This is because, in the nearly neutral class, slightly deleterious mutations are much more abundant than slightly advantageous ones (Ohta 1992).
I sat in on one of them or, rather, stood in, because the class was held outdoors in the U.C.L.A. sculpture garden, on a brilliant, very warm October day.
I sat in on one of them — or, rather, stood in, because the class was held outdoors in the U.C.L.A. sculpture garden, on a brilliant, very warm October day.
I thought it was a joke because I always slept in the class and never considered being a professor.
Then, because lots of people in the class were actors needing to up their singing game for professional purposes, she said we all had to sing a solo.
By the end of the first lesson (and helped by key guides, or "cheaters," which line up with the piano keys), I was playing "Ode to Joy," which unfortunately went for naught because Joy wasn't in the class.
"We encourage teachers to have pets in the class, because it is a way of teaching responsibility," she said.
"You try to extend the range of people in the class, because the opportunity for group discussion and critique is enormous".
"They don't make it a big deal because some of the kids in the class were gay," she said.
