Month: February 2016

#Hybridization, secondary contact, asymmetrical introgression (recently shared #Evolution paper)

Ben Sutherland

Sardell JM and Uy JA. Hybridization following recent secondary contact results in asymmetric genotypic and phenotypic introgression between island species of Myzomela honeyeaters. Evolution. 2016 Jan 19. doi: 10.1111/evo.12864.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/evo.12864/full

#Hybridization, secondary contact, asymmetrical introgression (recently shared #Evolution paper)

News coverage of @LaboBernatchez #eDNA research @EcoAqua_ALR @LouBernatchez

Ben Sutherland

Some great coverage of the recent eDNA research from the lab in the news lately:

In print (English): http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-01/ul-rmf012016.php

On the radio (French): http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/les_annees_lumiere/2015-2016/chronique.asp?idChronique=396372

 

Great work team eDNA!

Primary article:

Lacoursière-Roussel, A., Côté, G., Leclerc, V., Bernatchez, L. (2016), Quantifying relative fish abundance with eDNA: a promising tool for fisheries management. Journal of Applied Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12598

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.12598/abstract

News coverage of @LaboBernatchez #eDNA research @EcoAqua_ALR @LouBernatchez

#epigenetics and #RADseq (recently shared papers)

Ben Sutherland

Some interesting new approaches for RADseq and epigenetics:

Schield, D. R., M. R. Walsh, D. C. Card, A. L. Andrew, R. H. Adams et al., 2015 EpiRADseq: scalable analysis of genomewide patterns of methylation using next-generation sequencing (M. Bunce, Ed.). Methods Ecol Evol 7: 60–69.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.12435/abstract

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van Gurp TP, Wagemaker NCAM, Wouters B, Vergeer P, Ouborg JNJ, Verhoeven KJF. epiGBS: reference-free reduced representation bisulfite sequencing. Nat Meth. Nature Publishing Group; 2016. doi:10.1038/nmeth.3763

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.12435/abstract

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Trucchi E, Mazzarella AB, Gilfillan GD, Romero ML, Schönswetter P, Paun O. BsRADseq: screening DNA methylation in natural populations of non‐model species. Mol Ecol. 2016;: n/a–n/a. doi:10.1111/mec.13550

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.13550/abstract

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#epigenetics and #RADseq (recently shared papers)