'Be Different or Die' Does Not Drive Evolution, Bird Study Finds.
A new study has found that species living together are not forced to evolve differently to avoid competing with each other, challenging a theory that has held since Darwin’s Origin…
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Study Confirms a Gene Linked to Asperger Syndrome and Empathy.
A study to be published later this month in the journal Molecular Autism confirms previous research that people with Asperger Syndrome (AS) are more likely to carry specific variations in a particular…
Cavefish Study Supports Controversial Evolutionary Mechanism.
To the classic case studies of evolution, such as Darwin’s finches and the peppered moth, a small group of researchers would now add the Mexican tetra. This small, freshwater fish…
Lemurs Take Advantage of What Others See, But Not Hear.
Lemurs can be sneaky. They’ll wait until a human’s back is turned to take a treat. But a new study shows that in the same situation, they don’t seem to…
2013 | Christina Palmer, et.al – Using a social marketing framework to evaluate recruitment of a prospective study of genetic counseling and testing for the deaf community.
ISG faculty, Christina Palmer and Janet Sinsheimer, along with ISG associate, Patrick Boudreault, and their colleagues, have published a paper titled “Using a social marketing framework to evaluate recruitment of a…
Biologists Find an Evolutionary Facebook for Monkeys and Apes.
UCLA biologists reported last year on the evolution of 129 primate faces in species from Central and South America. This research team now reports on the faces of 139 Old…