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Comment on Biotechnology at its best by Artyom

Artyom — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:03:33 +0000

This is seriously cool. I want a giant all-terrain slug or caterpillar that can carry heavy loads in the mountains.

Comment on WCB club Friday 7/6 by Dave

Dave — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:14:28 +0000

This is a really cool paper. Sorry to have missed it. Too busy drinking Molsons with evolutionists in Ottawa.

Comment on Accelerated speciation in colour-polymorphic birds by First birds, now fish – sexual dichromatism promotes species diversity | Kopp Lab

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:57:14 +0000

[...] there was a report of accelerated speciation in colour-polymorphic birds. Now, a new paper from Ole [...]

Comment on Pam receives college Citation for Outstanding Performance in Genetics by Thad

Thad — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:55:48 +0000

Congratulations Pamela! It was a lot of work, and you should be very proud.

Comment on Genomic analysis of parallel adaptation in sticklebacks by Artyom

Artyom — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:49:27 +0000

I would say that if the causative mutations are different, that’s clear evidence for true independent convergence. If the causative mutations are identical, it’s much more likely to come from standing variation. Of course, this approach requires going beyond genome scans and actually knowing what the causative lesions are… Tough.

Comment on Genomic analysis of parallel adaptation in sticklebacks by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:48:23 +0000

In the system they’re looking at – where evolution has occurred within the last few thousand years – is it possible to prove that “real convergence occurred”? It’s hard to falsify the hypothesis that it’s just selection on standing variation – it’s always possible that the key mutations were already present in the ancestral population, albeit at a frequency that was too low to detect.