tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post6373938634885317526..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Carnival of Evolution #73: World Cup EditionLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-53801097432878637392014-08-06T10:56:25.887-04:002014-08-06T10:56:25.887-04:00If you are looking for a dependable hosting compan...If you are looking for a dependable hosting company, then you have arrived at the appropriate place. At <a href="http://www.buycheaphost.com/" rel="nofollow">free web hosting</a>, you will find budget-priced website hosting plans and domains.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04488457491074611531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-55291387238361905722014-07-24T10:37:29.975-04:002014-07-24T10:37:29.975-04:00Thanks for the info. Will keep checking back.
You...Thanks for the info. Will keep checking back. <br />You do, of course, deserve to have a life beyond the 'net.<br />Take care.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506043638175199039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-4937706973479975112014-07-24T08:42:33.880-04:002014-07-24T08:42:33.880-04:00Very busy with writing papers, reviews, preparing ...Very busy with writing papers, reviews, preparing a new course, interviewing TA's, visiting my granddaughter (with accompanying daughter), etc. Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-46100995215525304352014-07-22T01:23:35.678-04:002014-07-22T01:23:35.678-04:00Some news is better than no news when it can be ma...Some news is better than no news when it can be managedSRMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07299706694667706149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-62691660839946476672014-07-22T00:09:33.542-04:002014-07-22T00:09:33.542-04:00Larry, I hope you are just on vacation and not blo...Larry, I hope you are just on vacation and not blogging. <br />I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering if you are alright.<br />Please check in if you've got time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506043638175199039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-6619372413729264642014-07-21T16:48:08.255-04:002014-07-21T16:48:08.255-04:00that would be Dr. Moran... might as well get it ri...that would be Dr. Moran... might as well get it right if you seek to access the primary literature.SRMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07299706694667706149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-82855122152271922352014-07-21T16:43:27.256-04:002014-07-21T16:43:27.256-04:00Mr Moran,
I'm a curious dunce wandering thro...Mr Moran, <br /><br />I'm a curious dunce wandering through the combat zones of scientific blogging. It seems to me the scientists who blog much publish little. Do you do any work aside from teaching and blogging? I'm sure you enjoy hockey :-) Can you refer me to your latest greatest work that isn't centered in blog boxing. I'd really appreciate it. I'm pretty prolific at name calling , I'd like to see some free science education. Please. Beau Stoddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03617924374387662273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-70436002965082616102014-07-16T10:45:26.777-04:002014-07-16T10:45:26.777-04:00I wonder if TV will ever do a piece on cystic fibr...I wonder if TV will ever do a piece on cystic fibrosis in Utah. This is the effect in most cases of a simple mutation in the CFTR gene. It's a good example of a flat out _negative_ allele reaching high levels in the population through a strong founder effect and perhaps also some bad luck in the drift that followed. (And maybe nepotism giving the founder's offspring more resources and more wives.) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12754190699094427338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-16214475794636711032014-07-15T10:54:35.891-04:002014-07-15T10:54:35.891-04:00Perhaps you will think this off topic. But if the ...Perhaps you will think this off topic. But if the topic is popularization of evolutionary theory, which seems to me to be what the Carnival is about, then this may be of interest?<br /><br />Carl Zimmer did a longish piece on blood types for the BBC (http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140715-why-do-we-have-blood-types). As I read it I was struck by way it was assumed that there was an adaptive optimization assumed. The very possibility of simple random variation wasn't even clearly stated as an alternative. At any rate, that's the way I read this. <br /><br />I know the consensus is there is an urgent need to debunk the con men puffing nearly nonexistent "exceptions" to gene selection etc. But to me it seemed as though the neutral mutation revolution has overlooked an enemy hideout or two. Any comments?S Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610068751705809284noreply@blogger.com