Medicinal orchids unmasked
…3 hybrid cultivars whose genetic histories are uncertain. Single primer sets successfully amplified matK and rbcL from all specimens. The researchers cloned PCR products (and then sequenced at least 3…
…3 hybrid cultivars whose genetic histories are uncertain. Single primer sets successfully amplified matK and rbcL from all specimens. The researchers cloned PCR products (and then sequenced at least 3…
Growing barcode libraries confirm distinct clustering of mtDNA sequences. In early surveys of mtDNA differences, it seemed possible that as larger numbers of individuals were sampled, there would invevitably be…
Photo from With the Encyclopedia of Life launched, we post a photo of most of the participants in the brainstorming meeting sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation at the Woods Hole…
The Program for the Human Environment bids a fond farewell to research assistant Smriti Rao, who worked with us beginning in October 2008 and now relocates to San Diego. We…
We post Jesse H. Ausubel, Iddo K. Wernick and Paul E. Waggoner, “Peak Farmland and the Prospects for Sparing Nature,†Population and Public Policy: Essays in Honor of Paul Demeny,…
…Kostyrko of 24 notable ocean explorers, including Jacques Cousteau, Sylvia Earle, and Robert Ballard…and Jesse Ausubel. On-line, the portraits are arranged alphabetically from Ausubel to Widder and also include Captain…
Shown here are PHE members Jesse, Doris, Mark and Alan during a tour of the new addition to the Rockefeller University campus, the River Campus. Thanks to Alex Kogan, Rockefeller…
William Nordhaus today earned the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his pioneering work on climate change. Hooray for Bill! Jesse first encountered Bill’s work in the late 1970s, started…
Deep carbon science is rising. A Press release highlights publication of the Deep Carbon Observatory’s midterm scientific report and participation at the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 December 2014 in…
It used to be standard practice to shave the area around the incision before surgery, as it was thought that hair harbored bacteria that would cause wound infection. Beginning in…