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Could This Be the Oldest Evidence Yet for Multicellular Eukaryotes?
Not least when it comes to evolutionary biology, science and science reporting could do with more skepticism.
Humans, Chickens, and the Vitellogenin Pseudogene — Summing Up
According to the data, the debate concerns six total genes supposedly shared by humans and chickens.
The Vitellogenin Pseudogene Story: Unequally Yolked
Synteny refers to how well chromosomal sequences from different species align with one another.
Nile Crocodiles Turn Up in Florida; Did They Raft?
Animals rarely resort to cross-ocean seafaring except under the combined pressure of biogeography and neo-Darwinian theory.
From Douglas Axe, a Sobering Take on the Limits of Genome Technology
Fueled by news of a closely guarded meeting at Harvard Medical School, the media abuzz are about the prospect of synthesizing a human genome.