Mexico barcode surprises
…of species discovery did not plateau over the course of the study, pointing to many, many more braconid wasps in just this one area. At the beginning of the barcode…
…of species discovery did not plateau over the course of the study, pointing to many, many more braconid wasps in just this one area. At the beginning of the barcode…
…is divergent enough (3.02%) to likely represent different species. So I conclude there are really just two categories–populations, which had no mtDNA differences, and species or candidate species, which showed…
The Census of Marine Life, which Jesse has helped develop, is growing fast. The Associated Press has just issued a lively account of some of the nascent field projects….
As in last week’s post on what deep-water sharks eat, DNA-based species identification helps reveal how animals live, not just what species they are. Diet analysis can also provide a…
…spine or sharp tooth.” There are multiple high-resolution photos of each described species posted on AntWeb; I find these just as mysterious as the text descriptions. As a test of…
the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research has just issued the 4th newsletter of the International Quiet Oceans Experiment….
Jesse evokes the decade just ended with a verbal time machine. 2010s Time Machine Yowza! The kombucha cheeseball airballed flyover states. A flashmob of microbiomes pinged frenemies with fake news…
Thanks to Ben Sawyer for generously recognizing our contribution to Serious Games. Ben just received a well-deserved Dewey Winburne award for his efforts in serious games/games for health. Ben gives…
…Street Journal reported that demand for paper in offices and businesses in North America fell from 14.3 million metrics tons in 1999 to 13 million tons in 2004, more than…
…paper ends with a worried discussion about using COI for DNA barcoding of salamanders, because its evolutionary rate varies between lineages. A better appreciation of the power of a standardized…