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As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things we’ve noticed that might be worth your screen-time. In the journals Lindsey, H.A., Gallie, J., Taylor, S. & Kerr, B. 2013. Evolutionary rescue from extinction is contingent on a lower … Continue reading
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Molecular Ecology views: This [spruce] bud's for you
Jill Hamilton sends in her view of molecular ecology in action: After a long day of clipping spruce buds from trees for DNA extraction there was a need to process the samples a bit further as we reached our sample … Continue reading
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Molecular Ecology views: PCR gods, blue jays, and panoramas
Contributor Kim Gilbert’s photos of molecular ecology in action. Here’s a gallery of all Kim’s photos of lab work, a bird census, and a panoramic view of lodgepole pine. [imagebrowser id=2]
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Molecular Ecology views: Stickleback trapping
Our first response to the call for photos of molecular ecology in action. And what happens if those traps aren’t placed carefully in a tidal zone?
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As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things we’ve noticed that might be worth your screen-time. In the journals Smith, S.A., Beaulieu, J.M., Stamatakis, A. & Donoghue, M.J. 2011. Understanding angiosperm diversification using small and large phylogenetic trees. … Continue reading
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As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things we’ve noticed that might be worth your screen-time. In the journals Epps, C.W., Wasser, S.K., Keim, J.L., Mutayoba, B.M. & Brashares, J.S. 2013. Quantifying past and present connectivity illuminates a … Continue reading
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Show us your molecular ecology!
Anyone who’s hung around the blogosphere long enough is familiar with the “View From Your Window” feature at Andrew Sullivan’s blog, in which readers send in photos of, well, exactly what it says on the tin. The result is a … Continue reading
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As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things we’ve noticed that might be worth your screen-time. In the journals Rodelo-Urrego, M., Pagán, I., González-Jara, P., Betancourt, M., Moreno-Letelier, a, Ayllón, M. a, et al. 2013. Landscape heterogeneity shapes … Continue reading
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Where's the heritability? Right where you'd expect—if you look close enough
Biologists have at our disposal two major ways to assess how much genetics contributes to variation in the most interesting traits, or phenotypes, of our favorite study organisms—that is, the heritability of those phenotypes. There’s what you might call the … Continue reading
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Tagged heritability, missing heritability, multiplex phenotyping, yeast
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