Author Archives: Jeremy Yoder

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.

Victoria Sork awarded the 2020 Molecular Ecology Prize

Posted on 4 May, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

The Molecular Ecology Prize Committee has announced the 2020 recipient of the award, which recognizes an outstanding scientist who has made significant contributions to the still-young field of molecular ecology: We are pleased to announce that the 2020 Molecular Ecology … Continue reading →

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The Molecular Ecologist Podcast: A #NewPI chat about teaching, both before and after COVID

Posted on 28 Apr, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

A new episode of The Molecular Ecologist Podcast is now out on Anchor.fm. On this episode, we’re taking our NewPI Chat conversations among early-career faculty to the podcast format. In this chat, Rob Denton, Stacy Krueger-Hadfield, and Jeremy Yoder discuss … Continue reading →

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The Molecular Ecologist Podcast: #StudentSciComm, diversity within an algae bloom, the origins of a vital mutualism, and population genetics in continuous space

Posted on 13 Apr, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

A new episode of The Molecular Ecologist Podcast is now out on Anchor.fm. The Molecular Ecologist Podcast made it to a second episode! Thanks for listening to our first one, and for all the positive comments. In addition to our “home” … Continue reading →

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For population genetics, continuous space might be the final frontier

Posted on 31 Mar, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

My first exposure to this issue was probably reading Whitlock and McCauley’s 1999 review of the tricky relationship between pairwise genetic differentiation and actual migration rates. Classic theory by none other than Sewall Wright related the differentiation index FST to … Continue reading →

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Introducing The Molecular Ecologist Podcast

Posted on 17 Mar, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

The Molecular Ecologist is trying out a new medium for the first time since we launched: audio! That’s right, TME contributors, talking about the science we’ve been reading and writing about, recorded for easy listening on any internet-capable device. As … Continue reading →

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Nominations open for the 2020 Molecular Ecology Prize

Posted on 11 Mar, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

From the Molecular Ecology Prize Committee: We are soliciting nominations for the annual Molecular Ecology Prize. The field of molecular ecology is young and inherently interdisciplinary. As a consequence, research in molecular ecology is not currently represented by a single … Continue reading →

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Revenge of the sex chromosomes

Posted on 10 Mar, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder
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The crows have eyes — but not only for members of their own species

Posted on 20 Feb, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

If you are a moderately bird-interested person who’s spent much time in Seattle or Vancouver, you’ve probably had a version of the following conversation with a less bird-interested friend or family member from out of town, after one of you … Continue reading →

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Microbial mutualists parted ways with this host plant — multiple times

Posted on 6 Feb, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder
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Beetles' diversity was driven by coevolution with plants — and a little help from some microbial friends

Posted on 21 Jan, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder
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