Monthly Archives: May 2013

What we're reading: The origins of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, GWAS of "educational attainment", and the trouble with impact metrics

In the journals Hardy, G.H. 1908. Mendelian proportions in a mixed population. Science 28: 49. doi: 10.1126/science.28.706.49. Suppose that Aa is a pair of Mendelian characters, A being dominant, and that in any given generation the numbers of pure dominants … Continue reading

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Relentless Evolution: The vital relevance of the visible

The Molecular Ecologist receives a small commission for purchases made on Bookshop.org via links from this post. One of Stephen Jay Gould’s sharpest conceptual coinages was a barb leveled, from his paleontological perspective, at the body of research focused on bouts of adaptive … Continue reading

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What we're reading: The trouble with novelty and the Norway spruce genome

In the journals Arnqvist, G. 2013. Editorial rejects? Novelty, schnovelty! Trends in Ecology & Evolution 5: 2012–2013. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.05.007. Firstly, because an assessment of novelty critically depends upon a reader’s knowledge and perspective, the degree of novelty is arguably more … Continue reading

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Increasing productivity in an increasingly productive world

One of the things I have been thinking about lately is how to further increase my own productivity.  Regardless of your career goals, increasing your productivity is only going to help you accomplish more (by definition) and increase your esteem … Continue reading

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What we're reading: Grouper spawning, pollinator-mediated isolation, and ambivalent advice about grad school

In the journals Almany, G.R., Hamilton, R.J., Bode, M., Matawai, M., Potuku, T., Saenz-Agudelo, P., et al. 2013. Dispersal of grouper larvae drives local resource sharing in a coral reef fishery. Current Biology 23: 626–630. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.03.006. Using genetic parentage … Continue reading

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CSEE Kelowna

For those of you who find yourselves in Kelowna, British Columbia this week, you are hopefully enjoying yourself at the annual Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) meeting!

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What we're reading: Evolutionary context for disease markers and why everyone has at least one famous ancestor

In the journals Dudley, J.T., Chen, R., Sanderford, M., Butte, A.J. & Kumar, S. 2012. Evolutionary meta-analysis of association studies reveals ancient constraints affecting disease marker discovery. Molecular Biology and Evolution 29: 2087–94. doi: 10.1093/molbev/mss079. We find that the current … Continue reading

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What we're reading: GWA with low coverage and rare variants, cardenolide resistance, and felony experimentation

As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things we’ve noticed that are worth your screen-time. In the journals Navon, O., Sul, J.H., Han, B., Conde, L., Bracci, P., Riby, J., et al. 2013. Rare variant association testing under … Continue reading

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