Author Archives: Jeremy Yoder

About Jeremy Yoder

Jeremy B. Yoder is an Associate Professor of Biology at California State University Northridge, studying the evolution and coevolution of interacting species, especially mutualists. He is a collaborator with the Joshua Tree Genome Project and the Queer in STEM study of LGBTQ experiences in scientific careers. He has written for the website of Scientific American, the LA Review of Books, the Chronicle of Higher Education, The Awl, and Slate.

What we're reading

As we head into the weekend, here’s some things we’ve been reading that might be worth your screen time. In the journals Irschick, D.J., Albertson, R.C., Brennan, P., Podos, J., Johnson, N. a, Patek, S., et al. 2013. Evo-devo beyond … Continue reading

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What we're reading

In the journals Wang, J., Wurm, Y., Nipitwattanaphon, M., Riba-grognuz, O., Huang, Y., Shoemaker, D., et al. 2013. A Y-like social chromosome causes alternative colony organiziation in fire ants. Nature. doi: 10.1038/nature11832 In the fire ant Solenopsis invicta, the existence … Continue reading

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Next-gen sequencing field guide, 2013 edition

Travis Glenn has updated his Field Guide to Next-Generation Sequencing, originally published in 2011, to account for changes to this almost axiomatically dynamic field. The 2013 update to the Field Guide tables is online here. Previous editions of the tables … Continue reading

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What we're reading

As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things we’ve seen that might be worth your screen-time. In the journals Cameron, E.Z., Gray, M.E. & White, A.M. 2012. Is publication rate an equal opportunity metric? Trends in Ecology & … Continue reading

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What we're reading

As we head into the first weekend of the new year, here’s a few things we’ve seen that might be worth your screen-time: In the journals Nicholson, W.L., Krivushin, K., Gilichinsky, D. & Schuerger, A.C. 2012. Growth of Carnobacterium spp. … Continue reading

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What we're reading (under the tree)

Buschiazzo, E., Ritland, C., Bohlmann, J. & Ritland, K. 2012. Slow but not low: genomic comparisons reveal slower evolutionary rate and higher dN/dS in conifers compared to angiosperms. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-8 Using a fossil-established divergence time … Continue reading

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Q&A: Stacey Dunn chases pronghorn fawns up Bateman's slope

Stacey Dunn is, objectively, pretty amazing. She started grad school at the Univeristy of Idaho a year before I did, studying sexual selection in pronghorn antelope on the National Bison Range in Montana. In between catching baby pronghorn (so as … Continue reading

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What we're reading

As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things we’ve found that might be worth your screen time. In the journals Draghi, J. a & Whitlock, M.C. 2012. Phenotypic plasticity facilitates mutational variance, genetic variance, and evolvability along the … Continue reading

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Knowing what I know now: The carnival

Ever since I posted some retrospective advice for grad school last month and Scicurious proposed a Carnival of Advice, folks have been sending in reflections on their previous career stage. The result is exactly what I’d hoped for — a … Continue reading

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What we're reading

As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things we’ve noticed that might be worth your screen time. In the journals Desai, M.M., Walczak, A.M. & Fisher, D.S. 2012. Genetic diversity and the structure of genealogies in rapidly adapting … Continue reading

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