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Read more about the article Can we pick the best sperm?

Can we pick the best sperm?

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:4. May 2023
  • Post category:Biology/Medicine/Reproductive genetics

A lot of people are interested in embryo selection. Why? When people reproduce through IVF, they will generate more than one viable embryo. Which one to choose? The general approach…

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Book review: David Sinclair – Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don’t Have To (2019)

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:9. February 2022
  • Post category:Biology/Genomics/Medicine/Physiology

David A. Sinclair - Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To, 2019 (free ebook is on libgen) I know Scott Alexander has already reviewed this, but since I…

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Read more about the article Testosterone battles

Testosterone battles

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:16. November 2021
  • Post category:Biology/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Physiology/Sociology

Back in October Razib Khan had Carole Hooven on his podcast. She's the author of a new popsci book on testosterone: T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates…

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Cold winter theory in non-human animals

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:18. February 2017
  • Post category:Biology/Differential psychology/psychometrics/Evolutionary Psychology/Genetics / behavioral genetics/Population genetics

Disclaimer: I did not read Rushton's seminal book on the topic. I was only first recently able to obtain a complete electronic copy (i.e. not abridged version). I did in…

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Did a small lizard study show transgenerational epigenetics?

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:8. February 2017
  • Post category:Biology

McCormick, G. L., Robbins, T. R., Cavigelli, S. A., & Langkilde, T. (2017). Ancestry trumps experience: Transgenerational but not early life stress affects the adult physiological stress response. Hormones and…

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