dreamer_easy: (SCIENCE BIOLOGY)
dreamer_easy ([personal profile] dreamer_easy) wrote2009-12-12 09:18 am

Right, now for less depressing stuff

Battle of the sexes - one gene keeps us either male or female, scientists find

DNA's guardian gene found in placozoans. The common genetic heritage of life on Earth ever fills me with glee. We share genes with yeast, starfish, you name it - the same basic toolkit, recycled and remodelled over and over again.

Homosexual selection: The power of same-sex liaisons What role does a preference for same-sex partners play in evolution - and vice versa?

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