Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
An Amazing Photograph
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This is an amazing photograph. Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy explains why [ Phoenix Descending ]. Phil is an excitable guy but you've r...
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Tobacco Mosaic Virus
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Monday's Molecule #73 is tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). As its name implies, TMV is a plant virus that infects tobacco and related spec...
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Making Rudyard Kipling Proud
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We wish to question a deeply engrained habit of thinking among students of evolution. We call it the adaptationist programme, or the Pangl...
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Monday, May 26, 2008
Centromere DNA
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During mitosis in eukaryotic cells the chromosomes are duplicated and the two sister chromosomes separate and move to opposite ends of the d...
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An inordinate fondness for systematics
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The title of this posting is from the blog Catalogue of Organisms . Some of you may think it's a bit weird to be interested in taxonom...
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Monday's Molecule #73
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Today's molecule is rather large but it's made up of only two different macromolecules. It has been a favorite molecule of many fa...
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Sunday, May 25, 2008
A Canadian Biochemist
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This week's citation classic on The Evilutionary Biologist is really a classic. It's the Journal of Biological Chemistry paper on...
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Gene Genie #32
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The 32nd edition of Gene Genie has been posted at Highlight Health [ Gene Genie #32 - Googling the Genie ]. Welcome to the 32nd edition ...
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Good Science Writing
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In case you haven't noticed, there's a debate going on about the quality of science writing. Many scientists—I am one—think that t...
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Rating Science Blogs
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I received the following message this morning from Amy Liu of Blogged,com. Dear Larry Moran, Our editors recently reviewed your blog and h...
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Friday, May 23, 2008
Fugu, Pharyngula, and Junk
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PZ Myers writes about Random Acts of Evolution in the latest issue of Seed magazine. The subtitle says it all. The idea of humankind as ...
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Congratulations Janet Stemwedel
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Janet Stemwedel has just been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at San Jose State University [ The letter ]. Congratulations Jan...
Botany Photo of the Day
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This is green green ixia or Ixia viridiflora . Go to Botany Photo of the Day to find out where it grows.
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A Chip Bus in Ottawa
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Chip buses in Ottawa and Quebec are almost as common as Tim Horton's. You haven't really tasted poutine until you've bought it...
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OpenCourseWare
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Eva Amsen has an article in this week's issue of The Bulletin —the newspaper published by the University of Toronto (not a student new...
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