Daily Archives: 11 Aug, 2015

Inferring kinship from low coverage sequencing data

Posted on 11 Aug, 2015 by Noah Snyder-Mackler

Knowing the relatedness structure of your population is essential for pretty much any study. Until recently, the only way to determine the kinship structure was to have a detailed pedigree or to estimate relatedness (poorly) using microsatellites. The spurt of … Continue reading →

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Notes from Edmonton and #Botany2015

Posted on 11 Aug, 2015 by Jeremy Yoder

As noted previously, I broke with my usual habit and skipped the Evolution meetings this year. Instead, I attended Botany 2015, a joint meeting of multiple U.S. and Canadian plant-focused scholarly societies held in Edmonton, Alberta — I’d never been … Continue reading →

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