Results for “Gene Marcial”

… bestselling author and one of the greatest scientists of our age. As much as his full length books such as The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, and The God Delusion, have changed our perceptions of both science and the world it opens, his essays and articles are potent, pithy...

…hile nobody else does. Cancer is a personal disease, Solit explains. Each tumor constitutes its own world of defective genes and proteins. By studying the genetic quirks of exception- al responders, physicians can systematically identify weaknesses in cancer subtypes and blast t...

…est is in the group interest because the traits of strength and skill proved in the winner will be those passed on. Our genes tell us to compete as best we can for the sake of a fair test, and to stop when the verdict seems clear. And soon enough it does. The quarterback tries hi...

which sometimes forecloses gene competition. His rule

is now on the table thanks to the revolutionary gene-

…ggression in psychotic patients. Guo found that levels of violence were about twice as high for one variant of the DRD2 gene than others, and about 20% higher for a particular variant of the DAT1 gene. These genetic variants cause differences in dopamine, which cause differences...

From Inclusive Fitness to Spiritual Striving The notion of “selfish genes” (and, by extension, selfish organisms) was popularized in Richard Dawkins’ 1976 book by that title. Not long afterwards, an article appeared in Science that presented evidence that the most vicious member...

… can comprehend the questions it poses, emerges from a process of cultural evolution. An agenda-setting book for a new generation of philosophers and other researchers, From Bacteria to Bach and Back will delight and entertain anyone who hopes to understand human creativity in a...

…abdominal skin of the father requires a bit of coordination on the part of the two. Even this is not sufficient for the genes of this pair to find their way into the gene pool. The conditions of the Antarctic winters are among the least hospitable on earth, with winter temperatur...

… The reproductive value can be interpreted as the expected present value of an individual’s future contributions to the gene pool. A gene that encourages the donor to undertake this action will be favored by natural selection if the sum of the row-products in table 1 is positive...

but the error would cause the gene to make a

less than 1 percent harbor DNA mutations that disrupt the function of the leptin gene—a low rate of incidence that is not surprising

a revolutionary new strategy for rapid gene discovery.

Strobel also collected information on a gene called

all the way back to our ape-like cousins who evolved this gene.