http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/04/researchblogcast-4/ Human evolution, genetics, genomics and their interstices Sat, 26 May 2012 04:14:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/04/researchblogcast-4/comment-page-1/#comment-22279 Razib Khan Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:35:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=3867#comment-22279 yeah. and sometimes the system switches equilibrium. kill whales, more krill, more penguins. stop killing whales, and they can't bounce back because they don't eat/kill penguins. though i guess killers and leopard seals do. yeah. and sometimes the system switches equilibrium. kill whales, more krill, more penguins. stop killing whales, and they can’t bounce back because they don’t eat/kill penguins. though i guess killers and leopard seals do.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/04/researchblogcast-4/comment-page-1/#comment-22254 John Emerson Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:05:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=3867#comment-22254 I've read that the population of squid has exploded. They're fished less intensively and some of their predators have been reduced in numbers. (We may love whales, but many species are hard on squid.) I’ve read that the population of squid has exploded. They’re fished less intensively and some of their predators have been reduced in numbers. (We may love whales, but many species are hard on squid.)

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