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Category Archives: selection
Down (Under) The Rabbit Hole
Maybe it’s a wild guess, but most of us have probably learned a little more about viruses lately than we thought we ever would. Little did I know, before this article, that I’d also learn quite a bit about a … Continue reading
Population genetics takes the "co" out of snake-newt coevolution (maybe)
A textbook example of predator-prey coevolution could need revision, if the conclusions of a recently posted pre-print hold up more broadly. The manuscript, lead-authored by Michael Hague with Amber Stokes, Chris Feldman, and Ed and “Butch” Brodie, calls into question … Continue reading
Posted in Coevolution, natural history, population genetics, selection
Tagged Taricha granulosa, Thamnophis sirtalis
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Conference catch-up: The many colors of snow
Red snow … watermelon snow … green snow … did you know that snow came in so many different colors? I had never heard of watermelon ice (#🍉❄) until a talk given by Robin Kodner from Western Washington University at … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, bioinformatics, citizen science, community ecology, evolution, fieldwork, mating system, microbiology, natural history, phylogenetics, phylogeography, population genetics, selection, speciation, transcriptomics
Tagged biogeochemistry, Chlamydomonas nivalis, clonality, conference, ecology, Evolution, genetics, genomics, geoecology, life cycles, Snow algae, species, workshop
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In it to win it: Selective Advantage through Host-Selected Mutations
Julian Jackson wrote this post as a final project for Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Julian is a MS student and investigates symbiotic relationships in microbial communities in Dr. Jeff Morris‘ lab. Outside of the … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, evolution, genomics, microbiology, Science Communication, selection
Tagged microbiology, scicomm, Science Communication, symbiosis
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A Master Manipulator: How a bacterium tells a plant what to do
Katrina Sahawneh wrote this post as a final project for Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Katrina is working on her MS in Biology and her MA in Education. She currently is studying ER stress … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, blogging, evolution, genomics, plants, Science Communication, selection
Tagged Arabidopsis, bacteria, infection, scicomm, Science Communication
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Are we restoring coral reefs for today or for tomorrow?
Elise Keister wrote this post as a final project for Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Elise studies the impact of climate change on coral as a PhD student in Dr. Dustin Kemp’s lab. Elise … Continue reading
Just So Stories addendum: How the stickleback keeps getting its stickles
Model organisms have been essential tools for genetics research since the field was formed. Kelle Freel discussed the characteristics that make for a good model organism in a previous TME post. Briefly, traits like short generation time, lots of offspring, … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, evolution, genomics, natural history, selection, stickleback
Tagged adaptation, gene flow, natural selection, selection, stickleback
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La vie en rouge … l'algue rouge
Best laid plans of a #NewPI … what happens to them? Well, they often get triaged for more urgent things that were triaged earlier for more urgent things that were also triaged even earlier for more urgent things … and … Continue reading
Is the neutral theory dead?
You might have noticed how the world of genetics was shaking as the giants of theoretical population genetics started discussing some of the most fundamental questions in the arena of Twittersphere. This happened after the publication of Andrew Kern and Matthew … Continue reading
Posted in evolution, mutation, population genetics, selection, theory
Tagged neutral theory, selection
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Oh my ploidy … diploids evolve more slowly than haploids?
It’s been an embarrassingly long time since I last sat at my keyboard in a TME capacity (#NewPI chat doesn’t really count)! One year ago today, to be exact (writing this on 28 March, for publication on 29 March). Thus, … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, blogging, evolution, genomics, haploid-diploid, selection, yeast
Tagged adaptation, diploid, haploid, life cycle, ploidy, selection, yeast
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