Author Archives: kimgilbert

How prevalent are non-overlapping generations?

Posted on 17 Dec, 2013 by kimgilbert

Recently, the question of how prevalent in nature are truly non-overlapping generations has piqued my interest. There are many methodologies which make the assumption that generations are non-overlapping. Or in other cases, it is a simplification we may make to … Continue reading →

Posted in community, population genetics, quantitative genetics, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Want to share your code?

Posted on 27 Aug, 2013 by kimgilbert

In this line of work, we have all encountered tasks that are tedious, time consuming, and repetitive.  (Or if not, maybe give it a bit more time.) When confronted with these situations, people tend to fall into one of two … Continue reading →

Posted in bioinformatics, community, genomics, howto, methods, next generation sequencing, phylogenetics, population genetics, quantitative genetics, R, software, theory | 14 Comments

Evolution 2013 Recap

Posted on 27 Jun, 2013 by kimgilbert

As we all slowly trickle back from the recent SSE meeting in Snowbird, we’ll each be posting our own thoughts and summaries of the conference. I personally had a fantastic time, met a lot of great people, and saw a … Continue reading →

Posted in conferences, population genetics, quantitative genetics, speciation, theory, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

CSEE Kelowna

Posted on 14 May, 2013 by kimgilbert

For those of you who find yourselves in Kelowna, British Columbia this week, you are hopefully enjoying yourself at the annual Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) meeting!

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Into the Field

Posted on 2 Apr, 2013 by kimgilbert

A great migration is soon upon us.  I’m not talking about wildebeest, caribou, bar-headed geese, sandhill cranes, or any other of these amazing migratory feats.

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Hitchhiking microbes

Posted on 12 Mar, 2013 by kimgilbert

It is quite clear that humans play a major role in altering ecosystems today. Historic migration of human populations has been shown to have many interesting associated evolutionary consequences1,2. Worldwide travel makes it difficult to stop anything from going anywhere, … Continue reading →

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In the holiday spirit

Posted on 24 Dec, 2012 by kimgilbert

It’s that time of year again, where conifers across the globe are chopped down and taken into people’s homes or workplaces in celebration of Christmas. According to the IUFRO (International Organizations of Forest Organizations), over 80 million trees are consumed … Continue reading →

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Making Maps with R

Posted on 18 Sep, 2012 by kimgilbert

First off, thanks to Tim and Jeremy for the invitation to write a guest post here on using R to make maps! As a brief introduction, my name is Kim Gilbert, and I am a Ph.D. student at the University … Continue reading →

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