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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 →

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 →

As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things that we’ve noticed that might be worth your screen time. In the journals Wilfert L., Jiggins F. 2012. The dynamics of reciprocal selective sweeps of host resistance and a parasite … Continue reading →

Speller C.F., Kemp B.M., Wyatt S.D., Monroe C., Lipe W.D., Arndt U.M., Yang D.Y. 2010. Ancient mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals complexity of indigenous North American turkey domestication. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. 107:2807–12. Although the cultural and nutritive importance of the … Continue reading →

As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things that might be worth your screen-time. In the journals Shull, G. 1909. The “presence and absence” hypothesis. The American Naturalist 43:410–419. DOI: 10.1086/279073. The “presence and absence” hypothesis assumes that … Continue reading →

As we head into the weekend, here’s a few things that might be worth your screen-time. In the journals Byers, J. and S. Dunn. 2012. Bateman in nature: Predation on offspring reduces the potential for sexual selection. Science 338:802–804. DOI: … Continue reading →

For your weekend reading list, a few items from ours: From the journals Boettiger, C. and A. Hastings. 2012. Early warning signals and the prosecutor’s fallacy. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2085. Here, we examine a critical difference … Continue reading →