The gene pool
You must have heard of it: the gene pool. It’s a popular concept and important in population genetics, wildlife conservation and breeding of domestic animals. The gene pool…
The recipe for evolution
For evolution you need only three ingredients; Variation in living organisms Inheritance of variation from parents to offspring Natural selection And of course a lot of time. Variation…
What is eusocialism?
Eusocialism is the word for the social system of ants, some bee species, termites and naked mole rats. It stems from the words eu, which means good, and…
Red Queen Principle
“It takes all the running you can do, to stay in the same place”. Through the Looking Glass – Lewis Carroll The Red Queen Hypothesis in biology states…
The double helix
DNA has the shape of a double helix. That’s a fancy way to say that it consists of two strands that each wind around itself like the cord…