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Monthly Archives: November 2013
What we're reading: the FDA versus 23andME
In the journals Caulfield T, Evans J, McGuire A, McCabe C, Bubela T, et al. (2013) Reflections on the Cost of “Low-Cost” Whole Genome Sequencing: Framing the Health Policy Debate. PLoS Biol 11(11): e1001699. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001699 Given the interest and significant … Continue reading
What we're reading: Covariance in geographic variation, adaptation to altitude, and the ivory frat house
In the journals Guillot, G., L. Schilling, E. Porcu, and M. Bevilacqua. n.d. Validity of covariance models for the analysis of geographical variation. ArXiv: 1311.4136v1. See also Haldane’s Sieve. We also outline how to construct alternative covariance models for the … Continue reading
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The postdoc to faculty transition II: from job offer to start date
K.E. Lotterhos is a marine biologist studying evolutionary responses to fishing and climate change. She’s beginning a faculty position at Wake Forest University in January, and agreed to contribute two guest posts about the transition from a postdoc to running … Continue reading
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The postdoc to faculty transition I: from application to interview
K.E. Lotterhos is a marine biologist studying evolutionary responses to fishing and climate change. She’s beginning a faculty position at Wake Forest University in January, and agreed to contribute two guest posts about the transition from a postdoc to running … Continue reading
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What we're reading: diverged damselflies, climate-adapted Arabidopsis, and the phylogeny of Little Red Riding Hood
In the journals Sánchez-Guillén RA, A Córdoba-Aguilar, A Cordero-Rivera, M Wellenreuther. 2013. Genetic divergence predicts reproductive isolation in damselflies. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12274. Our results indicate a positive and strong correlation between reproductive isolation and genetic distance using … Continue reading
Using GitHub with R and RStudio
A few weeks back, The Molecular Ecologist released an article about GitHub and also created an organization where you can fork or simply download code shared by the Molecular Ecology community. A few of you out there may still be … Continue reading
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What we're reading: Ancestral haplotype identification, narcolepsy and influenza, and phony baloney in the supplement aisle
In the journals Brandvain, Y., T. Slotte, K. M. Hazzouri, S. I. Wright, and G. Coop. 2013. Genomic identification of founding haplotypes reveals the history of the selfing species Capsella rubella. PLoS Genet. 9:e1003754. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003754. Due to the recency … Continue reading
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Sequencer to the stars
The Molecular Ecologist receives a small commission for purchases made on Bookshop.org via links from this post. No single person is responsible for the revolution in genetic data collection that has reshaped biology over just a handful of decades, but if you had … Continue reading
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What we're reading: Mating advantages for rare males in guppies, a new species of dolphin in Australian waters, and DNA sequencers on Mars
In the journals Hughes, K. A., A. E. Houde, A. C. Price, and F. H. Rodd. 2013. Mating advantage for rare males in wild guppy populations. Nature. doi: 10.1038/nature12717. Hereweuse highly replicatedexperimentalmanipulationsofnatural populations to showthatmales with rare colour patternshave higher … Continue reading
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