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The Linquist Lab is based at the University of Guelph in the Departments of Philosophy and Integrative Biology.
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Recent publication: The epistemic importance of ethical neutrality in science
Bioscience – https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biag041 Scientists have historically upheld an ideal of political and ethical neutrality when engaging in research activities. At the same time, they recognize that human values inevitably influence their practices. These two claims are not in conflict. By subscribing to an ideal of value neutrality, scientists must reflect on the ways that values…
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Recent publication: Transposon ecology and the octopus genome
BioEssays – https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.70124 Transposable elements have been described as self-seekers of the germline, team players of the soma. So, when full-length transcripts of a LINE transposon showed up in the octopus brain, the blogosphere went wild with speculation about how this “mechanism” might have evolved for the purpose of generating variation in their brains. Since…