John Hawks has the details on the rumors that have been swirling for a while (and now confirmed by a conference talk) about sequencing of autosomal Neandertal DNA. The previous work was mtDNA, which is easier since mitochondria are copious throughout the cell. But, this will give us a lot more information to chew on....
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A few weeks ago PNAS published a paper on the evolution of snake sex chromosomes. The authors compare snake sex chromosome evolution with that of mammals and birds.
Yesterday in my conversation with David Miller I told him I didn't think that the new autosomal "ancestry" tests really delivered the
Say you have a abstruse paper such as, Accelerated genetic drift on chromosome X during the human dispersal out of Africa:
Brian at Laelaps has written a post entitled "What's good for the gander isn't always good for the goose", in which he describes some examples of sexual dimorphism in charismatic vertebrates.
For a second I thought it said Neanderthal Gnomes. Now that would be a story to rival the Hobbits.