Brian Thomas Foley

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What is a good tool for pulling complete genes from chromosomes/contigs/genomes?

I have aligned the complete mitochondrial genomes of well over 200 vertebrates, mostly mammals with some birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish for outgroups. The mitochondrial DNA evolves about...

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What are some of the best Phylogenetics/ Evolution textbooks out today, for undergraduate and PhD level?

A Google search for "Phylogenetics Textbook" brings up several titles of books, and some online courses etc. Can any of you add information about which books you have used and why you like them or...

27 December 2013 7,770 4 View

Is the devil in the details?

Point mutations are a small part of evolution overall. Gene duplications and acquisition of genes by horizontal transfer is larger. Sex and recombination, genetic bottlenecks, population sizes,...

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