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| Blog Name: | Migrations |
| Url: | http://migration.wordpress.com |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | biology, birds, science |
| Description: | 'Migrations' is a chronicle of the things that capture the imagination of a biologist. Major themes include birdwatching, conservation, evolution, biodiversity, the Mediterranean, and science in general. |
| Popularity: | 21 Followers |
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Art in Microscopy
Via Alex at Transcription and Translation, I see that Olympus has announced the winners to its 2009 BioScapes competition. Check them out… here’s my favorite: By Dr. Alexis Lomakin Credit: Dr. Alexis Lomakin – Kursk, Russia
Via Alex at Transcription and Translation, I see that Olympus has announced the winners to its 2009 BioScapes competition. Check them out… here’s my favorite: By Dr. Alexis Lomakin Credit: Dr. Alexis Lomakin – Kursk, Russia
Darwin and Natural Origins
This blog post is in recognition of tomorrow’s 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. I’ve linked to a collection of interesting articles below the fold in honor of Darwin Day: 15 Evolutionary Gems — A resource from Nature for those wishing to spread awareness of evidence for evolution by natural selection.
This blog post is in recognition of tomorrow’s 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. I’ve linked to a collection of interesting articles below the fold in honor of Darwin Day: 15 Evolutionary Gems — A resource from Nature for those wishing to spread awareness of evidence for evolution by natural selection.
Birth of a New Species
It’s pretty rare that biologists find an instance where speciation appears to have occurred right in front of their very eyes, but it appears that Peter and Rosemary Grant have looked closely enough over the course of a few decades to have seen it. As Allen writes on The EvolutionList, A New Species of Finch may have Evolved in the Galapagos: Peter and Rosemary Grant have been studying the finches of Daphne Major, a small island in the Galapagos archipelago since 1973. In PNAS, they have proposed t
It’s pretty rare that biologists find an instance where speciation appears to have occurred right in front of their very eyes, but it appears that Peter and Rosemary Grant have looked closely enough over the course of a few decades to have seen it. As Allen writes on The EvolutionList, A New Species of Finch may have Evolved in the Galapagos: Peter and Rosemary Grant have been studying the finches of Daphne Major, a small island in the Galapagos archipelago since 1973. In PNAS, they have proposed t
Those Little Bustards
A little more than a week ago, BirdLife Cyprus’s field trip officer Stavros Christodoulides was put into contact with a Larnaca-area taxidermist who reportedly had been given three Little Bustards Tetrax tetrax to stuff over the last two years. Why is that interesting, you ask? Because the presence of Little Bustards in Cyprus is news to just about anyone who studies or tracks birds. They were never common here, but none has been reported since 1998. Stavros visited the taxidermist to see the specimens for himself, and they’re the real thing. He took a few pictures and I’m sure will write-up a report for eithe
A little more than a week ago, BirdLife Cyprus’s field trip officer Stavros Christodoulides was put into contact with a Larnaca-area taxidermist who reportedly had been given three Little Bustards Tetrax tetrax to stuff over the last two years. Why is that interesting, you ask? Because the presence of Little Bustards in Cyprus is news to just about anyone who studies or tracks birds. They were never common here, but none has been reported since 1998. Stavros visited the taxidermist to see the specimens for himself, and they’re the real thing. He took a few pictures and I’m sure will write-up a report for eithe
10,000 Genomes
This is an example of big science which could drive discoveries regarding evolution and more for years to come. A consortium of researchers are proposing in the Journal of Heredity to sequence the genomes of 10,000 vertebrate species! This would of course be a huge expansion from the already-sequenced 32 mammals and 24 nonmammalian vertebrate genomes. While the Introduction and the Proposal itself are quite interesting, I thought that the Discussion really bears sharing and discussion with a wider audience. So I hope that no one objects to me re-printing it here where interested parties can comment on it
This is an example of big science which could drive discoveries regarding evolution and more for years to come. A consortium of researchers are proposing in the Journal of Heredity to sequence the genomes of 10,000 vertebrate species! This would of course be a huge expansion from the already-sequenced 32 mammals and 24 nonmammalian vertebrate genomes. While the Introduction and the Proposal itself are quite interesting, I thought that the Discussion really bears sharing and discussion with a wider audience. So I hope that no one objects to me re-printing it here where interested parties can comment on it
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