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BEACON Researchers at Work: The Invisible Hand of Evolution
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU postdoc Jeff Morris. As the 18th century dawned over Europe, pretty much everybody believed the world was as it was because of a mysterious divine plan. But during the … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Genetic and Environmental Basis of Trait Loss, or, How to Lose a Trait: Organismal Spring Cleaning Edition
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Samuel Perez. The study of morphological traits, physical features that are directly observable and measurable, is important for the study of evolution, and play a central role … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Discussing evolution is fruitful: Or, Why I don’t shut up about evolution
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Emily Weigel. As a woman raised in the South, and now returning to it as I finish my dissertation, I am reminded of a gem I have … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Of Moths and Math
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Washington graduate student Octavio Campos. We can all appreciate the beauty and diversity of flowers. After all, they come in so many different shapes and sizes – not … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Notes from the field
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU graduate student Kenna Lehmann. It never ceases to amaze me how returning to place after years away results in this dizzying contradiction: so much has changed, but everything feels the … Continue reading
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BEACON Researchers at Work: The role of resource mutualisms in plant adaptation to abiotic environments
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Tomomi Suwa. When you get thirsty, what do you do? You simply get something to drink, right? Plants don’t have the ability to move like animals, so … Continue reading
Visualizing coevolution in dynamic fitness landscapes
This post and video is by postdoc Bjørn Østman and graduate student Randy Olson, both at Michigan State University. The fitness landscape is the framework for thinking about evolutionary processes the same way the phylogenetic tree is how we think about … Continue reading
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BEACON Researchers at Work: Understanding how males and females grow apart
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Nick Testa. Biology: really, it’s all about sex. In this case though, I’m talking about the actual sexes, males and females, and how they are different. Most … Continue reading
Recap: 2nd Annual Big Data in Biology Symposium
This blog post is by UT Austin graduate students Rayna Harris and April Wright. It is our pleasure to report back on the 2nd Annual Big Data in Biology Symposium that was held at UT Austin on May 16, 2014. Hosted … Continue reading
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