs : How Dr . Isis Avoided Being Punched in the Nose Last 24 Hrs Life Science Physical Science Environment Humanities Education Politics Medicine Brain Behavior Technology Information Science Jobs EvolutionBlog Commentary on the Endless Dispute Between Evolution and Creationism Latest Posts Archives About RSS Contact Profile Jason Rosenhouse received his PhD in mathematics from Dartmouth College in 2000. He subsequently spent three years as a post-doc at Kansas State University Observing the machinations of the Kansas Board of Education led to his unhealthy obsession with issues related to evolution and creationism . Currently he is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at James Madison University in Harrisonburg , VA . Search Recent Posts More Chess Match Carnage Coyne on

  • Why female moths are big and beautiful?

    Updated: 2010-04-27 02:27:01
    In most animal species, males and females show obvious differences in body size. But how can this be, given that both sexes share the same genes governing their growth? University of Arizona entomologists studied this conundrum in moths and found clues that had been overlooked by prior efforts to explain this mystery of nature........

  • Sequencing Hydra genome

    Updated: 2010-04-27 02:27:01
    UC Irvine scientists have played a leading role in the genome sequencing of Hydra, a freshwater polyp that has been a staple of biological research for 300 years. In the March 14 online version of Nature, UCI biologists Robert Steele and Hans Bode, along with nine other UCI researchers and an international team of researchers, describe the genome sequence of an organism that continues to advance research on regeneration, stem cells and patterning........

  • Mexican Cave Scorpions

    Updated: 2010-04-27 02:27:01
    Blind scorpions that live in the stygian depths of caves are throwing light on a long-held assumption, showing that specialized adaptations aren't always an evolutionary dead-end. Looking at the phylogenetic relationships among species of the scorpion family Typhlochactidae, endemic to Mexico, Associate Curator Lorenzo Prendini and his colleagues observed that species currently living closer to the surface (under stones and in leaf litter) evolved independently on more than one occasion from specialized deep-cave ancestors adapted to life further below the surface (in caves). This finding puts a dent in both Cope's Law of the unspecialized, which assumes that novel evolutionary traits tend to originate from a generalized member of an ancestral taxon, and Dollo's Law of evolutionary irreversibility, which theorizes that specialized evolutionary traits are unlikely to reverse........

  • 600 million-year-old origins of vision

    Updated: 2010-04-27 02:27:01
    By studying the hydra, a member of an ancient group of sea creatures that is still flourishing, researchers at UC Santa Barbara have made a discovery in understanding the origins of human vision. The finding is published in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a British journal of biology........

  • Grown-Ups Gone Wild

    Updated: 2010-04-19 21:29:33
    This is a story about spring break.  Now before you get too excited, I should say that although this trip did involve four girlfriends and a great deal of fun on the beaches of Puerto Rico, this was more of a grown-up trip, and the “wildness” I’m referring to is actually a biodiversity hotspot in [...]

  • Searching for Genetic Fossils

    Updated: 2010-04-16 04:31:08
    The hunt for human origins typically takes the form of fieldwork, with teams of paleontologists scouring the earth for the fossil that will add to the story of how our strange species came to be. That search has taken scientists from Africa to Siberia, adding a pelvic bone fragment here and a skull pan here [...]

  • EE&O archives to be available free, indefinitely

    Updated: 2010-04-11 15:57:57
    Over at the Evolution: Education & Outreach blog, I have posted some important news. The journal will be available on PubMed Central after a 12 month embargo (“moving wall“), starting in about six months. Read about it at http://blogs.springer.com/evoo/?p=361. Editors and Editorial Board members are excited about this new development. The intention was to create a [...]

  • New Blog Carnival of Evolution!

    Updated: 2010-04-11 15:57:55
    Hey everyone! Check out the latest blog carnival of evolution! Cheers!

  • Build your own virus Discovering Biology in a Digital World

    Updated: 2010-04-08 10:37:55
    Now on ScienceBlogs : ScienceOnline2010 interview with Christine Ottery Last 24 Hrs Life Science Physical Science Environment Humanities Education Politics Medicine Brain Behavior Technology Information Science Jobs Discovering Biology in a Digital World My thoughts on biology , teaching , life , and exploring the living world via the digital one . Only my opinions are represented by these postings , they do not represent the viewpoints of any funding agency or Geospiza , . Inc Latest Posts Archives About Blogroll RSS Contact Profile I am a digital biologist , teacher , and entrepreneur . My passion is developing instructional materials for 21st century biology Digital World Biology Digital Bio FAQs Upcoming workshops Search Digital World Biology Discover Biology with Bioinformatics Books and Kits Free Tutorials Biology Merchandise Subscribe to our newsletter e-mail digitalbio at scienceblogs.com use Digital World Biology' news as the subject DigitalBio Favorites Science Blogs School Fundraiser NetworkedBlogs : Blog Discovering Biology in a Digital World : Topics bioinformatics biology microbiology Follow my blog Recent Posts A ScienceOnline 2010 session mash-up review : Fact

  • Evolution for Everyone

    Updated: 2010-04-08 10:37:22

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