Tag: Hopi E. Hoekstra

Nation & World
A pioneering geneticist and Renaissance man of parts

Colleagues and friends remember Richard Lewontin as whip-smart, a fierce debater, and an engaged and loyal mentor and friend.

July 27, 2021

7 minutes
Nation & World
Sperm competition, cooperation

Some mouse sperm can discriminate between their brethren and the competing sperm from other males, showing an unusual behavioral complexity.

January 20, 2010

3 minutes
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Venomous bite

Biologists have shown that independent but similar molecular changes turned a harmless digestive enzyme into a toxin in two unrelated species — a shrew and a lizard, giving each a venomous bite

October 29, 2009

3 minutes