Annual Roundup: The Return of the Mad Biologist

Sometimes, it's not the high end technology that saves lives, but the cheaper low end stuff. One of the ways microbiologists identify different bacteria is by growing them on 'defined' growth media. We have built up a vast knowledge of which growth conditions will support particular bacteria (and…

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Annual Roundup: Blog Free or Die Hard

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The Buzz: Obesity and Lessons in Heritability

A recent post by Megan McArdle on her Atlantic blog about the heritability of obesity prompted a discussion on ScienceBlogs about the often confused meaning of heritability. As Razib explains on Gene Expression, "Heritability is the proportion of trait variance within the population explainable by…

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