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Move Over Daddy-Longlegs, Mommy’s Here — Dr Mercedes Burns

Move Over Daddy-Longlegs, Mommy’s Here — Dr. Mercedes Burns Dr. Mercedes Burns is an Assistant professor at the University of Maryland. She conducts research on the ways reproductive behavior is affected by demography, environmental factors, and evolutionary selective pressures  Her taxonomic focus is species of harvestmen, commonly known as daddy-longlegs, from North America and Japan.… Read More Move Over Daddy-Longlegs, Mommy’s Here — Dr Mercedes Burns

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Dr Abigail Kimmitt: migrating females

  Migrating Females Dr Abigail Kimmitt is a postdoctoral researcher at Texas A&M University working with Dr. Kira Delmore. Her research is motivated by understanding how seasonal migration contributes to population divergence. She studies differences in gene expression and hormones associated with reproduction in subspecies of juncos that differ in migratory behavior but are found… Read More Dr Abigail Kimmitt: migrating females

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Of Feast, Famine, and Finnish Females — Dr Virpi Lummaa

Finnish by birth and now British by profession, Virpi Lummaa has changed the way we think about human reproduction. With over 99 publications, Lummaa is an expert on human life history evolution. Currently she is a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield. Using… Read More Of Feast, Famine, and Finnish Females — Dr Virpi Lummaa

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Mother and Scientist who Evolved — Dr Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Mother and Scientist who Evolved Sarah Blaffer Hrdy Sarah Blaffer Hrdy is an anthropologist and sociobiologist famous for her studies of motherhood and group dynamics in primates. Her major contributions connect research on nonhuman primates to humans. She is particularly noted for her theories on infanticide and female sexual strategies. While pursuing her PhD, Hrdy… Read More Mother and Scientist who Evolved — Dr Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

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From mice in Test Tubes to Changing People’s Lives — Dame Anne McLaren

From Mice in Test Tubes to Changing People’s Lives Dame Anne McLaren (1927-2007) Anne McLaren was a notable developmental biologist from the UK whose major contributions include treatment of infertility and stem-cell research. She had many honors in her life but one of the most impressive may have been as the first women to hold… Read More From mice in Test Tubes to Changing People’s Lives — Dame Anne McLaren

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Opossum Lady from Oz — Dr Marilyn Renfree

The Opossum Lady from Oz Marilyn Renfree A native Australian, Marilyn Renfree graduated of the Australian National University where she completed her PhD with Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe. From her initial work on the maternal-fetal interactions in mammals, Renfree’s research expanded to understanding reproduction in general with a focus on her fellow Australian mammals: marsupials. This work… Read More Opossum Lady from Oz — Dr Marilyn Renfree

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Scientist, Adventurer, Editor — Dr Barbara J. Weir

Scientist, Adventurer, Editor Barbara J. Weir (1942-1993) In her early career, Barbara J. Weir worked at the Wellcome Institute of Comparative Physiology, part of the Zoological Society of London, where she pioneered studies of the reproductive biology of hystricomorph rodents. Her doctoral work on chinchillas and their relatives (Cambridge University, 1968) began an intense fascination… Read More Scientist, Adventurer, Editor — Dr Barbara J. Weir

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The woman who silenced genes — Lyonization and Mary Lyon

The Woman who Silenced Genes – Lyonization Mary Lyon (1925-2014) Mary Lyon was educated in Britain during World War II, not an easy time for women to study. Fewer educational positions were open to women and women only received ‘titular’ degrees despite attending the same classes as men. In this environment Mary Lyon attended both… Read More The woman who silenced genes — Lyonization and Mary Lyon

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Genome Hunter — Jennifer A. Marshall Graves

Genome Hunter Jennifer A. Marshall Graves (1941-present) Australian evolutionary geneticist Jennifer Marshall Graves is a Distinguished Professor at La Trobe University (Melbourne), Professor Emeritus at the Australian National University (Canberra), Thinker-in-Residence at the University of Canberra, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and L’Oreal-UNESCO Laureate. These recognitions are for her major contributions to the… Read More Genome Hunter — Jennifer A. Marshall Graves

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Men are all over women’s bodies, BBC

From fallopian tubes to the Pouch of Douglas, women’s body parts have been named by – and after – men. But the masculine language of medicine doesn’t end there. Does it matter? https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180531-how-womens-body-parts-have-been-named-after-men or google ‘how womens body parts have been named after men’ and you’ll get a shorter list without much comment from iheartguts.com… Read More Men are all over women’s bodies, BBC

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