Tag Archives: Natural Selection

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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One Guppy to Rule Them All.

Posted on September 7, 2016 by

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 →

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