Monthly Archives: June 2016

It’s a (Selective) Sweep for the Good Genes!

Posted on June 27, 2016 by hageyt

This Evolution 101 post is by MSU grad student Douglas Kirkpatrick In baseball, ice hockey, and basketball, when a team wins all of the games in a playoff series, they are said to have swept the other team out of the … Continue reading →

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Pseudogenes

Posted on June 23, 2016 by hageyt

This Evolution 101 post is by MSU grad student Tyler Derr I’m sure you’ve heard the saying that our DNA is the “blueprint” of who we are. Well, our genes are the sequences in our DNA that actually encode instructions for … Continue reading →

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Selfish Genes and the Resulting Gene Conflict

Posted on June 11, 2016 by hageyt

This Evolution 101 post is by MSU grad student Alex Lalejini The above comic strip might lead one to believe that the phrase ‘selfish genes’ describes genes that make individuals act selfishly; however, this is not at all what is meant by … Continue reading →

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Evolution 101 – Mutations: From the X-Men to the X-Chromosome

Posted on June 6, 2016 by hageyt

This Evolution 101 post is by MSU grad student Douglas Kirkpatrick Everyone knows what mutation is, right? It’s that magical scientific hand-wave that gives the X-Men their powers. Almost certainly the result of interaction with gamma radiation or toxic substances, mutation … Continue reading →

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