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What is Evolution

Introduction to Evolution: Key Concepts & FAQs Guide

February 15, 2020
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Introduction to Evolution Overview The study of evolution has dominated biology for over a century. Explaining why life is the way it is fascinates both…
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DNA Mapping & Nanopore Sequencing: Nanochannel Insights

July 18, 2016
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Introduction A single DNA molecule snaking its way through an array of cavities. This movie is from one of my later Ph.D. experiments. …
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How Evolution Works: Variation, Inheritance, Selection

September 13, 2015
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Evolution is the process by which populations of organisms change over generations through three interacting mechanisms: random genetic variation, inheritance…
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Can Gene Editing Eliminate Alzheimer’s Disease?

May 18, 2015
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The development of the CRISPR/Cas9 system has made gene editing a relatively simple task.  While CRISPR and other gene-editing technologies stand to revolutionize…
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Why CRISPR Technologies Won’t Lead to Designer Babies

April 28, 2015
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The prospect of designer babies has been a staple of the dystopian futures imagined by science-fiction writers, evoking fears of eugenics (e.g. Brave…
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