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Monthly Archives: October 2013
People behind the Science: Dr. Ruth Shaw
In the second interview for the Molecular Ecologist, we feature Dr. Ruth Shaw from the University of Minnesota (full disclosure, Dr. Shaw was my PhD adviser). Dr. Shaw is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Evolution. In her research, she studies the … Continue reading
What we're reading: Frequency-dependent selection on mitochondria, divergence versus admixture mapping, and the PubMed Commons
In the journals E Kazancıoğlu, Arnqvist G. 2013. The maintenance of mitochondrial genetic variation by negative frequency-dependent selection. Ecology Letters. doi: 10.1111/ele.12195. We assessed the change in mitochondrial haplotype frequencies over 10 generations of experimental evolution in 180 seed beetle … Continue reading
What we're reading: Adaptive genetics of pines, population structure of rats in the city, and the fallout
In the journals Eckert AJ, JL Wegrzyn, JD Liechty, JM Lee, WP Cumbie, JM Davis, B Goldfarb, CA Loopstra, SR Palle, T Quesada, CH Langley and DB Neale. 2013. The evolutionary genetics of the genes underlying phenotypic associations for loblolly … Continue reading
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Random drift and phenotypic evolution
This week we have a guest post from Markku Karhunen. Markku’s research at the University of Helsinki included the development and implementation of a number of very interesting and useful population genetics methods. In his guest post Markku discusses these … Continue reading
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What we're reading: The predictive power of NSF grant reviewers, the peer-review sting, and more shutdown science
In the journals Goodman BA, L Schwarzkopf, & AK Krockenberger. 2013. Phenotypic integration in response to incubation environment adaptively influences habitat choice in a tropical lizard. The American Naturalist, 182(5): 666-73. doi: 10.1086/673299. Using a split-clutch design, we incubated eggs … Continue reading
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Homo sapiens: the unsung model species of molecular ecology
This week I’ve invited a good friend and fellow Homo sapiens, Jacob Tennessen, to contribute a guest post to the Molecular Ecologist. Jacob is a Postdoctoral Scholar at Oregon State University, where he currently works with Mike Blouin and Aaron … Continue reading
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What we're reading: A new review of landscape genetics, science in the shutdown, and how to not be That Dude.
In the journals Petren, K. 2013. The evolution of landscape genetics. Evolution. doi: 10.1111/evo.12278. Evolutionary landscape genetics is the study of how migration and population structure affects evolutionary processes. As a field it dates back to Sewall Wright and the … Continue reading
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Getting started with Ultra Conserved Elements
Cross posted on ngcrawford.com If you attended Evolution 2013, you probably heard quite a lot of chatter about ultra conserved elements. Essentially, ultra conserved elements (UCEs) are parts of the genome that are highly conserved between different species. Although UCEs … Continue reading
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People behind the Science: Loren Rieseberg
The first in a series of monthly interviews on the Molecular Ecologist was a logical choice: Dr. Loren Rieseberg, the Chief Editor of our parent journal Molecular Ecology. Dr. Rieseberg is both a Professor in the Department of Botany at … Continue reading