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[1 Apr 2009 | 2 Comments | 1,472 views]

This is an article I wrote for the Research Horizons magazine in Cambridge. I thought it might be interesting as a bit of a review of some of the areas of research underway at the moment among members of the consortium.  It was written for a Darwin special issue – hence the quote at the start.
On the wings of a butterfly
Since Darwin’s time, Amazonian butterflies have fascinated evolutionary biologists as examples of evolution in action.
On reading Henry Walter Bates’ 1862 account of his travels in the Amazon, Charles Darwin …

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[12 Feb 2009 | No Comment | 1,183 views]

Here are a few guidelines for anyone wanting to post a blog.
First, you will need to register as a user on the site. I have now disabled the facility for registration, as I was having to deal with a lot of spam.  So now you will have to email me first to ask for an account. If you wish to write posts, I will give you ‘Author’ status – send me an email (c.jiggins [at] zoo.cam.ac.uk). Once you have author status you can browse to the ‘site admin’ …