Unburying the secrets of the American burying beetle
The American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), is the largest burying beetle in North America. The......
Exploring Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
<p><script type="text/javascript" async src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.7/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS_HTML"> Hello! I finally found some free time to get back to writing ...
“Association scans” are just the first step to understanding local adaptation
Genotype-environment association is one of the most fundamental phenomena of landscape genomics. A species’ adaptation to its environment should mean that populations of the same species in diff...
Local boy makes op-ed
Here’s a new one for my publications list: the Op-Ed pages of my hometown newspaper. I’ve spent the last weeks calling my congressional reps, and hassling other people to do the same, over...
The word according to Fred
<p>And Fred said, let there be sequence: and there were sequencers.</p> <p>The post <a href="http://enseqlopedia.com/2025/02/the-word-according-to-fred/" rel="nofollow">The word according to Fred</a> ...
Nominations open for the 2025 Harry Smith Prize, recognizing early career research published in Molecular Ecology
The editorial board of the journal Molecular Ecology is seeking nominations for the Harry Smith Prize, which recognizes the best paper published in Molecular Ecology or Molecular Ecology Resources in ...
Bioinformatics data processing power depends on CPU L3 cache A LOT!
<p>When speccing a CPU for a new bioinformatics computer we tend to focus on threads and frequency, but do you look at the cache? Well you definitely should. On January 30, I started jobs on two serve...
Announcing: the chill-filter Web site - DNA sample composition at a glance!
<p>what's in my sample, dude?</p>...
Announcing: the chill-filter Web site - DNA sample composition at a glance!
<p>what's in my sample, dude?</p>...
Happy Holidays from WOOL-E
Happy holidays, everyone! To celebrate the festive season, we come bearing a gift: our latest experiment in science communication!......