Top predators project – Census of Marine Life
A new Nature paper by Barbara Block et al. of the top predators project of the Census of Marine Life, Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean, earns…
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Horizontal genomics with bats and birds
…seems probable many new species will be found lurking in museum drawers. Even in relatively bat-poor temperate regions there may be hidden diversity. It was not until 1997 that Europe’s…
The City Ant and The Country Ant: DNA tells the story
…closing, for a view of complexity of ant life, please see E.O. Wilson’s wonderful short story “Trailhead”, in March 6, 2010, New Yorker, an excerpt from his upcoming book Anthill….
100 million years without sex: COI clustering in bdelloid rotifers challenges theories of how species are formed and maintained
…Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew analyze morphometric and molecular data of a comprehensive international sampling of Rotaria sp. bdelloid rotifers. All 9 morphologically defined taxonomic species form monophyletic clades in genetic…
Fish abundance survey by eDNA published
The paper Trawl and eDNA assessment of marine fish diversity, seasonality, and relative abundance in coastal New Jersey, USA by Mark Stoeckle, Jason Adolf, Zachary Charlop-Powers, Keith Dunton, Gregory Hinks,…
children’s book by Francois Sarano about oceans
The new children’s book, The Little Girl Who Walked on Water But Who Didn’t Know How to Swim written by our esteemed colleague and friend Francois Sarano and illustrated by…
Plos One paper – Practice not Theory
PHE’s Mark Stoeckle and colleague David Thaler published a new research paper in PLOS ONE, DNA Barcoding Works in Practice but Not in (Neutral) Theory. The paper examines what DNA…
Iterative cycle of taxonomic and DNA sequence re-assessment essential for reliable barcode databases
…analyze multiple individuals from each species, and to revise DNA sequences and taxonomic labels as new information becomes available. By using specimens archived in museums, taxonomic identifications and DNA sequences…
15-minute video interview with Jesse Ausubel
The new website Academic Influence, led by Wake Forest U. physicist Jed Macosko, conducted a video interview with Jesse Ausubel about his career….
eDNA of Red Gate Farm waters, Martha’s Vineyard
…for the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation (SMF), which will manage the property together with the MV Land Bank. The late fall 2020 SMF newsletter runs a good article by Kate Feiffer…