Fish Otoliths and Folklore: A Survey
Duffin, Christopher J.. âFish Otoliths and Folklore: A Survey.â Folklore 118 (2007): 78 – 90. The folklore associated with fish otoliths is traced from classical times to the present day…
Clach an Tiompain (the “Sounding Stone” or the Eagle Stone)
Clach an Tiompain (in English, the “Sounding Stone”) or The Eagle Stone is a small Class I Pictish stone located on a hill on the northern outskirts of Strathpeffer in Easter Ross, Scotland. Description The stone is made of blue gneiss and…
Nickernuts also known as sea pearls and eaglestones
Nickernuts or nickar nuts are smooth, shiny seeds from tropical leguminous shrubs, particularly Guilandina bonduc and Guilandina major, both known by the common name warri tree. C. bonduc produces gray nickernuts, and C. major produces yellow. Accordingly, these species are locally known in the Caribbean as “grey…
Supergene
A supergene is a chromosomal region encompassing multiple neighboring genes that are inherited together because of close genetic linkage, i.e. much less recombination than would normally be expected. This mode of inheritance can be due to genomic rearrangements…
Divergence and functional degradation of a sex chromosome-like supergene (the sparrow with four sexes)
In January 2016, when the paper was published in Current Biology, it showed unequivocally that chromosome 2 was evolving like a sex chromosome. Whiteâwhite and tanâtan matings were exceedingly rare. Using…















