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On the immortality of television sets : "function" in the human genome according to the evolution-free gospel of ENCODE

A recent slew of ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Consortium publications, specifically the article signed by all Consortium members, put forward the idea that more than 80% of the human genome is functional. This claim flies in the face of current estimates according to which the fraction of the genome that is evolutionarily conserved through purifying selection is less than 10%. Thus, accor

The "inverse relationship between evolutionary rate and age of mammalian genes" is an artifact of increased genetic distance with rate of evolution and time of divergence

It has recently been claimed that older genes tend to evolve more slowly than newer ones (Alba and Castresana 2005). By simulation of genes of equal age, we show that the inverse correlation between age and rate is an artifact caused by our inability to detect homology when evolutionary distances are large. Since evolutionary distance increases with time of divergence and rate of evolution, homolo

Selected advances in genetics—cream of the crop

Genomics and epidemiology for gastric adenocarcinomas (GE4GAC): a Brazilian initiative to study gastric cancer

Gastric cancer (GC) is the fifth most common type of cancer worldwide with high incidences in Asia, Central, and South American countries. This patchy distribution means that GC studies are neglected by large research centers from developed countries. The need for further understanding of this complex disease, including the local importance of epidemiological factors and the rich ancestral admixtu

Spring fuelling by arctic Dunlins Calidris a. alpina in the southern Baltic and the potential role of a changing climate

An exceptionally large Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus

Population trends for Swedish breeding birds

Variation in energy intake and basal metabolic rate of a bird migrating in a wind-tunnel

How body water and fuel stores affect long distance flight in migrating birds

First recovery of a Red Knot Calidris canutus involving the breeding population on New Siberian Islands

Mass and morphometrics of Little Stints Calidris minuta on autumn migration along the Arctic coast of Eurasia

Energy expenditure in relation to flight speed : what is the power of mass loss rate estimates?

Basal metabolic rates of migrating waders in the Eurasian Arctic

Rapid reversible changes in organ size as a component of adaptive behaviour

Composition of fuel stores and digestive limitations to fuel deposition rate in the long-distance migratory Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia

Knots, White-rumped Sandpipers and other wader species performing bat-like aerial acrobatics on staging sites

Departure fuel loads in time-minimizing migrating birds can be explained by the energy costs of being heavy

Lindström & Alerstam (1992Am. Nat.140,477–491) presented a model that predicts optimal departure fuel loads as a function of the rate of fuel deposition in time-minimizing migrants. The basis of the model is that the coverable distance per unit of fuel deposited, diminishes with increasing fuel load. This is an effect of the increasing flight costs associated with increasing body mass. Lindstr

Fuel deposition and potential flight ranges of Blackcaps Sylvia atricapilla and Whitethroats Sylvia communis on spring migration in The Gambia

The autumn migration of Willow Warblers Phylloscopus trochilus in Sweden: results from a nation-wide co-operative project

Optimal bird migration : the relative importance of time, energy and safety