Tag: "mutation"
Secretive Openness
It will take a long time for scientists to figure out why those redwoods in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park are albino. And because of the way science is set up, it will take the public even longer to find out the answer.
Post on Mar 14, 2011 by Dr. Barry Starr
Redwood Regeneration
QUEST has an inordinate fondness for albino redwoods. But after producing three videos, QUEST Producer Chris Bauer still had questions.
Post on Feb 28, 2011 by Jennifer Skene
Post on Dec 20, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
Ghostbusters of the Forest
Because clones aren't always the same, Stanford geneticists have a pretty good shot at figuring out what makes a redwood albino using DNA sequencing.
Post on Nov 22, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
Fearing 1918
A lot of people have been commenting about the apparent overreaction of governments to the swine flu. Why go to such extreme measures to deal with simple influenza? The reason has to do with the flu pandemic of 1918-1919.
Post on May 11, 2009 by Dr. Barry Starr
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