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Microbes May Drive Evolution of New Animal Species

A little over a year ago, Bordenstein, a biologist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and his then-graduate student, Robert Brucker, mated two incompatible species of wasp in the lab,…

Allard Awarded the Hellman Fellowship

Patrick Allard, Assistant Professor in the Institute for Society and Genetics and the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, was awarded a prestigious Hellman Fellowship for the 2014-15 academic year.  The…

Genetics In Court Is a Very Messy Business

Courts may soon face the challenge of determining whether genetics can be linked to criminal behavior. The “my genes made me do it” defense is not solely reserved for Law…

Genome Sequences Show How Lemurs Fight Infection

The young lemur named Eugenius started to get sick. Very sick. He was lethargic, losing weight and suffering from diarrhea. Duke Lemur Center veterinarians soon pinpointed the cause of his…