"The Genius In All of Us"

"The Genius In All of Us" by David Shenk


Certain thematic conflicts in biology arise over and over in popular writing, the most obvious or frequent one being, evolution versus intelligent design. But right behind it, and slightly related, is "nature versus nurture"... are we humans more the product of our genes or of our environment? And unlike scientific controversies that tend to move

Brave New World?

 


 

 DNA 2.0 created based on "quadruplet" codons in place of triplets:

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Some Genetics Websites Worth Knowing About

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Junk DNA Revisited

A new look at introns, at least within the Daphnia pulex (water flea) here:

http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=09121216-introns-mystery-renewed


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Genetic Dating

Based on the results from well-preserved penguin bones in Antarctica, the accuracy (and assumptions) of genetic dating is being questioned by researchers at Oregon State University:


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The Cell

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Ya got a youngin' exhibiting an interest in biology or genetics...? This quickie essay from Chet Raymo may just pique their interest and advance it along. (Also, okay to show it

Gene For Human Speech

 


Brought to attention by studying an Australian family with a speaking disorder, a gene that influences flexibility of the larynx (thus increasing the structural capability for human speech) is being reported on chromosome 8 (appropriately named the "tospeak" gene). First seen in other primates, it is partially duplicated in humans where its influence is apparently greater, generating speech