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R. Douglas Fields

Bethesda
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Neuroscientist & science writer. Author of Why We Snap & The Other Brain. My scientific research is on cellular mechanisms of brain development & memory.
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R. Douglas Fields, Ph.D

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The legacy of local winemaker on Taylor’s Island, Pat Neild William Layton at Layton’s Chance Winery holding a bottle of Ridgeton Red, 2025. Layton made this special issue wine as a tribute to Pat Neild, from the grapes Pat Neild grew on his vineyard on Taylor’s Island. There are several notable wineries on the Eastern Shore today, but they are a recent development.
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The Last Harvest

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By R. Douglas Fields
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William Layton at Layton’s Chance Winery holding a bottle of Ridgeton Red, 2025. Layton made this special issue wine as a tribute to Pat Neild, from the grapes Pat Neild grew on his vineyard on Taylor’s Island. By R. Douglas Fields There are several notable wineries on the Eastern Shore today, but they are a recent development.
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R. Douglas Fields, Ph.D

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Photo Credit: Anna Langova Publicdomainpictures Most people know that a baby’s sex is determined by whether it inherits an X or a Y chromosome from its father. Inheriting a Y chromosome normally produces male offspring. Not necessarily, according to a new study. This study led by Nitzan Gonen of Bar-Ilan University, just published in the journal Nature Communications, reports that changing only one letter out of the 2.8 billion letters in DNA reverses the sex of mice.
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