Monthly Archives: February 2013

Molecular Ecology views: This [spruce] bud's for you

Jill Hamilton sends in her view of molecular ecology in action: After a long day of clipping spruce buds from trees for DNA extraction there was a need to process the samples a bit further as we reached our sample … Continue reading

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Molecular Ecology views: PCR gods, blue jays, and panoramas

Contributor Kim Gilbert’s photos of molecular ecology in action. Here’s a gallery of all Kim’s photos of lab work, a bird census, and a panoramic view of lodgepole pine. [imagebrowser id=2]

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Molecular Ecology views: Stickleback trapping

Our first response to the call for photos of molecular ecology in action. And what happens if those traps aren’t placed carefully in a tidal zone?

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What we're reading

As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things we’ve noticed that might be worth your screen-time. In the journals Smith, S.A., Beaulieu, J.M., Stamatakis, A. & Donoghue, M.J. 2011. Understanding angiosperm diversification using small and large phylogenetic trees. … Continue reading

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The end of Primer Notes, the start of Genomic Resources Notes

Molecular Ecology Notes published its first issue back in March 2001 – an issue containing a brief editorial, four technical notes, and 35 primer notes. The latter, brief papers describing new primer pairs useful for studying natural populations, have been … Continue reading

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Q&A: Yannick Wurm wrangles RADseq to learn why some fire ants bow to more than one queen

Yannick Wurm grew up in Redwood City, California, and his initial plan was to design interfaces for Apple. But he went to university at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées in Lyon—where, after two years of general engineering courses, the … Continue reading

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What we're reading

As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things we’ve noticed that might be worth your screen-time. In the journals Epps, C.W., Wasser, S.K., Keim, J.L., Mutayoba, B.M. & Brashares, J.S. 2013. Quantifying past and present connectivity illuminates a … Continue reading

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Fear and loathing in academia – Getting the right kind of mentorship

This week I’ve invited a friend and colleague, Hayley Lanier, to contribute a guest post to the Molecular Ecologist.  Hayley is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan, where she works with Lacey Knowles.  She has contributed an excellent … Continue reading

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Show us your molecular ecology!

Anyone who’s hung around the blogosphere long enough is familiar with the “View From Your Window” feature at Andrew Sullivan’s blog, in which readers send in photos of, well, exactly what it says on the tin. The result is a … Continue reading

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What we're reading

As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things we’ve noticed that might be worth your screen-time. In the journals Rodelo-Urrego, M., Pagán, I., González-Jara, P., Betancourt, M., Moreno-Letelier, a, Ayllón, M. a, et al. 2013. Landscape heterogeneity shapes … Continue reading

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