DNA barcodes suggest fractal nature of genome
Growing data sets demonstrate DNA barcoding usually works, but why? Why does a very short stretch of DNA, such as a DNA barcode which usually represents less than one one-millionth…
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Two new articles about Virtual-U©,
Two new articles about Virtual-U©, the university simulator. San Francisco Chronicle 14 January 2000 Chronicle of Higher Education 7 Jan 2000…
Alexander (Sandy) Mather
We note with great sadness the passing of Alexander (Sandy) Mather on Tuesday, November 14, 2006, aged 63 years, Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Aberdeen. Sandy passed…
Harvard Medicine profile of Mark Stoeckle
Harvard Medicine magazine did a good profile on PHE researcher Mark Stoeckle and the DNA barcoding project…
Plos One paper – Practice not Theory
PHE’s Mark Stoeckle and colleague David Thaler published a new research paper in PLOS ONE, DNA Barcoding Works in Practice but Not in (Neutral) Theory. The paper examines what DNA…
Wernick essay on energy & materials scenarios for Asia in 2050 published in RealClear Energy
RealClear Energy posted an article by Iddo Wernick on consequences of nations choosing different energy trajectories in the Indo-Pacific region in the year 2050. See The Indo-Pacific in 2050: Alternative…
Iterative cycle of taxonomic and DNA sequence re-assessment essential for reliable barcode databases
Like a map that is regularly updated, the reliability of DNA barcode databases will improve over time. To enable improvement, researchers have agreed to standardize on a particular region, to…
Jesse’s millennial essay “Where is
…special millennial edition of the Italian financial newspaper, Il Sole/24 Ore, on 17 November 1999. The April 2000 issue of The Industrial Physicist contains several letters responding to the essay….
Criminal Feminism
Feminism involves the entry of women into occupations from which they were excluded. A report on the imprisonment of women in the US provides data on convicted women that presumably…
Helping the public by incorporating DNA barcodes into species descriptions
A bewildering array of morphologic nuances are needed to identify species. DNA sequences, aka DNA barcodes, can also be identifiers, with the advantage that anyone with the right device can…