Miscellany

A collection of some of the essays, projects, and ephemera I’ve posted to the Internet

Emoji Phylogeny

An illustration of the evolutionary history of organisms represented by emoji

Pride Month 2024: Sex, Gender, and the State of Trans Rights

A presentation briefly touching on the science of biological sex, how that relates to gender, a bit of trans history, and some modern challenges we face

Aletheia Lorelei Verthandi

An etymology of my chosen names

Tangled Bankruptcy: Response to Nathaniel Jeanson

A refutation of an old cytochrome C argument used by creationist Nathaniel Jeanson during a talk in Boston

Creationist Resistance to Antibiotic Resistance

A look at research showing evolution at work in the development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria

Evolution of the X and Y Chromosomes

A look at how the evolution of the mammalian Y chromosome is related to expression of genes from the X chromosome

Development Primer: 3 Models of Sex Determination and Dosage Compensation

A summary of three different ways that sex chromosomes operate during development, using nematode worm, fruit fly, and mouse animal models