Random musings on the nature of species, populations and the ways we study them.

Computer code from the Eckert lab. Friday, October 28, 2011. Species tree - gene tree discordance for the Balfourianae. The purpose of this script is to perform a two stage bootstrap of loci and sites within loci for a set of 191 nuclear genes being used to infer the species tree for Pinus. Thursday, October 27, 2011. DnaSAM - DNA Sequence Analysis and Manipulation. DnaSAM is a Perl program that assists in high-through.

The following lists links to a variety of data sets used in publications coming out of the Eckert lab. When possible they are grouped by publication. Feel free to use the data as needed. We only ask that you acknowledge the source of the data - either the original publication or this site. Saturday, February 16, 2013.

A research interest of the Eckert lab. Even apparently similar adaptations may be built from genetically different components. Identification of the strengths, weaknesses, and limitations to the methodologies I use to make inferences about phylogeographic history and adaptation. Does gene flow destroy phylogenetic signal? Eckert, A.

A research interest of the Eckert lab. Even apparently similar adaptations may be built from genetically different components. What are the genes that facilitate this process? How are these genes organized within the genomes of woody plants? My research addresses all three of these questions using a mixture of experimental and observational approaches. Does the degree of shared architecture correlat.