A new study out in PNAS finds that chytrid fungi dominate the fungal cummunities at high elevations in places as distant as the Himalayas and the Rocky Mountains in the U.S.
There’s also a short piece on this in the Scientist.
October 13, 2009
October 9, 2009
Make your own zebra
In an era when the general public is often concerned about genetic engineering, a zoo in Gaza has developed its own low-tech approach (donkey + tape + hair dye) to create zebras. The best part? You can ride these zebras!
October 8, 2009
Origin of viviparity in iguanian lizards predates recent glaciation
A recent paper by Jim Schulte and Moreno-Roark in FirstCite in Biology Letters reveals that the transition from oviparity to viviparity preceded recent glaciation events, contrary to some previous hypotheses regarding the driving factors behind the origin of viviparity. This work nicely demonstrates how phylogenetic analysis and divergence date estimation can be combined to ask basic questions about the evolution of life history traits.