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

Posted on 14 Sep, 2012 by Jeremy Yoder

As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things we’ve noticed that might be worth your screen-time: Scientific publications Lau, J. A., and J. T. Lennon. 2012. Rapid responses of soil microorganisms improve plant fitness in novel environments. PNAS … Continue reading →

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Give the NSF a piece of your mind

Posted on 12 Sep, 2012 by Jeremy Yoder

Cross-posted from Denim and Tweed. This last year, the Biological Sciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation—one of the biggest single funders of ecology and evolutionary biology research in the U.S.—introduced a new process for reviewing grant proposals. Lots of … Continue reading →

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What we're reading

Posted on 7 Sep, 2012 by Jeremy Yoder

As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things we’ve noticed that might be worth your screen-time: Scientific pubs Online early at Genetics: “Demographic inference using spectral methods on SNP data, with an analysis of the human out-of-Africa expansion,” … Continue reading →

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Isolating isolation by distance

Posted on 4 Sep, 2012 by Jeremy Yoder

Update, 29 Jan 2015: This post has been edited to remove a video clip from the movie “Chinatown,” which was jarring and really just unnecessary, as pointed out in the comments. At its most basic level, population genetics is about … Continue reading →

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New to the blog: Jeremy Yoder

Posted on 3 Sep, 2012 by Jeremy Yoder

Hi, everyone! I’m Jeremy Yoder, and I’m very pleased to be joining the contributors here at the Molecular Ecologist, starting today. I’m currently a postdoc with Peter Tiffin at the University of Minnesota, studying the population genomics of adaptation in Medicago … Continue reading →

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A penny for your method: Rohland and Reich (2012)

Posted on 28 Jan, 2012 by Jeremy Yoder

This post, which discussed results published by Rohland and Reich (2012), has been removed at the request of Beckman Coulter legal counsel.

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