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Animal breeding, human breeding

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:28. July 2015
  • Post category:Genetics / behavioral genetics

Reading up on the huge animal breeding literature gives a useful background to one's thinking about what selection on humans will do in the future (embryo selection and direct editing…

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Approximate string matching in R

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:25. July 2015
  • Post category:Computer science/Linguistics/language

In trying to merge some data, I was confronted with a problem of matching up strings where the author had mutilated them. He had done so in two ways: cutting…

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How to do an S factor analysis

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:22. July 2015
  • Post category:Sociology

John Fuerst suggested that I write a meta-analysis, review and methodology paper on the S factor. That seems like a decent idea once I get some more studies done (data…

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SNPs within and between populations

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:18. July 2015
  • Post category:Genetics / behavioral genetics

A recent paper informs us that we have now found a small number of SNPs that explain skin color in European samples. In the International Visible Trait Genetics (VisiGen) Consortium,…

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Getting free wifi forever in airports on Mint 17.1

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:7. July 2015
  • Post category:Computer science

Many airports have free wifi services. The problem with these is that they are time-limited, usually to 1 to 3 hours. This can be very annoying if one is stuck…

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