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| How long since the last major interchromosomal translocation in the human lineage? | 31 Jan 2005 17:20 GMT | 1 |
How many translocations have there been since humans diverged from
chimps?
How about chimps and bonobos? Each translocation represents a
considerable population genetics bottleneck, correct?
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| Article: Is group selection necessary to explain social adaptations in microorganisms? | 31 Jan 2005 03:17 GMT | 7 |
News and Commentary
Evolutionary theory:
Is group selection necessary to explain social adaptations in
microorganisms?
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| Can viruses transfer genetic material between individuals ? | 28 Jan 2005 06:34 GMT | 4 |
I read two years ago during the SRAS period, by a japanese scientists, that
one of the theories about the origin of viruses was that they were *emitted*
by more evolved living beings that would spread their genetic material in
the form of DNA chains that would group and form ...
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| Newgroup switch | 26 Jan 2005 16:41 GMT | 2 |
Compuserve just told us that they are soon
dropping the newsgroup function.
Can anyone suggest a replacement that
they like for reading sci.bio.evolution?
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| Article: Natural selection in humans | 26 Jan 2005 16:41 GMT | 5 |
Natural selection in humans
A chromosomal inversion conveys a reproductive advantage in Iceland,
researchers report
By Charles Q Choi
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| Hamilton's Nonsense | 25 Jan 2005 18:04 GMT | 47 |
Perplexed in Peoria wrote:
> "Jim McGinn" <jimmcginn@yahoo.com> wrote
> > [snip]
> > Does IBD actually measure relatedness |
| evolution & culture | 25 Jan 2005 05:23 GMT | 2 |
Congregation for competitive sexual selection evolved into
congregation as competitive sexual selection.
All traits conducive to congregation (i.e.,
socialization-enculturation) became subject to the evolutionary
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| Joe: "slightly misleading" | 24 Jan 2005 16:55 GMT | 1 |
Joe Felsenstein wrote:
> In article <csorml$g5r$1@darwin.ediacara.org>,
> Jim McGinn <jimmcginn@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >Perplexed stated: |
| Integrity | 24 Jan 2005 16:55 GMT | 6 |
> > [snip]
> > > > > This means that all genomic genes IBD
> > > > > must compete at a supposed independent
> > > > > level of selection AGAINST every other gene |
| Venomous birds? | 23 Jan 2005 20:18 GMT | 2 |
Someone recently told me of a rare species of
carnivorous/insectivorous tropical bird they'd read about which has a
paralyzing, venomous bite and is able to secrete venom through its
feather shafts as a defense against predators.
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| 4 word language | 23 Jan 2005 20:18 GMT | 2 |
IF life is a chemical system that
is adapted to the sun cycle, that leads
to 4 options of energy in/waste out
THEN (just for fun)
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| Hominid Fossils Unearth Clues to Human Origins | 23 Jan 2005 20:18 GMT | 3 |
Hominid fossils unearth clues to human origins
IU paleoanthropologist Sileshi Semaw holds the fossil of a hominid
mandible (lower jaw bone) that is about 4.5 million years old. --
Sileshi Semaw / Indiana University
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| Re: "GENES ARE FOLLOWERS NOT LEADERS". Was: Birds of feather | 21 Jan 2005 18:44 GMT | 2 |
(I am sorry for the delayed response. This post is one of a number of posts I
have missed recently. I hope to fix it soon.)
On January 4, 2005 Tim Tyler wrote:
CNCabej <cncabej{at}aol.com> wrote or quoted:
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| Re: The Crux of Hamilton's Error! | 21 Jan 2005 18:44 GMT | 5 |
> >> JE:-
> >> If the mathematics
> >> of a proposed fitness is not refutable it only
> >> constitutes a hand waving version of evolutionary |
| Joe's Unconditional Frequency Obfuscation | 21 Jan 2005 18:43 GMT | 2 |
> Perplexed stated:
> >. . . one frequently encounters
> >heuristic justifications of the rule that DO make the assumption
> >that the allele is rare in the population. And the reason |
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