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... not address the second component of evolution dealing with speciation, referred to as macroevolution. Since the present understanding ...

Article - Randall Mayes - Oct 8 2012 - 9:12am - 0 attachments

... particularly among prokaryotes (not to mention frequent speciation by hybridization in plants ), is better visualized as yielding a ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Oct 1 2012 - 5:00pm - 0 attachments

... **** Hunting for Genes that Keep Species Separate Speciation Genetics is, in a sense, an oxymoron. Genetics is the study of heritable characteristics, but the researchers who study speciation genetics are looking for genes that cause inheritance to fail.  ...

Page - News Staff - Mar 2 2009 - 1:59pm - 0 attachments

Today, scientists are extremely careful in making sure they cite others’ works, if not for ethical reasons because plagiarism destroys reputations and is potentially a career ender. However, in the past for some scientists including Charles Darwin and J ...

Blog Post - Randall Mayes - Sep 18 2012 - 3:55pm - 0 attachments

... disruptions, and that this, in fact, constitutes a form of speciation. So, according to this view, cancers are newly evolved species, as ... (Source: NewsCenter UC Berkeley)     This ‘speciation theory’ of cancer might sound odd at first, but it does explain ...

Article - Gunnar De Winter - Jul 27 2011 - 7:04am - 0 attachments

Today, I was met by a science-debunker ( laugh a little, you know you want to. ) He didn't know that I work in the field of biotechnology, or that I am a scientist. I am often met with the, " you're too pretty to have a high IQ ," mentality, so I tend ...

Article - Cher One - Aug 19 2009 - 2:12pm - 0 attachments

Many people, perhaps most, hate the idea that life might depend on chance processes. It is a human tendency to search for meaning, and what could be more meaningful than the belief that our lives have a greater purpose, that all life in fact is guided ...

Article - Dave Deamer - Apr 30 2009 - 9:45am - 0 attachments

Infinity was invented to account for the possibility that in a never-ending universe, anything can happen. Life on other Earth-like planets, for example, is possible in an infinite universe, but not probable, according to a scientist from the Universit ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 16 2008 - 10:14am - 0 attachments

... rapid evolution may be under way. Speaking of (sub) speciation:   During the nine years it took for me to write ...

Article - David Brin - Jul 31 2012 - 10:11pm - 0 attachments

... your research does not focus on fossils. As for speciation, I can buy into the concept of a change in species over time.  That ...

Article - Lee Silver - Jun 4 2008 - 1:40pm - 0 attachments