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side_view_toon_small.JPG We talk about molecular population and evolutionary GENETICS and GENOMICS. You know, the caliper measurement of a gene's evolvability in moles.

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July 31, 2006

No More Napa Valley Wines?

Category: Ask A ScienceBloggerBooze

I am not a climate scientist, and I don't know enough about viticulture to offer an informed response regarding the effects of temperature changes on grape production. I do know, however, that Napa Valley wines tend to be very generic stereotypes of the European varieties they're imitating.

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Jean Informatique Organizes a Cold Spring Harbor Meeting

Category: Genomics

A few weeks ago I introduced y'all to Genoinformatics, the hot new abbreviation for Genome Informatics (some sort of derivative of Bioinformatics). I pointed out that I have quite a few international collaborators in this research area, including people in...

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Neutral Markers and Conservation Genetics

Category: BiologyPopulation Genetics

I have mentioned before that at one point in my life I wanted to study conservation genetics. This field can be thought of a subdiscipline of molecular ecology -- wherein researchers use molecular markers to test hypotheses regarding demography in...

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July 27, 2006

More Critter Pictures

Category: Biology

I'm in the process of exhuming myself from under a mountain of work, that's why the posting's been ultra-light. My last link to cool pictures of bugs went over well, so I'm giving you a few more pictures. These come...

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July 23, 2006

Honey, I Blew Up the Bugs

Category: Biology

Check out these pictures of tiny little critters up close. Wow! Thanks to Neil for pointing this out....

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Jesus's Cheerleader

Category: Pop Culture

Have you ever wondered what's happened to the line between church and state? Are you curious as to whether the line has been blurred or erased altogether? Clay at DeadlyHippos investigates the issue by visiting a megachurch in Tennessee. The...

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July 22, 2006

Welcome to the Blogiversity

Category: Academia

I just realized that the (relatively) recent ScienceBlogs addition Dynamics of Cats is authored by a faculty member from my university. It only took me two months after he came on board to notice Steinn Sigurðsson's academic affiliation. The two...

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July 21, 2006

I Write, Nicholas Wade Listens

Category: GenomicsScience News

Or maybe his copy editor reads this blog. Either way, there are changes afoot at the NY Times. Three days ago I ragged on NY Times science reporter Nicholas Wade for using the word 'decode' when describing genome sequencing. In...

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El Jardín de Mendel Numero 3

Category: Blog CarnivalsGenetics

The third edition of Mendel's Garden -- the genetics blog carnival -- has been posted at Viva la Evolucion. Nothing like a blog with a Spanish language flavor hosted by an Irish website. Check out los artículos de genética....

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July 20, 2006

A Scientist in Time

Category: Ask A ScienceBloggerGeneticsGenomics

If you could have practiced science in any time and any place throughout history, which would it be, and why? That's what they are asking us this week. And, once again, I'm going to skirt the question. You see, it...

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Comparative Genomics without Evolution

Category: Genomics

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI, sorry no clever acronym) has announced the next primate genome to be sequenced: the white cheeked gibbon (pictured right). This genome is of particular interest due to the large amount of segmental...

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Drosophila Condiment Preferences

Category: BiologyDrosophila

A few months ago I promised that I would publish some original research on this blog. I managed to churn out some background, but I still haven't gotten around to presenting any results. Even though I wasn't able to get...

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July 19, 2006

Tangled Bank #58

Category: Blog Carnivals

The 58th edition of Tangled Bank has been posted at Salto sobrius. Go read some stuff people have written about science....

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July 18, 2006

Decoding the $1000 Genome

Category: GenomicsScience News

The NY Times has chimed in on cheap DNA sequencing with this article from Nicholas Wade. Wade's article deals with medical applications of affordable whole genome sequencing technologies (with the goal being the $1000 genome). The article, however, is cringe-inducing...

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Molecular Evolution for the Masses

Category: Molecular Evolution

Jacob at Salamander Candy has written the post that I have been meaning to write. With so much freely available sequence data in GenBank and loads of free software with which to analyze it, we should encourage the general public...

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Joe Morgan the Creationist

Category: Anti-ScienceSportsStatistics

Joe Morgan is a Hall of Fame baseball player and a former member of the Cincinnati's Big Red Machine. He is also a commentator for ESPN and a strong opponent of all the new fangled baseball statistics. Anyone who has...

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