There are many theoretical approaches for studying the evolution of parental care and parent–offspring interactions (Chapters 2, 7, 9, and 16; Mock and Parker 1997), but here I focus on theory developed in the field of quantitative genetics. The reasons for this are twofold; first, they allow tractable dynamic models for phenotypes determined by multiple genes and the environment. Second, theor...

Few metaphors in biology are more enduring than the idea of Adaptive Landscapes, originally proposed by Sewall Wright (1932) as a way to visually present to an audience of typically nonmathematically savvy biologists his ideas about the relative role of natural selection and genetic drift in the course of evolution. The metaphor, however, was born troubled, not the least reason for which is the...

Abstract It is with great pleasure that we present the third issue of Nordic Journal Transitions, Careers and Guidance (NJTCG). This continues to promote exciting articles researchers at all stages their careers. Abstrakti Nordic Guidance (NJTCG) on uusi kansainvälinen julkaisufoorumi kasvavalle pohjoismaiselle ohjausalan tutkimukselle. Tervetuloa kolm...

Hamrick (2002) contested the conclusion of our recent article on evolutionary constraints on digit numbers that in tetrapods limb reduction usually occurs via arrest of the initial development followed by degeneration (Galis et al 2001). Firstly, we agree with Hamrick that we unfortunately illustrated this phenomenon with the wrong figure: the digits in the hand of Didelphis marsupialis are ind...

Til trods for at forsvaret og undskyldningen har haft en central plads i retorik- kommunikationsforskningen de seneste årtier, det natur­lige modstykke, anklagen, fået overraskende beskeden retorikfaglig opmærksomhed. Denne artikel bidrager til udbedre dele af denne mangel, idet den opstiller definition anklagen som situeret ytring, hvor nogen tilskriver skyld gruppe eller et individ. Defini­ti...

Den ortodokse kirke er forholdsvist ukendt blandt den brede befolkning i de nordiske lande, selvom antallet af kristne disse år stærkt stigende grundet øget migration fra majoritetslande. Derfor Caroline Serck-Hanssens bog kirke: Historie – lære trosliv et relevant og velkomment bidrag. Bogen formidler kirkes historie, aktuelle situation med særligt fokus på norske russiske kontekst. skrevet kl...