Response to

We are responding to a Letter to the Editor addressing the Method section of our paper “Different measures of ‘genome-wide’ DNA methylation exhibit unique properties in placental and somatic tissues.” The letter raised concerns that the protocol for Epigentek’s MethylFlash kit was followed incorrectly based on the wording of an online publication of our article. We admittedly made an error in the language used to describe the MethylFlash protocol in our initial submission and thus this was corrected as soon as it was brought to our attention. However, the error was only in language and not procedure. We are confident that the protocol was followed as stated in the insert provided with the MethylFlash^TM Methylated DNA Quantification kit (Colorimetric).     

Response to Rushton and Nicholson

In this brief commentary on a recent article published in Ethology and Sociobiology, the author corrects a misleading reference to her earlier work, and points out some inconsistencies in the arguments of the article in concern. Sociobiology can, and does, make predictions about differential relationships between individuals of differing genetic similarity; a “new,” extended theory is not necessary.