Category Archives: Experimental Evolution

The case of accidental evolution in HeLa

Posted on September 13, 2017 by

How does one accidentally evolve a population of cells? Quite easily it seems.  This story begins in 1951, when Henrietta Lacks went to see her doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She had cervical cancer. A biopsy of her tumor was … Continue reading →

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The life of a pea aphid, and why you don’t want to be him

Posted on September 8, 2017 by

Aphids live pretty simple lives, suck up some plant juices, find a mate, and make some babies…sounds quite chilled, right? Wrong. In fact, the life of a pea aphid or Acyrthosiphon pisum, is a constant battle against predators and parasites. In … Continue reading →

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