How to find more commune repeated sequences from reads?

Hi all! I have a lot of reads that cover about all the genome of a species. I would like to find primers that are really often findable about them (and locate them in reads). I'm sure someone...

10 November 2018 8,214 6 View

Where to order Tegosoft dec and ABIL WE09?

Hello everyone! Either I'm trying to setup an emulsion PCR, or design a new solar cream, but I do need to obtain these chemicals. I had contact with a company that asked me information about...

10 November 2018 2,779 2 View

Randomly well working PCR, how it optimize?

Hello, I'm trying to improve a PCR reaction. I sometime have one of the sample that get a "perfect" amplification, but most of them are just weak with primers left. It does not depend on the...

07 August 2018 7,409 11 View

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Hello, I find out the 3D structure of a protein I'm interested in. Then, I would like to highlight by color the part of the sequence I'm interested in. Let's say I study the sequence...

05 June 2018 1,834 3 View

[Bibliometry] What are the tags to be used on an article page in order to make them correctly analysed by scholar google?

03 April 2018 5,811 2 View

How to put two graphs side by side in a dev with different width?

I want 2 graph's, both 10 cm high, first 10 cm large and second 5 cm.

04 May 2014 3,303 3 View

Which diversity index do I use for calculating diversity from AFLP of plants with several ploidy level?

I'm doing analysis of phylogeography with a plant that can be either diploid, triploid or tetraploid. I get AFLP results. If I use Nei or Jaccard index there is a bias because a tetraploid has...

01 February 2014 6,179 0 View

How do you compute and analyse AMOVA with R (ade4)?

I have a dataset of binary data, and my PhD supervisor asked me to compute an AMOVA on it. I'm not familiar with such a test, furthermore the error messages are not convenient (private joke). So...

01 February 2014 4,137 8 View

How do I input data with Arlequin?

I was advised to use Arlequin to do some calculation such as AMOVA. After figuring out I couldn't launch it on OSX, I started it on Windows but now I just don't know how to put my data in. It is a...

01 February 2014 7,774 10 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

The Shannon's index is inversely proportional to Simpson's index (1-D)?

I'm having a problem with my bloxplot with Shannon's and Simpson's indexs. The value of Shannon for my Community 1 indicating higher diversity (in relation of the Community 2), but have lower...

26 February 2021 3,033 9 View

What are the pros and cons for mice versus rats?

Hi Everyone, I am designing a pilot study using rodents to assess the effects of simulated space environments (radiation + altered gravity) on microbiome and immune system. I have limited...

24 February 2021 1,825 3 View

Where can I find raw quantitative datasets on ecosystem services?

I'm an Undergraduate student on the search for a research topic which has to involve any ecosystem service(s) and a response to environmental change. I'm looking for raw quantitative data sets (I...

19 February 2021 5,911 2 View

Any recommendations for methods to analyze elephant space-use (using GPS) and correlating this with changes in NDVI?

For my Masters I am looking into elephant space-use and its effect on vegetation change. I have elephant GPS collar data and was going to use Google Earth Engine to obtain NDVI values. I would...

16 February 2021 7,097 3 View

How to consider effects of rapid warm adaptation in modeling of ecological impacts of warming?

I would highly appreciate it if my fellow ecologists (biologists) provide their opinion on the thoughts below [esp., shortly tell us which path may be more effective, if they know another way, if...

15 February 2021 3,642 6 View

Can explain this diagram to me, is this the average consumption curve for one day or the total consumption of days in a month summed up in specific?

The hourly load curves of the selected household in each season are shown in Fig. 28. Figure 28 shows the demand for electricity in four months on an hourly basis. Can you explain this diagram to...

08 February 2021 657 16 View

Can you help me find a good, new (2009 and above) resources to get some informations and basics about plant systematic?

Hi, I hope you are doing well I'm a college student interested in botany and everything related to it. Lately I've been so into classification of plants and I don't know how to find a resource. I...

01 February 2021 1,549 5 View

What is the magnitude of yearly rhizopdeposition in tropical forests?

Hi all, I am trying to find reference values on annual soil rhizodeposition rates for different kinds of forests, with a particular interest for tropical rainforests. Do we have an idea of the...

26 January 2021 4,278 4 View

Can you recommend a good book on analytical chemistry for non-chemists?

Dear colleagues, I am asking for you recommendation: I need a book on analytical chemistry in environmental sciences. As a non-chemist (a biologist) I have some basic chemistry knowledge but not...

25 January 2021 8,486 8 View