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Research into the possible existence of an Internal Evolutionary Mechanism based on an extension to homeostasis (see 'Links'). Also included are those areas where the investigation of natural reality conflicts with cultural conditioning: "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education" (Einstein).
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2016-03-19 18:53
Integrative and Comparative Biology 2003 43(3):376-386; doi:10.1093/icb/43.3.376Martin Wikelski and L. Michael RomeroComplex organismal traits such as body size are influenced by innumerable… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
From PloS Biology:Balancing Robustness and EvolvabilityRichard E. Lenski et al.One of the most important features of biology is the ability of organisms to persist in the face of changing co… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
[This post also appears in the General Evolution News category]An open access/free review paper from PLoS Genetics:Genomic Imprinting in Mammals: Emerging Themes and Established TheoriesAndr… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
[This post also appears in the General Evolution News category]Oakland, California: A new study by scientists at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) is the first to show t… Read More
2006-10-25 15:27
[A. Richard Palmer, PNAS, Dec '96]From symmetry to asymmetry: Phylogenetic patterns of asymmetry variation in animals and their evolutionary significanceAbstract:Phylogenetic analyses of asy… Read More
2006-09-18 21:57
A non-pdf version can be found hereAbstract:Overfeeding and overeating in families are traditions that are often transferred from generation to generation. Irrespective of these family tradi… Read More
2006-09-18 16:17
The journal Science 11 August 2006:Vol. 313. no. 5788, p. 761DOI: 10.1126/science.1126765Douglas H. Erwin and Eric H. DavidsonContrary to Coyne's assertions, our paper did not advocate a mac… Read More
2006-08-27 16:46
Journal: Science 17 February 2006:Vol. 311. no. 5763, pp. 1005 - 1007DOI: 10.1126/science.1121629ReportsOn Making the Right Choice: The Deliberation-Without-Attention EffectAp Dijksterhuis,*… Read More
2006-08-23 07:36
Perspective: Nature Reviews Genetics 7, 395-401 (May 2006) | doi:10.1038/nrg1834Opinion: Inherited epigenetic variation - revisiting soft inheritanceEric J. RichardsPhenotypic variation is t… Read More
2006-08-15 20:52
Full paper at above linkAbstract:We tested color perception based upon a robust behavioral response in which cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) respond to visual stimuli (a black and white check… Read More
2006-08-11 06:28
Davidson and Erwin (Science Reviews, 10 February 2006, p. 796) argued that known microevolutionary processes cannot explain the evolution of large differences in development that characteriz… Read More
2006-07-28 07:32
New research has provided evidence for 'environmental inheritance', a radical theory of transgenerational genetic adaptation proposed by Professor Marcus Pembrey of the Institute of Child He… Read More
2006-07-25 17:30
[After clicking on the above link, click on "Full Text"]Evolution: Bacterial Mutation in Stationary PhasePaul Sniegowski, Current Biology, March '04Department of Biology, University of Penns… Read More
2006-07-23 09:42
The Changing Concept of EpigeneticsAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 981: 82-96. (2002)Eva Jablonka and Marion J. LambCohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and I… Read More
2006-07-23 07:48
A Look at Bogus "History" in SchoolbooksMichael T. GhiselinJean-Baptiste de Lamarck (1744-1829) takes a prominent place in many biology textbooks and life-science textbooks, which depict him… Read More
2006-07-20 08:23
Our increased knowledge of epigenetic reprogramming supports the idea that epigenetic marks are not always completely cleared between generations. Incomplete erasure at genes associated with… Read More
2006-03-23 09:53
"Natural selection didn't come up with the best design; it just made the best of what was available.The 'hand' of the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) has six 'digits'. In processing its… Read More
2006-03-19 17:44
Annual Review of GeneticsVol. 39: 9-22 (Volume publication date December 2005)The Genetics of Hearing and Balance in ZebrafishTeresa NicolsonOregon Hearing Research Center and Vollum Institu… Read More
2006-03-18 14:26
On tuesday Waddington's "The Evolution of adaptations" (link goes to the paper itself) appeared on the Main Blog and since then 3 commentaries have been added to the Personal Posts category:… Read More
2006-03-16 08:23
Paper Title: Darwinism Design and Purpose: A European PerspectiveAuthor: Jean StauneInstitutional Affiliation: General Secretary, Université Interdiciplinare de Paris(This paper was p… Read More
2006-03-15 12:18
Contents:1) Press ReleaseStress is a major factor in evolution, but for stress-induced modifications to have evolutionary importance they have to be inherited and persist in a sufficient num… Read More
2006-03-14 14:55
Endeavour 134-139 (July 1953)The evolution of adaptationsC. H. WADDINGTONCurrent biological belief regards evolution as being primarily the result of the natural selection of random mutation… Read More
2006-03-14 14:49
5) Internal Mechanisms are 'directional' (objections 1 to 4 are here)The mathematical model currently used is very basic so an explanation of why the proposed homeostatic internal evolution… Read More
2006-03-13 10:31
[Pigliucci & Kaplan, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, '00]"Twenty years have passed since Gould and Lewontin published their critique of 'the adaptationist program' - the tendency of som… Read More
2006-03-12 19:02
[Lenski & Sniegowski, Annual Review of Systematics, Nov '95]Abstract:A central tenet of evolutionary theory is that mutation is random with respect to its adaptive consequences for indiv… Read More
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