Thomas McCloughlin

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Can anyone help me identify the material enclosed? (Archaeology)?

This piece of material is curved, however I thought it was 'natural' originally, but the marks on the inner curvature appear to human-made and unlikely to be made by any natural process. It was...

29 April 2016 7,894 8 View

What is the genetic basis of albiflora variants of common flowering plants?

Over the years, I have recorded white-flowered forms of the following, and I understand that they tend to be double recessive variants. Is this in fact the case? Cirsium palustre Prunella...

02 March 2016 3,688 5 View

What period would you say the pictured cross slab is from? (archaeology)

The pictured cross slab is from Kilsharvan (Cille Sarbhán) near Duleek, Co. Meath, Ireland. The site is associated with the abbey of Colp near Drogheda and had de Lacey patronage in the early...

02 February 2016 2,072 16 View

If you have two parasites in the one host, is there a model or equation that would help work out if they are interdependent vs. the age of host?

I have some intermittent data on age of host (Perca fluviatilis) against occurrences of Diplostomum and Tylodelphis. The occurrences appear to 'oppose' each other but I need something to say if...

03 March 2015 5,469 7 View

How much science should a person study in order to teach it? (a) primary level?, (b) junior high school?

There's an idea that pedagogy only approaches to teaching science is enough to facilitate constructivist forms of learning. My observations are that teachers who have adopted this idea merely...

26 February 2015 6,680 22 View