Comments on: Colony and individual: Cancer and cheating wasps

By: Apoica » Conflict between the individual and the group

Apoica » Conflict between the individual and the group — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:42:53 +0000

[...] is a one of the varieties of wasp I discussed in an earlier post, the kind in which groups of females, all able to have offspring, initially fight to become the [...]

By: kpickett

kpickett — Sun, 02 May 2010 00:34:55 +0000

Thanks so much for your kind comment, Jo. I may just do that.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sat, 01 May 2010 15:34:31 +0000

Kurt, you need to submit this as an article to “Cure” magazine. Knowledge is power, and many folks would be freed from a little of the fear that comes with a cancer diagnosis if they understood the mechanics of it better.
I repeat my thought from an email: you’re in a rare position as a biologist and a cancer patient and an educator – and a thinker – to shed a little light.
GASP! Maybe THAT’s why God gave you this cancer! Just kidding.
(Actually, I thought that red letter “A” was the Adobe logo at first.)