Isn't that supposed to be the mark of Cain or some crap like that? -----Original Message----- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:53 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Researchers evolve a multicellular yeast in the lab in 2 months
I saw this on the inner webs the other day: 'If Adam and Eve were white, and evolution doesn't exist, where did black people come from' On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is a really cool research project. Scientists started out with > single celled yeast and decided to look into whether selective > pressure could evolve multi-cell organisms under lab conditions. They > took a really simple approach, simply selecting yeast that settled to > the bottom of a perturbed solution (which tend to be heavier or > clumped cells) to seed the subsequent generation. After only 60 days > (generations), they found strains that were dominated by evolved cell > clusters. A bunch of other fascinating behavior observed too. > > http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/01/researchers-evolve-a-multi > cellular-yeast-in-the-lab-in-2-months.ars > > I do loves me some applied evolution. > > Cheers, > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345561 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
