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Realism, Antirealism, and Conventionalism about Race

Creator:: Kaplan, Jonathan Michael and Winther, Rasmus Grønfeldt
Abstract:: This paper distinguishes three concepts of “race”: bio-genomic cluster/race, biological race, and social race. We map out realism, antirealism, and conventionalism about each of these, in three important historical episodes: Frank Livingstone and Theodosius Dobzhansky in 1962, A.W.F. Edwards’ 2003 response to Lewontin (1972), and contemporary discourse. Semantics is especially...
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Full Text:: biological concept’, Biology and Philosophy 25(2):143–62. Sesardić, Neven. 2013. “Confusions about

Race, IQ, and the Search for Statistical Signals Associated with So-Called “X”-Factors: Environments, Racism, and the “Hereditarian Hypothesis”

Creator:: Kaplan, Jonathan Michael
Abstract:: Some authors defending the "hereditarian" hypothesis with respect to differences in average IQ scores between populations have argued that the sorts of environmental variation hypothesized by some researchers rejecting the hereditarian position should leave discoverable statistical traces, namely changes in the overall variance of scores or in variance-covariance relating scores...
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Full Text:: ”. Biology & Philosophy, 30(1), 1-17. doi:10.1007/s10539-014-9428-0 10.1007/s10539-014-9428-0 Springer

Impacts of different philosophies on natural resources

Creator:: Shelby, Bo, 1948-, Arbogast, Sandie, Oregon State University. College of Forestry, Dykstra, Dennis, Angelstam, Per, and Cronon, William
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: Tropical Forests, Carbon, & People: A Revisionist Philosophy for the New Millennium Dennis Dykstra

Deoxyribonucleotides as Genetic and Metabolic Regulators

Creator:: Mathews, Christopher K.
Abstract:: For more than 35 years we have known that the accuracy of DNA replication is controlled in large part by the relative concentrations of the four canonical deoxyribonucleoside 5'-triphosphates (dNTPs) at the replisome. Since this field was last reviewed, about eight years ago, there has been increased understanding of the...
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Full Text:: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Accepted Manuscript http

Fact/Value Holism, Feminist Philosophy, and Nazi Cancer Research

Creator:: Sharyn Clough
Abstract:: Fact/value holism has become commonplace in philosophy of science, especially in feminist literature. However, that facts are bearers of empirical content, while values are not, remains a firmly-held distinction. I support a more thorough-going holism: both facts and values can function as empirical claims, related in a seamless, semantic web....
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Full Text:: Fact/Value Holism, Feminist Philosophy, and Nazi Cancer Research

Edward S. Morse, zoologist: from Maine to Meiji Japan

Creator:: Baer, Adela S., 1931-
Abstract:: From the 1860s into the 1920s Edward Sylvester Morse (1838-1925) was a staunch advocate of Darwinian evolution and of science education in the U. S. and likewise for several years in Japan. He had a major impact on the American public’s understanding of evolution, both before and after he became...
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Full Text:: , zoologist: from Maine to Meiji Japan A. Baer, Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State

Larval exposure to predator cues alters immune function and response to a fungal pathogen in post-metamorphic wood frogs

Creator:: Groner, Maya L., Buck, Julia C., Gervasi, Stephanie, Blaustein, Andrew R., Reinert, Laura K., Rollins-Smith, Louise A., Bier, Mark E., Hempel, John, and Relyea, Rick A.
Abstract:: For the past several decades, amphibian populations have been decreasing around the globe at an unprecedented rate. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), the fungal pathogen that causes chytridiomycosis in amphibians, is contributing to amphibian declines. Natural and anthropogenic environmental factors are hypothesized to contribute to these declines by reducing the immunocompetence of...
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Full Text:: functions are suppressed during this time. To test if stressors alter AMP production and survival of frogs

Cell Biology of Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis

Creator:: Davy, Simon K., Allemand, Denis, and Weis, Virginia M.
Abstract:: The symbiosis between cnidarians (e.g., corals or sea anemones) and intracellular dinoflagellate algae of the genus Symbiodinium is of immense ecological importance. In particular, this symbiosis promotes the growth and survival of reef corals in nutrient-poor tropical waters; indeed, coral reefs could not exist without this symbiosis. However, our fundamental...
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Full Text:: Cell Biology of Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis Simon K

Postharvest residue management for grass seed production in western Oregon

Creator:: Hart, John M. (John Mervyn), 1947-, Anderson, Nicole P., Hulting, Andrew Gerald, Chastain, Thomas G., Mellbye, Mark Edward, Young, William C. (William Clyde), Silberstein, Thomas B., and Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: This publication incorporates 20 years of field research by OSU faculty comparing two grass-seed residue management methods: full straw load (straw is chopped and left on the field) and clean nonthermal (straw is baled and removed from the field). Comparison includes discussion of seed yield and quality, nutrient management considerations...
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Full Text:: cycling in grass seed crops. Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation. Oregon State University. Meints, P.D

