Happy new year and Carnival of Evolution 2 Jan 2014 Happy New Year! The January edition of CoE is up: Carnival of Evolution, No. 67 — Wallace centenary edition We also need a host for February (and beyond). Anyone interested? If so, contact Bjørn Østman via the carnival website. Evolution
Ecology and Biodiversity Liveblogging the conference: Stephen Peck 14 Mar 2008 Lunch being had we crowd into a new room to hear Stephen Peck, a biologist from Brigham Young University down the road a ways in Provo. Stephen is talking about ecological boundaries. Read More
Evolution Strong reciprocity 22 Sep 2007 On Friday I assessed an essay by a masters student on the evolution of reciprocity and altruism (she cleverly introduced a notion of benevolent behaviour rather than “altruism” in social contexts, to avoid confusion with genetic altruism. Then today my various feeds identified this rather excellent essay (more of a… Read More
Evolution Chloroplast origins 6 May 2009 Chris Taylor at Catalogue of Organisms has an absolutely stunning review of the origin of chloroplasts in eukaryotes. It’s so good I thought it was from Elio Schaechter’s blog Small Things Considered when it first popped up in my reader – higher praise there is not. Read More