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Author Archives: Danielle Whittaker
Evolution 101: Group Selection
This week’s Evolution 101 post is by MSU graduate student Thomas LaBar. Many organisms live and interact within groups. Beehives, wolf packs, and bird flocks are just a few of the groups that exist in the natural world. Humans also … Continue reading
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Tagged altruism, animal behavior, Evolution 101, group selection, kin selection
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Creating Life and Worlds: Solving Evolutionary Problems in the Digital World
This blog post was written by students in BEACON’s Fall 2013 Computational Science for Evolutionary Biologists course, taught by MSU faculty Titus Brown and graduate student Randy Olson. Blog post lead author: S. Kevin McCormick, with contributions from Zach Laubach, Nicolas Schmelling, Josephine … Continue reading
Evolution 101: Digital Evolution
This Evolution 101 post is by MSU graduate student Armand Burks. When scientists study the process of evolution in living organisms, two of the key limiting factors are that of time and the amount of data available. In practice, it … Continue reading
Evolution 101: Beauty is in the Genes of the Beholder
This Evolution 101 post is by MSU graduate student Anselmo Pontes. What do you think when you see a woman painfully balancing on sky-high heels? How about when you overhear the lame pick up lines guys come up with to … Continue reading
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Tagged competition, Evolution 101, female choice, sexual selection
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BEACON Researchers at Work: Mating System Evolution
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by Michigan State University postdoc Sarah Bodbyl. “Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don’t they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.” ― Ray … Continue reading
This scientist's not-so-secret life
Most of you know me by the name Danielle Whittaker. I am the managing director of BEACON, and also an animal behavior researcher. I’ve blogged about my research a couple of times: Deciphering avian aromas and The sweet smell of (reproductive) success. You may … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Evolution and Software Engineering
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Erik Fredericks. I spent several years in the automotive industry as both a software developer and project manager, developing advanced systems that assisted in preventing accidents. These … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Students Become the Teachers – Teaching Evolution in the Classroom
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Texas postdoc Gwen Stovall. The Student Connection So, maybe the students didn’t have a good idea of “evolution” in the beginning. As far as they knew, they were unable … Continue reading
"The Man Who Bottled Evolution"
A new Science paper from the Lenski lab is generating lots of buzz! Facebook’s popular page “I F*ing Love Science” sums up the Long-Term Evolution Experiment in this infographic: From the MSU press release: There’s no peak in sight – … Continue reading
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Tagged Biological Evolution, E. coli, long term evolution experiment
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