Let's stop pretending biology is easy. open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on biology in schoolsand the illusion of being close to physicsopen.substack.com
on biology in schoolsand the illusion of being close to physicsopen.substack.comПрофиль
Peter Dearden
Профиль VivelyGeneticist, evolutionary biologist, evolution and development. Working mainly on insects, but also big green budgies and snails. Co Director of Genomics Aotearoa, Deputy Director of Bioprotection Aotearoa. Snarked on Substack.
on biology in schoolsand the illusion of being close to physicsopen.substack.comAnts both bite and clone other species. open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on cloning a speciesand antsopen.substack.comWhy dogs and spiders are lingustic and biological coincidences open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on coincidencesand venomous spidersopen.substack.comWhy I think we have to look after our Universities a bit better open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on the point of Universitiesand the danger of misunderstanding themopen.substack.comWant to see what genes change their copy number with your favourite complex trait while controlling for phylogeny? Try this. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
OrthoGLMM: Phylogenetic Association Testing for Gene Content and Trait EvolutionMotivation Comparative genome projects can now assemble and annotate hundreds of species, creating an opportunity to test whether species-level traits are associated with repeated changes in gene cont...www.biorxiv.orgWhy I am sceptical about epigenetics. On the 5th base open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on the 5th baseand woolly thinkingopen.substack.comon the destruction of New Zealand Science open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on the destruction of New Zealand Scienceand earthquakesopen.substack.comNext on the subject of ‘things I have been bitten by’ open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on Kākāpōand extinctionopen.substack.comWhy I’m proud to be ‘frigging around with bees’ open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on frigging around with beesand forgetting how things workopen.substack.comWhy an event 2.3 billion years ago made our genomes a mess open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on genomes and how they workand Rube Goldberg machinesopen.substack.comWhy you should read The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Sorry- was a bit busy this week! on ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carlea reviewopen.substack.comCheck out the updated expert advice on Gene editing from Te Apārangi|The Royal Society of New Zealand www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/o...
Ngā hangarau ā-ira i Aotearoa | Genetic technologies in Aotearoa New ZealandWhat are genetic technologies, and why should we care?www.royalsociety.org.nzStop using biology as an excuse open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on genderand breastsopen.substack.comon the insect apocalypse open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on the insect apocalypseand the damage it is causingopen.substack.comRead about this Genomics Aotearoa funded project to understand and help the rarest penguin in the world theconversation.com/why-the-race...
Why the race to save these cherished penguins just became more urgentResearchers found the endangered yellow-eyed penguin is made up of three distinct subspecies, with the mainland lineage at greatest risk.theconversation.comwww.nature.com/articles/s41... We found out some neat things about penguins, but particularly how we need to look after them
Population genomics of yellow-eyed penguins uncovers subspecies divergence and candidate genes linked to respiratory distress syndrome - Nature Ecology & EvolutionWhole-genome data from 249 yellow-eyed penguins (hoiho) identify three lineages with high geographical and genomic divergence, and candidate gene variants associated with differential susceptibility t...www.nature.comHow do aphids make two animals from one genome? open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on aphidsand making different animals from the same genesopen.substack.com