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The Curious Disconnect: Project Index
The Curious Disconnect is the blog of evolutionary biologist Arlin Stoltzfus, available here at www.molevol.org/cdblog. An updated version of this page will be maintained at www.molevol.org/cdblog (Arlin Stoltzfus, ©2010). The views expressed here are my own, and cannot be assumed to reflect official positions of IBBR, UMCP, NIST, the US government, or any such entity.
Posts by topic
Miscellaneous
- The Curious Disconnect: Introduction (March 19, 2010).
- Theory1 vs Theory2 (April 13, 2010) explores a hidden distinction that will prove very useful later.
The Mutationism Myth
- The Mutationism Myth 1. The Monk's Lost Code and the Great Confusion (March 29, 2010) describes how the mutationism story is told in books and articles.
- The Mutationism Myth, 2. Revolution (April 30, 2010) will show you how to think about evolution the way Darwin did.
- The Mutationism Myth, 3. Foundations of Evolutionary Genetics (May 19, 2010) shows some of the synthetic thinking of the Mendelians.
- The Mutationism Myth, 4. Mendelian Heterodoxies (May 25, 2010) explains their views of mutation as a source of initiative, discontinuity, creativity and direction.
- The Mutationism Myth, 5. The Restoration (June 14, 2010) tells how the Modern Synthesis restored "Darwinism", at least in name.
- The Mutationism Myth 6. Back to the Future (August 23, 2010) wraps up our series
Posts in order
- The Curious Disconnect: Introduction (March 19, 2010).
- The Mutationism Myth 1. The Monk's Lost Code and the Great Confusion (March 29, 2010) describes how the mutationism story is told in books and articles.
- Theory1 vs Theory2 (April 13, 2010) explores a hidden distinction that will prove very useful later.
- The Mutationism Myth, 2. Revolution (April 30, 2010) will show you how to think about evolution the way Darwin did.
- The Mutationism Myth, 3. Foundations of Evolutionary Genetics (May 19, 2010) shows some of the synthetic thinking of the Mendelians.
- The Mutationism Myth, 4. Mendelian Heterodoxies (May 25, 2010) explains their views of mutation as a source of initiative, discontinuity, creativity and direction.
- The Mutationism Myth, 5. The Restoration (June 14, 2010) tells how the Modern Synthesis restored "Darwinism", at least in name.
- The Mutationism Myth 6. Back to the Future (August 23, 2010) wraps up our series
Contributor projects
eventually I hope to stimulate some student projects, but this hasn't happened yet.
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