Fisher the evolutionary biologist

W. Zacheus Cande: Evolutionary biologist in cell biologist's clothing

Zac Cande wants to get to the roots of cell division and cytoskeletal mechanics.

Freud: biologist of the mind

Another example of the inadequate, indeed mistaken, discussion of a partly medical question ofpractical importance is that ofwitchcraft. The beliefthat most witches were women who suffered from melancholic delusions is central to Johann Wier's extremely influential De praestigiis daemonum, and Jean Bodin's refutation of it hinges on the denial that women are prone to melancholy. All this is omi...

The Journey of a Biologist

Philosophy of a Biologist *

A quarter century is, indeed, a rather brief period to allow for the development of a philosopher, and yet, though I make no claim to such a title, I choose to preface the little I have to say by stating that it might be termed the "philosophy of a biologist." Perhaps I should also add that I can hardly qualify as a biologist, since my activities throughout the period in question have been-conf...

MEGA: A biologist-centric software for evolutionary analysis of DNA and protein sequences

The Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) software is a desktop application designed for comparative analysis of homologous gene sequences either from multigene families or from different species with a special emphasis on inferring evolutionary relationships and patterns of DNA and protein evolution. In addition to the tools for statistical analysis of data, MEGA provides many conven...