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Invasion by land, river, and sea
One obvious effect of climate change will be the spread of invasive species and the subsequent ecological, commercial, and health repercussions. Therefore, studies that address the patterns of colonization and possible underlying genetic mechanisms that may lend to being a … Continue reading
Science Rapture
I’ve been talking myself into and out of writing this post since the 12th day of the government shutdown. It temporarily ended after a record breaking 35 days. My delay has partly to do with procrastination (because of course), but … Continue reading
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The Ultimate Party Animal
Michelle Curtis wrote this post as a final project for Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Conservation Genetics course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In pursuit of her life-long passion for learning about the ocean, Michelle earned a BS in Marine Science from … Continue reading
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Do we need to get to Mars first before we start understanding change in our oceans?
The current American administration is excited about its space program on extraterrestrial exploration and discovery. A mission to the moon, several ones to Mars, and perhaps others someday to other planets are part of the current funding plan. NASA has … Continue reading
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A Highlight of Molecular Ecology outside of Academia
I’ve recently made a career change. Actually, I’m not even sure whether to call it that, or the next step of a natural, if meandering progression of a scientist not on the academic career path. Even though I see more and … Continue reading
Fantastic beasts…and Canada is where to find them
Understanding how organisms are related to each other in the grand scheme of things has been a main goal of taxonomists, ecologists, and evolutionary biologists for centuries. While traditionally, what things look like (morphological characters) and what they eat or … Continue reading
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Big Data and Pretty Graphics Illustrate Surprising Global Trend in Marine Fish
Looking around for a topic to write about, I found a recent paper in Nature that struck me for four reasons. The first is how it ties into my previous post about repeated patterns in evolution of sticklebacks in higher latitudes. … Continue reading
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Scriptable evolutionary simulations in SLiM 2
Both empirical and theoretical population genetics are increasingly dependent on evolutionary simulations. How did historical processes lead to the patterns of genetic variation observed in your data set? How do selection, recombination, and drift interact to shape the genome during … Continue reading
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