Connecting Science to Policymakers, Managers, and Citizens

Creator:: Lubchenco, Jane, Menge, Bruce A., Barth, John A., Carr, Mark H., Caselle, Jennifer E., Chan, Francis, Fulton-Bennett, Heather K., Gaines, Steven D., Kroeker, Kristy J., Milligan, Kristen, Palumbi, Steven R., and White, J. Wilson
Abstract:: Twenty years ago, the creation of a new scientific program, the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO), funded by the Packard Foundation, provided the opportunity to integrate—from the outset—research, monitoring, and outreach to the public, policymakers, and managers. PISCO’s outreach efforts were initially focused primarily on sharing scientific...
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Full Text:: philosophy that scientists have an obligation to share what they know with society (Lubchenco, 1998, 2017

Vertical Zoning in Marine Protected Areas: Ecological Considerations for Balancing Pelagic Fishing with Conservation of Benthic Communities

Creator:: Grober-Dunsmore, Rikki, Wooninck, Lisa, Field, John, Ainsworth, Cameron, Beets, Jim, Berkeley, Steve, Bohnsack, Jim, Boulon, Rafe, Brodeur, Richard, Brodziak, John, Crowder, Larry, Gleason, Danny, Hixon, Mark, Kaufman, Les, Lindberg, Bill, Miller, Marc, Morgan, Lance, and Wahle, Charles
Abstract:: Marine protected areas (MPAs), ideally, manage human uses that threaten ecosystems, or components of ecosystems. During several recent MPA designation processes, concerns have arisen over the scientific justification for no-take MPAs, particularly those that restrict recreational fishing for pelagic species. An important question is: under what conditions might recreational pelagic...
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Full Text:: Center for Marine Conservation in Beaufort, North Carolina. Gleason is a professor in the Biology

Finding Our Way through Phenotypes

Creator:: Deans, Andrew R., Lewis, Suzanna E., Huala, Eva, Anzaldo, Salvatore S., Ashburner, Michael, Balhoff, James P., Blackburn, David C., Blake, Judith A., Burleigh, J. Gordon, Chanet, Bruno, Cooper, Lauren D., Courtot, Mélanie, Csösz, Sándor, Cul, Hong, Dahdul, Wasila, Das, Sandip, Dececchi, T. Alexander, Dettal, Agnes, Diogo, Rui, Druzinsky, Robert E., Dumontier, Michel, Franz, Nico M., Friedrich, Frank, Gkoutos, George V., Haendel, Melissa, Harmon, Luke J., Hayamizu, Terry F., He, Yongqun, Hines, Heather M., Ibrahim, Nizar, Jackson, Laura M., Jaiswal, Pankaj, James-Zorn, Christina, Köhler, Sebastian, Lecointre, Guillaume, Lapp, Hilmar, Lawrence, Carolyn J., Le Novère, Nicolas, Lundberg, John G., Macklin, James, Mast, Austin R., Midford, Peter E., Mikó, István, Mungall, Christopher J., Oellrich, Anika, Osumi-Sutherland, David, Parkinson, Helen, Ramírez, Martín J., Richter, Stefan, Robinson, Peter N., Ruttenberg, Alan, Schulz, Katja S., Segerdell, Erik, Seltmann, Katja C., Sharkey, Michael J., Smith, Aaron D., Smith, Barry, Specht, Chelsea D., Squires, R. Burke, Thacker, Robert W., Thessen, Anne, Fernandez-Triana, Jose, Vihinen, Mauno, Vize, Peter D., Vogt, Lars, Wall, Christine E., Walls, Ramona L., Westerfeld, Monte, Wharton, Robert A., Wirkner, Christian S., Woolley, James B., Yoder, Matthew J., Zorn, Aaron M., and Mabee, Paula
Abstract:: Despite a large and multifaceted effort to understand the vast landscape of phenotypic data, their current form inhibits productive data analysis. The lack of a community-wide, consensus-based, human- and machine-interpretable language for describing phenotypes and their genomic and environmental contexts is perhaps the most pressing scientific bottleneck to integration across...
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Full Text:: ). Finding Our Way through Phenotypes. PLoS Biology, 13(1), e1002033. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002033

Book review: Charles Darwin's Notebooks from the Voyage of the “Beagle”

Creator:: Briggs, John C.
Abstract:: American Journal of Human Biology Vol. 22
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Full Text:: was known that Herschel’s philosophy of science was influential to the way that Darwin developed his

