Kevin A Bird

Aug 16, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Kevin A Bird |Jordan Brock |Avril M. Harder |Paul P Grabowski

AbstractAncient whole-genome duplications (WGDs) are believed to facilitate novelty and adaptation by providing the raw fuel for new genes. However, it is unclear how recent WGDs may contribute to evolvability within recent polyploids. Hybridization accompanying some WGDs may combine divergent gene content among diploid species.

Jun 20, 2024 | statnews.com | Dan Samorodnitsky |Kevin A Bird |Jedidiah Carlson |James P. Lingford |Jon Phillips |Rebecca Sear | +1 more

In 2012, the Elsevier journal Personality and Individual Differences published a special issue that included articles with titles like “Life history theory and race differences: An appreciation of Richard Lynn’s contribution to science” and “National IQs and economic outcomes.” At a celebratory dinner at the Oxford and Cambridge Club in London, contributors to the issue awarded Lynn a ceremonial sword and a pair of horns.

Jan 31, 2024 | ffnews.com | Lauren Towner |Kevin A Bird

Dynatrace (NYSE: DT), the leader in unified observability and security, today announced that it is working with Lloyds Banking Group, one of the UK’s largest financial services providers, to measure the environmental carbon impact of its IT ecosystem, contributing to the organization’s sustainability goals. To help address this need, Dynatrace is using insights and feedback from Lloyds Banking Group to further develop Dynatrace® Carbon Impact.

Dec 19, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Charles C. Roseman |Kevin A Bird

AbstractHereditarianism is a school of thought that contends there are substantial evolved cognitive and behavioral differences among groups of humans which are both resistant to environmental intervention and are a root cause of differential social outcomes across groups. The relationship of between- group heritability (h2B) to within-group heritability (h2W) is one of the key theoretical components of hereditarianism and forms one of the bases for its claim to be an evolutionary science.

Dec 14, 2023 | nature.com | Jordan Brock |Kang Du |Kevin H-C Wei |Feng Shao |Scott Teresi |Kevin A Bird | +8 more

AbstractTeleost fishes, which are the largest and most diverse group of living vertebrates, have a rich history of ancient and recent polyploidy. Previous studies of allotetraploid common carp and goldfish (cyprinids) reported a dominant subgenome, which is more expressed and exhibits biased gene retention. However, the underlying mechanisms contributing to observed ‘subgenome dominance’ remains poorly understood.