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    Black Queen Hypothesis: How Genes Are Turned Off

    oh! thx
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    How would we know if a new species evolved

    When they can no longer produce fertile offspring. For example, horses and donkeys can mate, however the offspring is infertile
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    Black Queen Hypothesis: How Genes Are Turned Off

    I was just wondering, does anyone know how a gene is turned off in the Black Queen Hypothesis? My suspicion is that the trigger for that piece of DNA is turned off, perhaps through the release of some hormone? This is just a guesss with what knowledge I have on the topic. Here is an...
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    How can slime mould grow and navigate like a highway network?

    So slime mould is single celled, but never really encountered as a single organism? they always link together into a community. Is my understanding now correct?
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    How can slime mould grow and navigate like a highway network?

    http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527426.300-designing-highways-the-slime-mould-way.html I watched a bbc programm about the decay of food. Slime mould was mention and they showed how when they layed out oat flakes in the pattern of major cities, it could link these in the shortest...