A functional curriculum in professional forestry

Creator:: Mason, Earl George, 1897-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is twofold: first, the construction of a major framework outlining a functional curriculum in professional forestry and, second, the suggesting of a method of procedure that will enable a staff in any forestry school to develop a functional curriculum adapted to local needs. No attempt...
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Full Text:: which will be in keeping with the philosophy of a functional curriculum. No detailed course content is

Environmental immune disruptors, inflammation and cancer risk

Creator:: Thompson, Patricia A., Khatami, Mahin, Baglole, Carolyn J., Jun Sun,, Harris, Shelley A., Moon, Eun-Yi, Al-Mulla, Fahd, Al-Temaimi, Rabeah, Brown, Dustin G., Colacci, Annamaria, Mondello, Chiara, Raju, Jayadev, Ryan, Elizabeth P., Woodrick, Jordan, Scovassi, A. Ivana, Singh, Neetu, Vaccari, Monica, Roy, Rabindra, Forte, Stefano, Memeo, Lorenzo, Salem, Hosni K., Amedei, Amedeo, Hamid, Roslida A., Lowe, Leroy, Guarnieri, Tiziana, and Bisson, William H.
Abstract:: An emerging area in environmental toxicology is the role that chemicals and chemical mixtures have on the cells of the human immune system. This is an important area of research that has been most widely pursued in relation to autoimmune diseases and allergy/asthma as opposed to cancer causation. This is...
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Full Text:: , 18Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Via

Transdisciplinary graduate education in marine resource science and management

Creator:: Ciannelli, Lorenzo, Hunsicker, Mary, Beaudreau, Anne, Finley, Carmel, Heppell, Selina, Conway, Flaxen, Bailey, Kevin, Crowder, Larry B., Webb, Colleen, Reynolds, John, Sagmiller, Kay, Anderies, John M., Hawthorne, David, Parrish, Julia, Conway, Flaxen D. L., and Chigbu, Paulinus
Abstract:: In this article we consider the current educational needs for science and policy in marine resource management, and we propose a way to address them. The existing literature on cross-disciplinary education in response to pressing environmental problems is vast, particularly in conservation biology. However, actual changes in doctoral-level marine science...
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Full Text:: , OR 97330, USA 7Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA 8Earth

Neoplasia and Neoplasm Associated Lesions in Laboratory Colonies of Zebrafish Emphasizing Key Influences of Diet and Aquaculture System Design

Creator:: Spitsbergen, Jan M., Buhler, Donald R., and Peterson, Tracy S.
Abstract:: During the past decade the zebrafish has emerged as a leading model for mechanistic cancer research due to its sophisticated genetic and genomic resources, its tractability for tissue targeting of transgene expression, its efficiency for forward genetic approaches to cancer model development, and its cost-effectiveness for enhancer and suppressor screens...
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Full Text:: basic cancer biology information is lacking in zebrafish. As yet data are not 10 published regarding

Ontologies as Integrative Tools for Plant Science

Creator:: Walls, Ramona L., Athreya, Balaji, Cooper, Laurel, Elser, Justin, Gandolfo, Maria A., Jaiswal, Pankaj, Mungall, Christopher J., Preece, Justin, Rensing, Stefan, Smith, Barry, and Stevenson, Dennis W.
Abstract:: Premise of the study: Bio-ontologies are essential tools for accessing and analyzing the rapidly growing pool of plant genomic and phenomic data. Ontologies provide structured vocabularies to support consistent aggregation of data and a semantic framework for automated analyses and reasoning. They are a key component of the semantic web....
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Full Text:: , Oregon 97331-2902 USA; 4 L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, 412

The conservation genetics juggling act: integrating genetics and ecology, science and policy

Creator:: Haig, Susan M., Miller, Mark. P., Bellinger, Renee, Draheim, Hope M., Mercer, Dacey M., and Mullins, Thomas D.
Abstract:: The field of conservation genetics, when properly implemented, is a constant juggling act integrating molecular genetics, ecology, and demography with applied aspects concerning managing declining species or implementing conservation laws and policies. This young field has grown substantially since the 1980s following the development of polymerase chain reaction and now...
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Full Text:: Science Center, Corvallis, OR, USA 2 Department of Biology, Tropical Conservation Biology and

Myths, Artifacts, and Fatal Flaws: Identifying Limitations and Opportunities in Vitamin C Research

Creator:: Michels, Alexander J. and Frei, Balz
Abstract:: Research progress to understand the role of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in human health has been slow in coming. This is predominantly the result of several flawed approaches to study design, often lacking a full appreciation of the redox chemistry and biology of ascorbic acid. In this review, we summarize...
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Full Text:: lacking a full appreciation of the redox chemistry and biology of ascorbic acid. In this review, we

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