Release of the Daphnia Genome
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By , on February 4th, 2011 5 comments   New Research, Plankton, Uncategorized   , , , ,  

Today marks the long-awaited release of the Daphnia pulex genome, published today in Science. Why is this such a momentous occasion? Well first of all, there are four people from my lab whose names are on the paper, so I will probably get free beer at some point today to celebrate (score!). But more importantly, . . . → Read More: Release of the Daphnia Genome

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If I had my way, we’d just sequence everything
If I had my way, we’d just sequence everything avatar

By , on July 28th, 2010 2 comments   Organisms   , , , ,  

Sometimes I find it really frustrating that all we ever talk about is species (granted, I am very guilty of this too). Is it new? Where is it found? Where isn’t it found? Where do we put it on the tree of life? Does it need protection? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz… The question I wished we asked . . . → Read More: If I had my way, we’d just sequence everything

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