Deadly sins and corporate acquisitions

Eight Deadly Sins of GRL

The seven deadly sins of comparative analysis.

Phylogenetic comparative methods are extremely commonly used in evolutionary biology. In this paper, I highlight some of the problems that are frequently encountered in comparative analyses and review how they can be fixed. In broad terms, the problems boil down to a lack of appreciation of the underlying assumptions of comparative methods, as well as problems with implementing methods in a man...

The seven deadly sins of DNA barcoding.

Despite the broad benefits that DNA barcoding can bring to a diverse range of biological disciplines, a number of shortcomings still exist in terms of the experimental design of studies incorporating this approach. One underlying reason for this lies in the confusion that often exists between species discovery and specimen identification, and this is reflected in the way that hypotheses are gen...

The seven deadly curs’d sins …Lust

In today's climate of political correctness, I shall have to be very careful in choosing my words in this letter, because I do not want to stand trial for conspiring to provoke lewd behaviour, should our private correspondence fall into the wrong hands. The modern meaning of lust has very bad connotations. It suggests uncontrolled sexual desire or an overwhelming craving for money, fame or powe...

The seven deadly curs’d sins … Intemperance

Thank you for the case of wine which was delivered today; what a splendid birthday present! You certainly know my weakness and I hope that there will always be a Beaune of contention between us. I often think I should have taken up the molecular biology of the grape rather than messing about with worms and fish. There could have been an Institut de Oenologie Moleculaire and we might even have s...