What science fiction writer am I? permlink
Category: Blog
Pretty cool. Via Afarensis. I am:Arthur C. ClarkeWell known for nonfiction science writing and for early promotion of the effort toward space travel, his fiction was often grand and visionary. Which science fiction writer are you?...
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Category: Evolution
Matt has a "Basic Concepts" post on Anisogamy....
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Basic concepts - linkage disequilibrium permlink
Category: Genetics
Thinking about it today, I realized there is a "Basic Concept" that I think I should touch upon, and that is linkage disequilibrium (LD). Notice the wiki link? I do that whenever I mention LD because it is such an...
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Posted by Razib at 11:35 AM • 14 Comments •
Category: Blog
John Wilkins has a long post on species concepts....
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Basic concepts - 8th grade math permlink
Many fellow ScienceBloggers are doing a "Basic Concepts" series. Here are some of them: Mean, Median, and Mode Normal Distribution Force Gene Central Dogma of Molecular Biology Evolution Clade Instead of thinking up something new I've decided to repost a...
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Posted by Razib at 11:03 AM • 8 Comments •
W.D. Hamilton & group selection & ideology permlink
Category: Evolution
My post below, Group selection & the naturalistic fallacy, elicited some interesting comments. First, I mentinoed W.D. Hamilton's allusion to a relationship between fascism & group selection. Here is what he said: 'Liberal' thinkers should realize from the outset that...
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10 Questions for György Buzsáki permlink
Category: Biology
amnestic does 10 Questions for György Buzsáki....
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Genetic stochasticity & environments permlink
Category: Genetics
So I near the end of my survey of chapter 5 of Evolutionary Genetics: Concepts & Case Studies.1 Today, we address environmental variation, but I think sometimes the end is the beginning, so I quote: Random environment models have many...
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Group selection & the naturalistic fallacy permlink
Category: Evolution
Over at Bora's place he talks about a paper on group selection. In regards to the scientific idea and its broad relevance to evolutionary biology, I am mildly skeptical. That being said, this comment drew my attention: While endorsing DS...
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