Thar She Blows! A Novel Method for DNA Collection from Cetacean Blow

Thar She Blows! A Novel Method for DNA Collection from Cetacean Blow

BACKGROUND Molecular tools are now widely used to address crucial management and conservation questions. To date, dart biopsying has been the most commonly used method for collecting genetic data from cetaceans; however, this method has some drawbacks. Dart biopsying is considered inappropriate for young animals and has recently come under scrutiny from ethical boards, conservationists, and the...

Thar She Blows: Can Bubbles Be Rekindled with Experienced Subjects?

We report 28 new experiment sessions consisting of up to three experience levels to examine the robustness of learning and ‘error’ elimination by participants in a laboratory asset market and its effect on price bubbles. Our answer to the title question is: “yes.” We impose a large increase in liquidity and dividend uncertainty to shock the environment of experienced subjects who have converged...

\Thar She Blows!": A New Approach to the Analysis of Yellowstone Geyser Eruptions

Thar “ SHE ” blows ? Gender , Competition , and Bubbles in Experimental Asset Markets

Do women and men behave differently in financial asset markets? Our results from an asset market experiment show a marked gender difference in producing speculative price bubbles. Mixed markets show intermediate values, and a meta-analysis of 35 markets from different studies confirms the inverse relationship between the magnitude of price bubbles and the frequency of female traders in the mark...

A simple and rapid method for blood collection from walking catfish, Clarias batrachus (Linneaus, 1758)

Blood is collected from experimental animals for a wide range of scientific purposes including; hematology, clinical biochemistry parameters, immunology, studies in bacteriology, parasitology and investigations in reproductive performance and health. The number of methods employed to collect blood from fish include; the puncture of caudal vein, dorsal aorta or cardiac vessels and the severance ...