Global human mandibular variation reflects differences in agricultural and hunter-gatherer subsistence strategies

Global human mandibular variation reflects differences in agricultural and hunter-gatherer subsistence strategies

Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel

PNAS November 21, 2011 Published online before print November 21, 2011, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1113050108

The power of belief: Puppy Pregnancy Syndrome: Men Who Think They Are Pregnant with Dogs

By HELGA VIERICH presenting Jesse Bering’s report: “Puppy Pregnancy Syndrome: Men Who Think They Are Pregnant with Dogs“

Are you suffering abdominal pain or discomfort, fatigue, nausea, flatulence, heartburn, and acid reflux? Have you been having difficulty urinating, or experiencing pain while doing so? Oh, and one other question—have you been spontaneously expelling microscopic bits of disintegrated dog fetuses through your urethra?

If you answered “yes” to all of the above, then you may be suffering from “Puppy Pregnancy Syndrome.” […]

pmma

The hypoxia-inducible transcription factor pathway regulates oxygen sensing in the simplest animal, Trichoplax adhaerens

The hypoxia-inducible transcription factor pathway regulates oxygen sensing in the simplest animal, Trichoplax adhaerens

Loenarz C, Coleman ML, Boleininger A, Schierwater B, Holland PWH, Ratcliffe PJ, Schofield CJ

EMBO reports (2011) 12, 63 – 70 doi:10.1038/embor.2010.170

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hot off the press [pdf link - EMBO reports (2011) 12, 3–4. doi:10.1038/embor.2010.19]

Religious Factors and Hippocampal Atrophy in Late Life

Religious Factors and Hippocampal Atrophy in Late Life

Owen AD, Hayward RD, Koenig HG, Steffens DC, Payne ME

PLoS ONE 6(3): e17006. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017006

Not sure if the John Templeton Foundation guys are happy with the outcome of this study…

Algorithm discovery by protein folding game player

Algorithm discovery by protein folding game player

Firas Khatib, Seth Cooper, Michael D. Tyka, Kefan Xu, Ilya Makedon, Zoran Popović, David Bakera, and Foldit Players

PNAS November 22, 2011 vol. 108 no. 47 18949-18953 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1115898108

Vincent Fleury a les boules

Noël approche et les boules sont de saison. Mais celles de Vincent Fleury semblent être du genre pérenne.

Je savais que son blog serait amusant, je ne me rendais pas compte à quel point. Un triptyche (pour l’instant) sur le thème “Le Darwinisme sans estomac”” (I, II, III) qui vaut la peine d’être lu.

Chemokine ligand Xenopus CXCLC (XCXCLC) regulates cell movements during early morphogenesis.

Chemokine ligand Xenopus CXCLC (XCXCLC) regulates cell movements during early morphogenesis.

Goto T, Asashima M.

Dev Growth Differ. published online: 22 NOV 2011 doi: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2011.01304.x

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Entre les deux y’a pas ‘dintermédiaire. Les gènes ne sont pas en mesure d’arrêter quoi que ce oit, ça tourne dans tous les sens d’une façon démentielle. [Source]

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On the Origin of Species – anniversary

The Origin of Species
by Means of Natural Selection,
or
The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
First Edition [24 november 1859]

by Charles Darwin

A 3D Exploration of Picasso’s Guernica