Variation in sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in the brown anole lizard can be attributed to underlying sex differences in responses to local variation of environmental conditions.
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26 Oct 2009
Dartmouth prof. and postdoc discover that natural selection is not, alas, the whole story by Shu Pang '12 

Dartmouth professor Ryan Calsbeek and postdoctoral researcher Robert Cox recently found that intraspecific variation in sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in brown anole lizard (Anolis sagrei) can be attributed to underlying sex differences in responses to local variation of environmental conditions, rather than solely to natural selection.

25 Oct 2009
Professor Huggins argues “Relativity first!” by Jingna Zhao '12 

Professor Elisha Huggins presented his award-winning program as a tool for teaching physics and talked about his convictions on how to teach contemporary physics at a colloquium conducted by the physics department last Friday at Dartmouth College.

25 Oct 2009
Anti-HIV-1 properties of human breast milk by Marietta Smith '12 

Researcher Magdalena Lyimo presented her research on the anti HIV-1 properties of human breast milk at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center last Wednesday.

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