Blog Comments

Kinetica Online is pleased to provide direct links to commentaries from our senior editor Dr. Steven Pelech has posted on other blogs sites. Most of these comments appear on the GenomeWeb Daily Scan website, which in turn highlight interesting blogs that have been posted at numerous sites in the blogosphere since the beginning of 2010. A wide variety of topical subjects are covered ranging from the latest scientific breakthroughs, research trends, politics and career advice. The original blogs and Dr. Pelech’s comments are summarized here under the title of the original blog. Should viewers wish to add to these discussions, they should add their comments at the original blog sites.

The views expressed by Dr. Pelech do not necessarily reflect those of the other management and staff at Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation. However, we wish to encourage healthy debate that might spur improvements in how biomedical research is supported and conducted.

Evolvability

The Evolution of Evolution

Dan Jones at the New Scientist wondered whether the capacity for evolutionary innovation is built into the fabric of life and if such "evolvability" is reflected in an organism's ability to adapt to its environment that can be passed down to subsequent generations. S. Pelech proposes that enhancements of one or more levels of "hierarchical intelligence" - molecular, cellular or social - may play a central role in the development of evolvability. Read More...