Monday, August 1, 2011
Urban Evolution
NYT article on evolution of white-footed deer mice in NYC - parks are little genetic islands.
Dunbar paper on light and eye size in human
Interesting. They "..demonstrate a significant positive relationship between absolute latitude and human orbital volume"
Guardian recap HERE
Guardian recap HERE
Race and DNA testing
Good discussion topic for 204:
"Some geneticists, sociologists and bioethicists argue that “black,” “white,” “Asian” and “Hispanic” are antiquated categories that threaten to revive prejudices. Others, however, say that meaningful DNA variations can track racial lines and that ignoring them could deny many benefits of “personalized medicine,” which aims to develop tests and treatments tailored to a person’s genetic makeup."
"Some geneticists, sociologists and bioethicists argue that “black,” “white,” “Asian” and “Hispanic” are antiquated categories that threaten to revive prejudices. Others, however, say that meaningful DNA variations can track racial lines and that ignoring them could deny many benefits of “personalized medicine,” which aims to develop tests and treatments tailored to a person’s genetic makeup."
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