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AT THE CONVERGENCE OF EVOLUTION AND GENETICS

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side_view_toon_small.JPG We talk about molecular population and evolutionary GENETICS and GENOMICS. You know, the caliper measurement of a gene's evolvability in moles.

Eschewing obfuscation ever since Morgan.

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Evidence that Men Think With Their Junk

Us dudes are always accused of thinking with our dicks. Perhaps it's because the genes expressed in our brains are similar to those expressed in our 'nads: Among the 17 tissues, the highest similarity in gene expression patterns was between...

Things that pissed me off today

Your ugly face just missed making this list.

Scientists for Better PCR

When you need to find out who the daddy is.

Liveblogging a PLoS ONE Article

What the fuck is a gene?

Sequencing, Mapping, and Chips!

These terms get new definitions, thanks to sloppy press offices.

Publishing Original Research on Blogs - Part 3

This post is part of a series exploring the evolution of a duplicated gene in the genus Drosophila. Today, we will download the protein coding sequence from a database.

Junk on Cancer

If you don't have lung cancer, be thankful for your junk DNA.

What is a Gene?

The New York Times publishes what may very well be the worst science article ever.

On the Causes of Variation in the Rate of Molecular Evolution

What role to natural selection and mutation play?

New York Times Cracks

The mixed and muddled metaphors about DNA sequencing and James Watson.

Troubleshooting with the Hive Mind

Late last week, my PCRs stopped working. Please, help me fix this problem so I can graduate.

Junk in the Media

Responses to the Scientific American junk DNA kerfuffle.

Junk DNA in Scientific American

Junk science articles make me hot.

If it's not human, it's crap!

Human geneticists don't know jack about model organisms.

On Human Genes and Silent Mutations

How many genes do we have and what happens when they're mutated?

Junk DNA, Revisited

Either all non-coding DNA lacks function or it's all really important, right?

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