Molecular ecology views: Metapopulation dynamics from lab flasks to tidal pools

Posted on 22 Oct, 2013 by Jeremy Yoder

Our co-blogger Peter Fields is joining the lab of Dieter Ebert at the University of Basel this fall, and he sent along these photos of the Ebert group’s long-term work on the metapopulation dynamics of parasite infection in Daphina water fleas. Projects with Daphnia range from a decades-long observational study of populations in tidal pools near the Tvärminne Zoological Station to systematic experiments with networks of mesocosms or microcosms.
If you have photos of your own molecular ecology in action that you’d like to share, please send them our way!
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About Jeremy Yoder

Jeremy B. Yoder is an Associate Professor of Biology at California State University Northridge, studying the evolution and coevolution of interacting species, especially mutualists. He is a collaborator with the Joshua Tree Genome Project and the Queer in STEM study of LGBTQ experiences in scientific careers. He has written for the website of Scientific American, the LA Review of Books, the Chronicle of Higher Education, The Awl, and Slate.
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