Tag Archives: phylogenetics

BEACON Researchers at Work: Testing Phylogenetic Inference with Experimental Evolution

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Cory Kohn. Skepticism. This is generally an important characteristic of scientists. Why would an attitude that is to be avoided in polite conversation act as a useful, … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Phylotastic!

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Texas at Austin graduate student Emily Jane McTavish.  In early June several BEACONites participated in a hackathon at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), in Durham, NC. I … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Investigating the dynamics of diversification in chipmunks

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Idaho graduate student Brice Sarver. Speciation, the set of processes through which new species arise, is one of the central areas of biological study.  It is easy, relatively speaking, … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Hemichordate Global Biodiversity and Evolution

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Washington postdoc Charlotte Konikoff. Research in the Swalla lab broadly focuses on elucidating chordate origins and evolution. If you are reading this, you are a chordate. More specifically, … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Hybrid history of North American cattle

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Texas at Austin graduate student Emily Jane McTavish. In the ranch lands of Texas it can feel like cattle have always been a part of the western landscape. … Continue reading →

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