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Evolutionary genetics going down

Explore key Evolutionary Genetics concepts that intertwine science, history, and the unexpected ambiguities of evolutionary theory.

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Life has been occupying me, why, between good wine (I prefer mild Chardonnay), work, books and beautiful women who detest science fiction I haven't been able to resume my survey of Evolutionary Genetics: Concepts & Case Studies. Nevertheless, I'd like to point you to Jason Rosenhouse's Evolution Blog which has been putting the Science in ScienceBlogs. I especially enjoyed Chance, Stochasticity, Probability and Evolution, though I am of the opinion that these sort of disagreements are often more semantical than substantial. Terms like "adaptationism" and "punctuated equilibria" allude to a central tendency which emerges out of an extremely rugged conceptual topography. Once you agree on scale (molecular or morphological?) or taxon (mammaliam vs. drosophilid?) many of these "disputes" fade into the distance and science rises to the fore, sweeping aside petty egos. Or that's the story that some would tell! Strange fact of the day: Anastasius I, a Roman Emperor ...

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