Wild Animal Genomics Meeting – Trondheim
The plan is to get into a (fairly) regular habit of blogging about evolutionary genetics research (and perhaps a bit of running and biking stuff). Anyway, 1st post is about a meeting I recently...
View ArticleIn defence of Paula Radcliffe and her biological passport
Most posts on here will be about evolutionary genetics, but here’s a diversion into athletics and Sports Science. Paula Radcliffe, the marathon world record holder and UK running legend, has been in...
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Why I’m wary of candidate gene studies
Candidate genes The candidate gene approach to finding genes that determine phenotypic variation is hugely attractive. Rather than performing whole genome scans, involving large amounts of time and...
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Comparing PhD Vivas/defences across Europe
A couple of weeks ago I was in Germany to take part in a PhD defence. It was a very enjoyable experience, and the student performed impressively well. There was never any doubt he would pass with...
View ArticleZebra finch supergene and sperm
We’ve just published a paper on the genetics of sperm morphology and motility in zebra finches. This was the culmination of 4 years work, mostly carried out by Kang-Wook Kim, where we investigated the...
View ArticleA moan about ‘Executive Search Firms’ and academic posts
Whenever university or research institutions create new positions, for example, due to retirements, people moving or expansion, the existing staff get quite excited. “Who can we recruit?”, “What fields...
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Gordon Strachan, genetics of height and fitba
The Scotland football manager Gordon Strachan has made headlines this week, after his team narrowly failed to reach the World Cup Qualification Play-offs. In the crucial game against Slovenia, Scotland...
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