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Posts Tagged ‘population genetics’

Domestication Bottlenecks

Nov 1st, 2009
by James.
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Why modern tomatoes are more genetically diverse than heirlooms. Domestication, population bottlenecks, and why tasmanian devils are dying of a transmissible cancer.

Of Genetics and Bears

Mar 1st, 2008
by James.
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One of John McCain’s signature issues is the wastefulness of government spending and one of the issues he’s getting a lot of play with is a government funded study of the genetics of bears in Montana. A description like “the genetics of bears” leaves a lot to the imagination so I looked up what the [...]