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Reproductive performance of alternative male phenotypes of growth hormone transgenic Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Posted on December 4, 2011 by mhassett

The ever-increasing human population places increasing stress on global food resources. In response to this, an idea to improve fish farming has come about to create transgenic salmon that would have an increased growth rate. Researchers have been able to … Continue reading →

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Effects of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) on native bivalves: the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?

Posted on November 15, 2011 by mhassett

Zebra mussels have coexisted in their native European range alongside sphaeriids and other unionids on a timescale ranging from decades to millennia. They were accidentally introduced to North American in the late 1980’s and have become well known for out … Continue reading →

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Alexander von Humboldt and the General Physics of the Earth

Posted on September 16, 2011 by mhassett

How is it possible for someone to study science for the better part of two decades and to only now hear of Alexander von Humboldt upon entering graduate school? Stephen T. Jackson’s short biography offered me a first glimpse of … Continue reading →

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