Behavioral Ecology Blog

HELP!
Does anybody have a reference to a paper where sequence data was used to estimate theta (rather than microsatellites) for the purpose of controlling for effective population when looking at selection in different populations and species.
It seems that when looking at selection in multiple species, msats may not offer the best way to subtract out [...]

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Peromyscus californicus
Originally uploaded by PeroMHC

She was pregnant and lactating. Caught at Hastings Reserve, Carmel Valley, CA

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Peromyscus truei
Originally uploaded by PeroMHC

Such a cute little thing….

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Why hot females get cheated on more
I don’t claim that this explanation is an original insight, since it’s the kind of thing you can figure out just by thinking it over — as I did today while bored. With that said, here’s one reason why: a hot girlfriend is better at sending the signal [...]

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I’ve been all over the central Californian coast, looking for a nice place to trap mice. I’ve seen some pretty nice places, and see some cool things.. Here are some photos from:
 
Coyote at the Marino Reserve
 

Peromyscus californicus at the Marino Reserve. Check out all those ticks

This is the researcher housing at the Marino Reserve.. Pretty [...]

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Here are a few pics from my last research trip. I was at the Landels Big Creek Reserve. It’s 20 miles south of Big Sur, CA. A pretty amazing field site yes??? I was pretty successful, catching all 4 Central California Peromyscus species (P. maniculatus, californicus, truei, boylii). This is a photo taken from my [...]

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 BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA–The foggy, eucalyptus-studded hills above the San Francisco Bay are a world away from the African savanna, but the spotted hyenas that live here seem content. On a recent afternoon, they excitedly jostled one another to get a better look–and sniff–at some visitors passing by their enclosure at the Field Station for the Study [...]

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Tuesday February 19, 2008 4:00 PM
J. Craig Venter-J. Craig Venter Institute
“From reading to writing the genetic code” 
Sponsored by the Marian E. Koshland Memorial Lecture Series
100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
Pre-seminar tea and reception following the seminar in Koshland.

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OK, so jury duty unfortunately means that I have not been keeping up on current literature.. So, this paper: Wasp Gene Expression Supports an Evolutionary Link Between Maternal Behavior and Eusociality from the 27-Sept issue of Science was missed completely…
Before I get into the paper, I want to rant for a minute about “Next generation” [...]

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I’m liveblogging a paper that should have been read a long time ago…. An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective on human-microbe mutualisms and disease from the October 18 issue of Nature. 1st, the abstract:
The microbial communities of humans are characteristic and complex mixtures of microorganisms that have co-evolved with their human hosts. The species that make [...]

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