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I thought all mole rats were naked	28 Jun 2006 21:37 GMT	1
But this interesting story says I was wrong: http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060624/bob9.asp
RE: sci.bio.evolution mailing list	26 Jun 2006 17:22 GMT	1
"Perplexed in Peoria" jimmenegay@sbcglobal.net wrote:- > > The way I read Haldane, substitutions are substitutions of whole genes > > - that much should be clear from the first sentence of paragraph 5: > > "The principal unit process in evolution is the substitution of one
Lecture of the Week: Part V: Astrobiology	25 Jun 2006 22:16 GMT	2
The Evolutionary Biology Lecture of the Week for June 19, 2006 is now available at: http://aics-research.com/lotw/ The talks center primarily around evolutionary biology, in all of its
Haldane's Dilemma - again, again, again, ...	24 Jun 2006 17:25 GMT	26
On WikiPedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/) I have been editing the article about Haldane's Dilemma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haldane%27s_dilemma). Not that I'm any expert on this subject; but I reused some of the existing stuff and
RE: Fw: Edward O. Wilson's "bombshell" on the reality of group	24 Jun 2006 17:25 GMT	6
"Robert Karl Stonjek" rstonjek@bigpond.net.au wrote:- > The idea that group selection (or multilevel selection) could have any > validity is sometimes dismissed in rather derogatory terms on this list. > It
Speculation on Future Evolution	24 Jun 2006 17:25 GMT	18
There's much speculation on how aliens (if existing and if able to contact us) might differ from life on earth. Mostly its speculation in a horizontal way - they might not be carbon based for example, or their earth planet might
Remine Limit	23 Jun 2006 17:07 GMT	1
"Walter ReMine" <science@minn.net> wrote > Excuse me?! You have not identified any "cheap points". You're merely > conducting a personal smear campaign against me and "creationists". I > remind you about the "cheap points" evolutionists used -- Since 1957,
Bringing the issue back - why is UV so bad - facts please.	21 Jun 2006 21:49 GMT	4
Recently someone in their OOL related post, casually said how dangerous UV was. It's an old chestnut of wisdom that everyone seems to know by rote. I responded with this question - how is it dangerous other than pyrimidine dimers? And there was silence.
Fire, ice, sulfur, and OOL	20 Jun 2006 23:57 GMT	1
An interesting press release: http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/documents/AINA_Media_Backgrounder.pdf
Desiderata for a "cost" concept	19 Jun 2006 23:54 GMT	4
Recently, I gave a lukewarm review to ReMine's paper on the "cost" concept introduced by Haldane. Some months ago, I gave a lukewarm review to Felsenstein's paper on the same subject. In this posting I attempt to clarify why both left me dissatisfied.
Is Dna always inside the chromosome?	19 Jun 2006 17:01 GMT	2
I have a few questions about Dna. As far as I know Dna is contained inside the rod like structures called chromosomes. Does a human beings Dna ever venture outside the chromosome? Or is it always contained inside the chromosome? What does Dna look like through a microscope? Is
Question about sperm and egg?	19 Jun 2006 06:45 GMT	21
What exactly does the sperm add to the egg during fertilization? I know that each Sperm has 23 chromosomes. But is that all that is passed to the child from the father? The egg it self is what humans are made of correct? I just don't see how humans can be equally half of the mother
Fw: Edward O. Wilson's "bombshell" on the reality of group selection	19 Jun 2006 00:53 GMT	6
The idea that group selection (or multilevel selection) could have any validity is sometimes dismissed in rather derogatory terms on this list. It may therefore come as a surprise that one of the main "fathers" of ev psych, Edward O. Wilson, now theorizes that kin selection is NOT ...
Re: Paper: Environmental Coupling of Selection and Heritability	19 Jun 2006 00:53 GMT	2
"Perplexed in Peoria" jimmenegay@sbcglobal.net wrote:- >... This study is interesting to me for a number of reasons. > One is that it touches on issues related to maternal effects and > Edser's eccentric definition of fitness. Birth weight depends more
Class based societies and inbreeding?	17 Jun 2006 18:26 GMT	8
I can't help but wonder, are class based societies inherently prone to inbreeding? Is there any evidence of this in literature. Other than mental retardation are there any other physical signs that could be apparent