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How selfish is Dictyostelium slug formation?
Dictyostelium is a slime mold which is well known for having a single cell free living phase and other some conditions (e.g. when food is scarce) for forming communal piles of cells called 'slugs' ...
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Are genes associated with obesity selected for?
I've read that there are several SNPs associated with increased risk of clinical or morbid obesity. I was wondering if there is any evidence that these are under positive selection. Would you expect ...
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Sewall Wright for dunces
[This is one more post in my growing "X for dummies/idiots/morons/etc." series.]
I've been enjoying Provine's The origins of theoretical population genetics for the last couple of days, but I must ...
