Syms Covington

Evolution | Phylogenetic Trees | Comparative Methods

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Amazing new research on lizard learning (with videos): http://t.co/QjgvIGc

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New Google group established for RAxML users: http://t.co/4xa2Jw8

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Gunderson's talk on cristatellus thermal physiology at #JMIH rescheduled for today at 2:30 in Conrad B&D.

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I'm in Minnesota for day three of the Joint Meetings in Ichthyologists and Herpetologists #JMIH

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Best anole story ever: http://t.co/ZVutNlQ

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New primers for lizard lovers from the Jackman Lab: http://t.co/lmrAAfx

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Updates on the latest anole research being presented at Evolution 2011: http://t.co/uBAvzMn

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Give RStudio a try if you're looking for help organizing your R workspace: http://rstudio.org/

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Apply for an EE Williams grant from he Herpetologists League: http://www.zenscientist.com. Awards of $1,000 for graduate research.

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#Papers2 is full of bugs (http://www.mekentosj.com/papers/). Hold off on upgrading until they get their act together.

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New version of ENMTools (v 1.3) with significant upgrades and bug fixes: http://enmtools.blogspot.com/

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New tutorial on evolution of continuous traits: http://bodegaphylo.wikispot.org/Continuous_Character_Evolution_%28Boettiger%29_2011

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New BEAST tutorial at the Bodega Wiki by Tracy Heath: http://bodegaphylo.wikispot.org/BEAST_tutorial_(Heath)

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New tutorial on model selection using jModelTest at Bodega Wiki by Jeremy Brown: http://bodegaphylo.wikispot.org/Model_Selection_(Brown)

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Major upgrades to the Bodega Phylogenetics Wiki are underway! http://bodegaphylo.wikispot.org/

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Interesting new read on "Progress Toward a General Species Concept": http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01231.x

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RAxML-Light 1.0.0 now available for making really large trees: http://wwwkramer.in.tum.de/exelixis/software.html

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A statistical explanation of MaxEnt for ecologists: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00725.x

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Darwin rock opera by The Knife remixed: https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/302916/seeds#app=55d5&a486-index=0

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Insights on Mendeley at iPhylo: http://iphylo.blogspot.com/2010/11/mendeley-mangles-my-references-phantom.html