Thanks Eric for taking the time to look through my post. For Nick's last post,
I am not entirely sure what a genefur is, although it sounds like it is a
reference to an inherent genetic trait, as you also discuss.
Yes, I agree it will help my argument if I hone in more closely on what I mean
Does anybody besides me have problems getting past the term sperm pelotons
without having bizarre mental images of teeny little bicycles, spandex, and
colorful itty bitty jerseys?
--Doug
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Hugh Trenchard htrench...@shaw.ca wrote:
Thanks Eric for taking the time
Hugh,
I yield to no man in my ignorance of subject we are talking about. However,
two points:
The term genefur is one I use to remind myself (and anyone who happens to be
listening) that the common expression, a gene for, (as in a gene for blue
eyes or a gene for prostate cancer is deeply
Doug,
Clearly you have never looked closely at Sperm under a microscope.
We have made enormous strides in micro-visualization technology in the last
generation.
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University (nthomp...@clarku.edu)
Hugh --
I like the analysis very much. There should be other cases of velocity
sorting in microbiology and perhaps in developmental biology, any place
where cells are potentially crowded and need to get some where.
I think that sustainability for sperm is an oxymoron -- they have fixed food
promiscuous peromyscus spermatozoa cycles
Nope, I'm afraid the fixation remains...
--Doug
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Roger Critchlow r...@elf.org wrote:
Hugh --
I like the analysis very much. There should be other cases of velocity
sorting in microbiology and perhaps in
But Nick,
Hugh's point is that we DO NOT need trait-group selection to explain the
clustering sperm. We merely need sperm to swim in the same direction, AND have
a variety of abilities. Given that alone, Hugh thinks he can prove, sperm will
cluster based on their swimming abilities (which he calls
Nick -
Doug,
Clearly you have never looked closely
at Sperm under a microscope.
That is not what his middle school science teacher told me!
- Steve
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This man is a treasure. Yeah, you, Doug.
On Mar 29, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote:
Gentlemen,
It was certainly not my intention to hijack this thread...
--Doug
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Steve Smith sasm...@swcp.com
wrote:
Nick -
Doug,
Clearly you have never looked
To Hugh and the peloton discussion group,
I did a little riding in spandex and have a small sense of the dynamics
inside a peloton. I always thought it a marvelous experience while
participating.
The most striking oddity for me about the discussion is the focus on the
group concept.
Eric,
That much I figured out. I need to know more about the structure of cycle
races. I thought it was the case that races contained teams and that the team
that produced a winning rider won the race, even if all the other team members
died in the effort. Not true?
if it IS true than
Thanks, Eric. That puts it nice and succinctly. That said, I take the points
about how best to characterize fitness and will adjust my draft accordingly
(and I had some chuckles over the lighter responses too). I'll revise it and
re-send it sometime over the next few days (it might be old news
So what do we really mean when we say that systems biology is holistic?
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1752-0509/4/22
--
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Hugh,
I think there is something publishable lurking here. That, and five bucks will
buy you a cup of coffee in any restaurant in Santa Fe ... but you better hurry.
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University (nthomp...@clarku.edu)
Practically my philosophy of life.
No coincidence that Wally (Dilbert comic strip) is my main hero.
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Vladimyr Ivan Burachynsky
vbur...@shaw.cawrote:
The cunning riders peel off very quickly and work themselves back into
the pack and try and hang in but out of
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