The main explanation is simply recent performance.
Specifically, whereas some disease phenotypes in homogeneous populations may be heavily canalized and thereby harder to dissect, others may have been decanalized by modern living conditions (e.g., inflammatory diseases) or modern admixture, while yet others are simply too recent in evolutionary history for buffering networks to have evolved (e.g., response to HIV).
The scandals reported this month with donated cadavers at the University of California, Los Angeles and Tulane University are simply the most recent in a field long beset by abuses.
The unfolding of this milestone is really no different from the wedding photos, baby photos, and vacation itineraries that stream daily through my newsfeed -- they are simply the most recent iteration.
While there seems to be rhetorical consensus that higher education is in desperate need of fundamental reforms to reduce cost and ensure students are graduating with the skills currently in demand by employers, events this summer at the University of Virginia are simply the most recent disconnect between universities' words and actions.
"Sanctions at most played a modest role, and those who are suggesting that they were critical in recent events are simply wrong," he said in an interview today.
Recent events are simply too "surcharged" to be taught dispassionately, said Swapan Dasgupta, a conservative columnist and the father of an 11th grader.
If Blackberry are looking for a pat on the back with the Priv, they'd do well to remember that its recent efforts are simply what other manufacturers have been doing for years: evolving with the market's demands.
People close to BP say the deal is being held up by the Russian shareholders' reluctance to sell their stake in TNK-BP and the recent hostilities are simply a negotiating ploy.
Some of the interactive experiences I've seen in recent demos are simply mind boggling and are starting to form new opinions in my head about how we will consume big screen TV in the future (I'll save that for a future post).
