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April 28, 2024 | Latest Issue
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Casey Aylward
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Peterson researches turtle evolution

New genetic research has potentially cracked the long unsolved mystery of the turtle's evolutionary origins by determining that turtles and lizards have a close common ancestor, according to biology professor Kevin Peterson. Peterson, who coauthored the study published in the July 2011 issue of Biology Letters, said he and his colleagues used a new methodology that involved analysis of microRNAs short regulatory genetic molecules found in cells that develop over millions of years of evolution instead of fossil evidence, as previous researchers have done. "My interest is trying to address difficult phylogenetic problems and that would include turtles," Peterson said.

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Presidents formalize new Panhell policy

The eight presidents of Dartmouth's Panhellenic sororities formalized the details and clarified the procedural response to their recently-announced policy regarding violence against women clauses in fraternities' bylaws, Sigma Delta sorority president Danielle Levin '12 said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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College establishes alcohol collaborative

Correction appended Dartmouth will collaborate with 13 other colleges and universities on a new initiative the Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking that the College created to address alcohol use on campuses across the country, College President Jim Yong Kim said in a press conference Monday afternoon.

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