Monthly Archives: January 2012

Slicing up seminal proteins

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

While I don’t doubt that you have all been eagerly awaiting an update to my ‘Publications’ page, some of you may not have noticed that it has finally arrived. After only about 5 and half years in graduate school, I … Continue reading →

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Double vaginas, double the trouble?

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

I just read this article on the Huffington Post website about a woman with two vaginas and two uteruses, an extremely rare condition known as uterus didelphys. The condition usually isn’t discovered until puberty, when the girl starts having what … Continue reading →

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Connecting the dots between anal fin “egg spots” and fights in male cichlids

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

Cichlid fish are an evolutionary biologist’s dream. There are thousands of species of cichlids, and more seem to crop up every day. Evolution never truly stands still in any species, but if you want to see it in action, cichlids … Continue reading →

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Use it or lose it

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Female frogs (Xenopus laevis) release their eggs out into the water, where they wait for some lucky sperm to come along and fertilize them. But they don’t wait very long. Frog eggs are ticking time bombs that self-destruct after only … Continue reading →

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