Tag Archives: opinion

The Truth

Posted on 17 Mar, 2016 by Arun Sethuraman

Spoiler Alert: I’ve taken plenty of care to try and not spill the beans on any plotlines, but you have been forewarned that there may be some aspects of the science that’s discussed on the show that I attempt to … Continue reading →

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When and how to "go for the genes"

Posted on 29 Jul, 2015 by Rob Denton

A new special issue of Molecular Ecology, entitled “Detecting selection in natural populations: making sense of genome scans and towards alternative solutions”, is coming down the line, and a few articles from that issue are starting to appear as newly-accepted. Seeing those … Continue reading →

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Landscape genetics gets existential

Posted on 10 Jun, 2015 by Rob Denton

I had a lot of ideas for future posts, but “landscape genetics” keeps pulling me back. Beyond the new methodology, reviews, and empirical findings, I suppose someone has to pump the brakes and get more existential. Rodney Dyer does just … Continue reading →

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Conversation starter: common mistakes in population genetics

Posted on 20 May, 2015 by Rob Denton

When interpreting the results, it is important to focus more on biological relevance than on statistical significance. That does not mean that significance is unimportant; results that have a straightforward interpretation but are not significant should not be considered. On the … Continue reading →

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How do you unite the stage and actors of the evolutionary play?

Posted on 11 Feb, 2015 by Rob Denton

When you are forced to give your one sentence, off-the-cuff response to “what kind of scientist are you?”, who do you become? A landscape geneticist? Community geneticist? Landscape epidemiologist? A new opinion in Trends in Ecology and Evolution by Brian … Continue reading →

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