Monthly Archives: September 2015

Picking the ripest model with PHRAPL

Posted on 9 Sep, 2015 by Rob Denton

To study patterns of genetic variation is to consider scale. The choices an investigator makes when designing a study can produce such a beautiful breadth of evolutionary patterns: from populations to species, from local to continental, from ancient to contemporary. The fields that … Continue reading →

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Testing local adaptation at latitudinal and elevation range edges

Posted on 7 Sep, 2015 by Melissa DeBiasse

A species’ distribution is determined by the relative strength and complex interaction of many factors including (but not limited to) dispersal, life history, and physiological tolerance. Often the center of a species’ range is the warm, fuzzy place to be and fitness there is … Continue reading →

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Sweptaway – Part 1

Posted on 3 Sep, 2015 by Arun Sethuraman

Brace yourselves for a series of new posts on selection, especially with articles from the special Molecular Ecology issue on “Detecting selection in natural populations: making sense of genome scans and towards alternative solutions” starting to roll out! Selective sweeps … Continue reading →

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Environmental association analyses: a practical guide for a practical guide

Posted on 2 Sep, 2015 by Rob Denton

Obtaining extensive SNP data for your organism of choice isn’t such a feat these days, but actually matching that breadth of data with appropriate analyses is still a challenge. Fortunately, there has been an avalanche of new methods to make … Continue reading →

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