The topic of biological arms races will take centerstage Thursday as the Mississippi University for Women Gordy Honors College Forum Series presents Dr. Paul Mack, on “Biological Arms Races: What You Don’t Know Can Still Kill You.”
The MUW associate professor of biology will explain how the term “arms race” originated as a human construct over a century ago but has been adopted by biologists to refer to a wide range of co-evolutionary interactions. These interactions range from such classics as predator-prey standoffs to less direct conflicts between competitors for the same food source. All that is really needed is a basic antagonism — a feature easily provided in a world where environments are variable and there are never enough resources to go around.
The 6 p.m. program in Nissan Auditorium in Parkinson Hall on the MUW campus is free and open to the public. Mack will be available to meet and greet members of the audience.
For more information, contact Dr. Tom Velek, at [email protected] or 662-241-6850.
The next Gordy Honors Series speaker will be Sen. Sally Burchfield (R-Miss.) Oct. 4, on the topic of “Campaigns and Common Sense: How to Keep Your Sanity in the Crazy World of Politics.”
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