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- July 2, 2009
- 02:39 PM
- 795 views
Bigfoot or Mistaken Identity?
by Evilutionary Biologist in The Evilutionary Biologist
Ecological Niche Modeling is a great tool for conservation biology, phylogeography and evolutionary biology. However, as Jeff Lozier and colleagues point out in a paper in Journal of Biogeography,...
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Lozier, J., Aniello, P., & Hickerson, M. (2009) Predicting the distribution of Sasquatch in western North America: anything goes with ecological niche modelling. Journal of Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02152.x
- June 13, 2009
- 04:43 PM
- 937 views
Left-handed Snails Beat Snail Eating Snakes
by Evilutionary Biologist in The Evilutionary Biologist
Masaki Hoso reported that the snail-eating snake, Pareas iwasakii, has lopsided jaws to better enable it to tug snails out of their shells. Most snails have shells that whirl clockwise (to the right)...
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Hoso, M., Asami, T., & Hori, M. (2007) Right-handed snakes: convergent evolution of asymmetry for functional specialization. Biology Letters, 3(2), 169-172. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0600
- May 27, 2009
- 11:00 AM
- 678 views
Science Citation Classics: One Gene, One Protein
by John Dennehy in The Evilutionary Biologist
Through sheer persistence, Beedle and Tatum unify biochemistry and genetics, ushering in a new age in biology. ... Read more »
Beadle, G.W. . (1941) The genetic control of biochemical reactions in Neurospora. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 499-506. DOI: 16588492
- May 24, 2009
- 11:00 AM
- 706 views
Science Citation Classics
by John Dennehy in The Evilutionary Biologist
Hutchinson's Homage to Santa Rosalia remains one of the most poetic research papers ever written. ... Read more »
Hutchinson, G. (1959) Homage to Santa Rosalia or Why Are There So Many Kinds of Animals?. The American Naturalist, 93(870), 145. DOI: 10.1086/282070
- May 19, 2009
- 11:09 AM
- 828 views
Missing Link Found?
by Evilutionary Biologist in The Evilutionary Biologist
Franzen et al. announced the discovery of the most complete transitional fossil primate ever found. The fossil, described as Darwinius masillae, shows prosimian characteristics (e.g. a grooming claw...
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Franzen, J., Gingerich, P., Habersetzer, J., Hurum, J., von Koenigswald, W., & Smith, B. (2009) Complete Primate Skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: Morphology and Paleobiology. PLoS ONE, 4(5). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005723
- May 6, 2009
- 02:37 PM
- 865 views
Our Clown-footed Cousins
by Evilutionary Biologist in The Evilutionary Biologist
I was fascinated by the discovery of the dwarfed hominin Homo floresiensis back in 2004 when it was first announced, but was skeptical that it was really a separate species. Later when I saw a cast...
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Jungers, W., Harcourt-Smith, W., Wunderlich, R., Tocheri, M., Larson, S., Sutikna, T., Due, R., & Morwood, M. (2009) The foot of Homo floresiensis. Nature, 459(7243), 81-84. DOI: 10.1038/nature07989
- September 22, 2008
- 09:20 PM
- 1,531 views
Advancing Science Thru Blogging
by Evilutionary Biologist in The Evilutionary Biologist
In an article published in PLoS Biology, Shelly Batts, Nick Anthis and Tara Smith write about blogging as a means of science communication.
Batts et al. write "Scientific discovery occurs in the lab...
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Shelley A. Batts, Nicholas J. Anthis, & Tara C. Smith. (2008) Advancing Science through Conversations: Bridging the Gap between Blogs and the Academy. PLoS Biology, 6(9). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060240
- March 15, 2008
- 11:33 AM
- 839 views
Are bacteriophages picky eaters?
by Evilutionary Biologist in The Evilutionary Biologist
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Richard H Heineman, Rachael Springman, & James J Bull. (2008) Optimal Foraging by Bacteriophages through Host Avoidance. The American Naturalist, 171(4). DOI: 10.1086/528962
- April 6, 2007
- 11:00 AM
- 934 views
This Week's Citation Classic: Luria et al. 1943
by John Dennehy in The Evilutionary Biologist
First use of electron microscopy to view viruses. ... Read more »
S. E. Luria, M. Delbrück, and T. F. Anderson. (1943) Electron Microscope Studies of Bacterial Viruses. Journal of Bacteriology, 57-77. DOI: PMC373790
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