Jason Rosenhouse has a nice post on the rate of mutation within the genome. David plumbs the depths of J.B.S. Haldane's 2s. Peromyscus posts on the ladies looking for possible "extra-pair matings." A**man posts on short guys.
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Originally posted by Brian Switek
On February 22, 2009, at 6:18 PM
It would be fair to say that, until a week ago, I knew virtually nothing about J.B.S. Haldane. I knew he was a British biologist who helped form the subdiscipline of population genetics, but that was about it. Then, unexpectedly,…
It would be fair to say that, until a week ago, I knew virtually nothing about J.B.S. Haldane. I knew he was a British biologist who helped form the subdiscipline of population genetics, but that was about it. Then, unexpectedly, Oxford University Press sent me a copy of What I Require From Life:…
Note: Download file here (it has more precise percentages on blue eyes in Norway, someone could try their hand at some game theoretic modeling if they were inclined, I lack the time right now).
Ruchira Paul brought this article to my attention:
Before you request a paternity test, spend a few…
A few weeks ago I purchased what I have since referred to as a "coffee table book for nerds," Martin Novak's Evolutionary Dynamics: Exploring the Equations of Life, a richly illustrated hardcover which is eminently browsable. In keeping with the focus of Nowak's own researches the chapters in this…