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Category Archives: evolution
Tapping social networks to explore biological systems
Bharat Mishra is wrote this post as part of Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is currently pursuing his PhD in the lab of Dr. Shahid Mukhtar. He earned an undergraduate degree at … Continue reading
Posted in association genetics, bioinformatics, blogging, ecology, evolution, Science Communication
Tagged Blogging, scicomm, social networks, student, systems biology
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Yeast 2-Hybrid: Discovering Protein-Protein Interactions from Yeast to West
Thomas Detchemendy wrote this post as part of Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a PhD student under the mentorship of Dr. Shahid Mukhtar. He is currently studying plant-microbial interactions in efforts to … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, bioinformatics, blogging, ecology, evolution, hybridization, Science Communication
Tagged Arabidopsis, Blogging, DNA, molecular genetics, RNA, scicomm
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Does it pay to be parasitized?
Raven Edwards wrote this post as a project for Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Evolution course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a Master’s student in Dr. James McClintock’s lab where she is studying the growth of variegated sea urchins. Raven completed … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, birds, blogging, conservation, ecology, evolution, Science Communication
Tagged Birds, Blogging, parasitism, scicomm
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Everything About Ant Reproductive Biology is Bizarre
Sam Gregory wrote this post as a project for Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Scientific Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Sam earned a BS in biology and BFA in studio art from Birmingham-Southern College, and is currently pursuing an … Continue reading
Posted in bioinformatics, blogging, Coevolution, ecology, evolution, insects, Science Communication
Tagged ants, Blogging, EO Wilson, scicomm, student
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Bobbing for Bobcats
Catherine Sirgo wrote this post as a part Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Catherine is a Master’s Candidate within Dr. Thane Wibbels’ lab researching conservation for the Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin in Alabama. Catherine earned … Continue reading
Posted in bioinformatics, conservation, demography, ecology, evolution, Science Communication
Tagged Blogging, cats, conservation, scicomm
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The Virosphere’s Own Trojan Horse
Melissa Walker wrote this post as a part of Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Melissa’s research focuses on the interactions between freshwater biofilms and the viruses that infect them. She is currently … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, evolution, genomics, microbiology, natural history, Science Communication
Tagged Blogging, Evolution, host-phage, phage, scicomm, virosphere, virus
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Digging for Knowledge … and Nematodes
Hannah Oswalt wrote this post as a part Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Hannah is working towards her PhD in Dr. Chuck Amsler’s lab where she is investigating the effects of ocean acidification on macroalgae … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, bioinformatics, Coevolution, community, ecology, evolution, Science Communication
Tagged Blogging, Evolution, nematodes, scicomm
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For population genetics, continuous space might be the final frontier
My first exposure to this issue was probably reading Whitlock and McCauley’s 1999 review of the tricky relationship between pairwise genetic differentiation and actual migration rates. Classic theory by none other than Sewall Wright related the differentiation index FST to … Continue reading
Co-opting responses for old enemies
On Friday, Shelby Gantt introduced us to an unusual type of parasite, the brood parasite! As Shelby eloquently described, brood parasitism is when an individual’s offspring are raised by someone else who incurs a cost to raising these offspring. The … Continue reading