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"Jd" |
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26 Jul 2007 07:51:56 PM |
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Mother lizard astounds scientists by "dressing" offspring |
"In a paper published June 10 in the online early edition of the journal Ecology Letters (and in a
later print issue), the researchers reported that female side-blotched lizards give an extra dose of
the hormone estradiol to their eggs in certain social circumstances. The extra hormone affects the
back patterns of lizards that hatch from those eggs, creating either lengthwise stripes down their
backs or bars stretching from side to side. Whether they get stripes or bars depends on the genes
for other traits."
"This is the first example in which exposure to the mother's hormones changes such a fundamental
aspect of appearance. Even more exciting is that the mother has different patterns at her disposal,
so she can ensure a good match between back patterns and other traits that her offspring possess,"
said Lesley Lancaster, a UCSC graduate student and first author of the paper.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070612115816.htm
Mere "evolution"? I think not.
Jd
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| User: "John Smith" |
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| Title: Re: Mother lizard astounds scientists by "dressing" offspring |
26 Jul 2007 10:42:55 PM |
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"Jd" <ZionsFire@att.net> wrote in message
news:b7nia35jpa5j8sp6rhde1kthqblqsjc1n4@4ax.com...
"In a paper published June 10 in the online early edition of the journal
Ecology Letters (and in a
later print issue), the researchers reported that female side-blotched
lizards give an extra dose of
the hormone estradiol to their eggs in certain social circumstances. The
extra hormone affects the
back patterns of lizards that hatch from those eggs, creating either
lengthwise stripes down their
backs or bars stretching from side to side. Whether they get stripes or
bars depends on the genes
for other traits."
"This is the first example in which exposure to the mother's hormones
changes such a fundamental
aspect of appearance. Even more exciting is that the mother has different
patterns at her disposal,
so she can ensure a good match between back patterns and other traits that
her offspring possess,"
said Lesley Lancaster, a UCSC graduate student and first author of the
paper.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070612115816.htm
Mere "evolution"? I think not.
Jd
That "you think not" is not new news to any of us.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Mother lizard astounds scientists by "dressing" offspring |
27 Jul 2007 06:22:32 AM |
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On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:51:56 +0000, Jd wrote:
Mother lizard astounds scientists by "dressing" offspring
Next up: "Light switches astound Jd"
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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"You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards,
witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, food falling
from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical,
absurd and primitive stories, and you say that *we* are the
ones that need help?" - Jon Stoll
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| User: "raven1" |
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| Title: Re: Mother lizard astounds scientists by "dressing" offspring |
26 Jul 2007 11:40:28 PM |
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On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:51:56 GMT, Jd <ZionsFire@att.net> wrote:
I think not.
<snipped for brevity>
--
"O Sybilli, si ergo
Fortibus es in ero
O Nobili! Themis trux
Sivat sinem? Causen Dux"
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| User: "John Baker" |
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| Title: Re: Mother lizard astounds scientists by "dressing" offspring |
27 Jul 2007 12:06:21 PM |
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On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:51:56 GMT, Jd <ZionsFire@att.net> wrote:
I think not.
Tell us something we don't already know, Skippy.
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| User: "" |
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26 Jul 2007 10:57:33 PM |
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On Jul 26, 8:51 pm, Jd <ZionsF...@att.net> wrote:
"In a paper published June 10 in the online early edition of the journal Ecology Letters (and in a
later print issue), the researchers reported that female side-blotched lizards give an extra dose of
the hormone estradiol to their eggs in certain social circumstances. The extra hormone affects the
back patterns of lizards that hatch from those eggs, creating either lengthwise stripes down their
backs or bars stretching from side to side. Whether they get stripes or bars depends on the genes
for other traits."
"This is the first example in which exposure to the mother's hormones changes such a fundamental
aspect of appearance. Even more exciting is that the mother has different patterns at her disposal,
so she can ensure a good match between back patterns and other traits that her offspring possess,"
said Lesley Lancaster, a UCSC graduate student and first author of the paper.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070612115816.htm
Mere "evolution"? I think not.
But yet, you ignore the scientific studies I gave you in the other
thread suggesting that homosexuality is natural.
You can't pick and choose, hypocrite. Either the scientific method
works, or it doesn't. Make up your fucking mind.
-Panama Floyd, Atlanta.
aa#2015/KoBAAWA!
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| User: "Frank Mayhar" |
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| Title: Re: Mother lizard astounds scientists by "dressing" offspring |
27 Jul 2007 11:09:21 AM |
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Piggybacking, as this ***** is _deep_ in my killfile.
On Jul 26, 8:51 pm, Jd <ZionsF...@att.net> wrote:
I think not.
....is really all that needs to be said.
--
Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com http://www.exit.com/
Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/
http://www.exit.com/blog/frank/
http://www.zazzle.com/fmayhar*
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