Tag Archives: Natural Selection
The life of a pea aphid, and why you don’t want to be him
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
Posted in Experimental Evolution
Tagged aphids, Evolution, Natural Selection, parasites, parasitoid wasps, science, science fiction
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One Guppy to Rule Them All.
Trying to find a paper on experimental evolution wasn’t an easy task for me. I found papers that I thought were interesting, but were lacking in experimental evolutionary methods and others that bored me to death. Personally guppies are what come to mind … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Evolution, Experimental Evolution, Guppies, Natural Selection, science, Sexual Selection
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