My latest post for AAAS talks about a recent study by Elizabeth Alter and colleagues who used mitochondrial DNA (including DNA from … More
Tag: evolution
Retractions, Exploring the Zooniverse, Spiders in Guam, and Crowdfunding
I have four recent posts up at the AAAS MemberCentral website: Should a scientific journal article be retracted if its … More
Solving the mystery of menopause: Male whales live longer when mama’s around
Orca pod (photo credit: NOAA) A recent study published in Science looks at a question that has long vexed biologists: … More
For Tasmanian devils it pays to be nice (AKA reasons not to bite your friend’s face tumor)
Tasmanian devil (nothing like the cartoon, am I right?) Image credit: KeresH You may have heard about how DFTD or devil … More
‘Curse’ may explain why daughters live longer than sons- AAAS MemberCentral post
Microscope image of mitochondria in mammalian lung tissue. (Photo: Louisa Howard) A person’s genome is a unique combination of genes inherited … More
Summer E. Allen, PhD 