Monthly Archives: January 2013

What we're reading

In the journals Wang, J., Wurm, Y., Nipitwattanaphon, M., Riba-grognuz, O., Huang, Y., Shoemaker, D., et al. 2013. A Y-like social chromosome causes alternative colony organiziation in fire ants. Nature. doi: 10.1038/nature11832 In the fire ant Solenopsis invicta, the existence … Continue reading

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Next-gen sequencing field guide, 2013 edition

Travis Glenn has updated his Field Guide to Next-Generation Sequencing, originally published in 2011, to account for changes to this almost axiomatically dynamic field. The 2013 update to the Field Guide tables is online here. Previous editions of the tables … Continue reading

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STACKS: A program for identifying and genotyping loci with next-generation sequencing data

If you have recently collected or are in the process of collecting next-generation sequencing data, then you may be wondering what the next step to working with your data will entail.  Hopefully, you have been working a little bit with … Continue reading

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What we're reading

As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things we’ve seen that might be worth your screen-time. In the journals Cameron, E.Z., Gray, M.E. & White, A.M. 2012. Is publication rate an equal opportunity metric? Trends in Ecology & … Continue reading

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What we're reading

As we head into the first weekend of the new year, here’s a few things we’ve seen that might be worth your screen-time: In the journals Nicholson, W.L., Krivushin, K., Gilichinsky, D. & Schuerger, A.C. 2012. Growth of Carnobacterium spp. … Continue reading

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