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| bio | website | projectevomap.yolasite.com |
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| location | Uppsala, Sweden | |
| age | 23 | |
| visits | member for | 6 months |
| seen | May 19 at 10:55 | |
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PhD candidate in Evolutionary Genetics, specialisms in life history evolution, sexual selection & conflict, quantitative genetics. Also interested in the interaction interfaces between and within scientists, science, and the public.
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Apr 29 |
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Can animals, like monkeys, be homosexual? chemistry.bristol.ac.uk/sillymolecules/papers/duck.pdf |
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Apr 29 |
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Can animals, like monkeys, be homosexual? there is an entertaining paper that accompanies that |
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Apr 26 |
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Can animals, like monkeys, be homosexual? @shigeta I wasn't suggesting that mistaken identity was responsible for all cases of homosexuality in animals - there are other explanations and cases where species are very easy for the individual to distinguish sexes, I was just giving it as one possible explanation for this observation. Also: +1 for the Bonobos example, they are a really cool system - I knew there was some species where that occurred but couldn't remember which. |
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Apr 26 |
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Can animals, like monkeys, be homosexual? added 67 characters in body; edited title |
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Apr 26 |
reviewed | Close What will happen if cat becomes intelligent and develops a civilization? |
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Apr 26 |
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Can animals, like monkeys, be homosexual? added 397 characters in body |
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Apr 26 |
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Can animals, like monkeys, be homosexual? @shigeta here is one such example - the males mated with the wrong sex 37% of the time link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10164-005-0159-1 "In a laboratory mate-choice experiment, male N. radiata preferred to mate with females, indicating precopulatory sex identification. They copulated with males, however, at the frequency of 37%, perhaps because of sex misidentification." .. other likely candidates are those with little sexual dimorphism and those with sneaker males that mimic females. |
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Apr 25 |
answered | Can animals, like monkeys, be homosexual? |
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Apr 24 |
answered | What mechanism suppresses melatonin release in humans? |
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Apr 23 |
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What mechanism suppresses melatonin release in humans? Is this not answered within your own previous question? biology.stackexchange.com/questions/3614/… "melatonin release is suppressed by blue light with peak suppression occuring at 420-480nanometer range. This light is registered by Melanopsin, a photopigment in the eye. Melanopsin signals the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, the master clock of the human body. Suprachiasmatic nucleus makes a decision to suppress melatonin release in response to blue light observed." |
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Apr 17 |
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What would it take to recognize a deer by its photo? @violadaprile collecting dna as a form of ID can be done from living animals thus I am not advocating killing or physically interfering with a living animal. DNA can be collected from, amongst other things, faecal matter or antlers which have been shed. And I know the problem is how to recognize a deer, I raised the point of "do antlers vary between years within an individual?" and to answer this, and thus show whether deer can be identified reliably by antlers, would require comparing antlers produced within individuals. The choice of recognition method would depend on the observers needs. |
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Apr 16 |
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Software for counting fly eggs Thanks @WYSIWYG |
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Apr 16 |
reviewed | Close Were any brain fusion experiments ever conducted? |
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Apr 16 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on Whence fecal E. coli (et al.) if swallowing it is dangerous? |
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Apr 16 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on rna tag wiki |
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Apr 16 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on yeast tag wiki |
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Apr 16 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on yeast tag wiki excerpt |
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Apr 16 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on rna tag wiki excerpt |
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Apr 16 |
awarded | Custodian |
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Apr 16 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on dna tag wiki |
