"He must, so know the starfish and the student biologist who sits at the feet of living things, proliferate in all directions. Having certain tendencies, he must move along their lines to the limit of their potentialities."
John Steinbeck - Log from the Sea of Cortez
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
So maybe we can identify the gene for buck-toothedness
Image by Neil Bromhall/OSF/Getty
Latest genome to be sequenced - the "coolest mammal on the planet", the naked mole rat. Jokes aside, it's a remarkable animal with a complex social structure.
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