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Extremes of snow and temperature affect patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus

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By Mel Lucas, Gordana Rašić, Alessandro Filazzola, Steve Matter
| Wiley Online Library Verified
1 INTRODUCTION While the relationships between long-term mean climate conditions and genetic diversity, differentiation, and adaptation have been studied extensively in a variety of organisms (Hand et al., 2016; Lee & Mitchell-Olds, 2011; Oliveira et al., 2020; Yang et al., 2013), the effects of shorter-term, local-scale weather variability, including extreme weather events, on genetic variation have received less attention (Bailey & van de Pol, 2016; Proft et al., 2021; but see Caplins et...
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What I Wish My Parents Understood About My Life With Chronic Illness

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By Mel Lucas
| The Mighty
Dear Mom and Dad, I’d like to think the scariest thing in the world will always be the boogeyman under the bed. But eventually I grew out of that, and I found the scariest thing in the world is the unpredictability of my health. Why is the unknown always so scary? There’s something about not knowing if tomorrow will finally be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. In your eyes, I will always be the healthy 10-year-old running amok in the cold, autumn woods behind our New York home.
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When People Assume I Need Help Because of My Disability

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By Mel Lucas
| The Mighty
I finally had my first ever, self-voluntary, let-me-help-you-because-you-obviously-cannot, experience recently on my trip to California. Not only was it awkward, but it made me feel like people think being disabled automatically means you cannot do certain things for yourself. Wish I got that memo 10+ years ago. I went to Los Angeles recently with my service dog and fiance to film a TV show.
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