Brant Faircloth
The International Galliformes Conference will be held in Sichuan, China during 14-21 October, 2007.From the announcement/flyer:
The World Pheasant Association (WPA) is delighted to announce plans for its 9th International Symposium, which will be organised jointly with the Pheasant Specialist Group and the Partridge, Quail, and Francolin Specialist Group, in collaboration with WPA-China and the China Ornithological Society.
Further information about the symposium and all of the proposed pre- and post-symposium tours is available from the headquarters of the WPA. For more information, you may contact:
Mrs. Pat Savage
Administrator
World Pheasant Association
7/9 Shaftesbury Street
FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 1JF
UK
tel: +44.(0).1425.657129
email: admin@pheasant.org.uk
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Genetic Data Simulation · Nov 3, 09:20 AMBrant Faircloth
I have recently been doing some work simulating genetic data. In my search for a pre-existing solutions to genetic data simulation, i have some across the following, which may be of some use to others :
Foward-time simulation programs:
Reverse-time (Coalescent) programs:
Other:
Hopefully, you will find these programs helpful, should you need to generate data for testing. I will also post any additional links submitted.
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Maternal DNA From Egg-shells · Oct 17, 05:24 PMBrant Faircloth
For an interesting read re: non-invasive sampling of maternal DNA from egg-shells (similar to some of Gillian's work), please see:G. Schmaltz, C. M. Somers, P. Sharma, and J. S. Quinn. 2006. Non-destructive sampling of maternal DNA from the external shell of bird eggs. Conservation Genetics 7:543–549.
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Wildlife Genetics Special Section in JWM · Apr 12, 11:47 AMBrant Faircloth
A special topics section in the newest issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management focuses on the application of genetic studies to wildlife research. For more information, see (soon to be available to subscribers via BioOne) Journal of Wildlife Management, 2005, Vol. 69, Issue 4:
DeYoung, R. W. and L. A. Brennan. Molecular Genetics in Wildlife Science, Conservation and Management. pp. 1360-1361.
DeYoung, R. W. and R. I. Honeycutt. The Molecular Toolbox: Genetic Techniques in Wildlife Ecology and Management. pp. 1362-1384.
Leberg, P. Genetic Approaches to Estimating the Effective Size of Populations. pp. 1385-1399.
DeWoody. J. A. Molecular Approaches to the Study of Parentage, Relatedness, and Fitness: Practical Applications for Wild Animals. pp. 1400-1418.
Waits, L. P. and D. Paetkau. Noninvasive Genetic Sampling Tools for Wildlife Biologists: A Review of Applications and Recommendations for Accurate Data Collection. pp. 1419-1433.
Scribner, K. T., J. A. Blanchong, D. J. Bruggerman, B. K. Epperson, C. Lee, Y. Pan, R. I. Shorey, H. H. Prince, S. R. Winterstein, and D. R. Luukkonen. Geographical Genetics: Conceptual Foundations and Empirical Applications of Spatial Genetic Data in Wildlife Management. pp. 1434-1453.
Cassidy, B. G. and R. A. Gonzales. DNA Testing in Animal Forensics. pp. 1454-1462.
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2 Articles of Interest · Oct 10, 04:40 PMBrant Faircloth
Recently published/online early in Molecular Ecology:
Morrissey, M. B. and A. J. Wilson. The potential costs of accounting for genotypic errors in molecular parentage analysis. Molecular Ecology, doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02708.x
Gibson, R. M., D. Pires, K. S. Delaney, and R. K. Wayne. Microsatellite DNA analysis shows that greater sage grouse leks are not kin groups. Molecular Ecology, doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02476.x
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GGG Forum Updated · Jun 7, 10:21 AMBrant Faircloth
Today, I have moved the forum contents from the old software package (phpBB) to another forum software package. We were having some security issues with the older software, and I am hoping to get rid of those issues.
If you have not registered for the forum, please take a minute to do so and begin posting your information/questions. The forum will only become better with increased numbers of users.
Should you have any questions or have problems logging into your account (since i switched over to the new software package), please let me know.
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Volume 2, Issue 1 of the WPA Galliformes Genetics Group Newsletter · May 25, 12:58 PMBrant Faircloth
The second issue (Volume 2, Issue 1) of the Galliformes Genetics Group Newsletter is now online. As Gillian requests, please keep us in mind should you come across any news, websites, research, etc. of interest and forward it on to us. I can post this information to the website, and Gillian will prepare it for inclusion in the next version of the newletter.
You may view/download the newsletter here in PDF format or here if you prefer it in RTF (Rich Text Format).
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Reptile Genome Working Group · May 25, 12:00 PMBrant Faircloth
The Reptile Genome Working Group is proud to announce the introduction of a web site for Reptilian Genomics. We (Reptile Genome Working Group Members) have developed a short list of reptilian species for possible genome sequencing. We now seek comments that will help us choose the best species and to justify sequencing the entire genome of one or more reptiles. We welcome your input to ensure that the species recommended for sequencing will benefit the largest possible community of scientists who will make use of the data. Please visit www.reptilegenome.com by Friday 3 June, 2005 to help select the species that will be proposed for full genome sequencing.
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Genotyping Error 2 · Feb 24, 10:50 PMBrant Faircloth
Continuing the theme established in a previous article is an interesting paper providing: methods for assessing rates of genotyping error; genotyping error rate estimation using a large, natural data set; and discussing effects of error on downstream inference of parentage.
For more information see:
Hoffman, J. I. and W. Amos. 2005. Microsatellite genotyping errors: detection approaches, common sources and consequences for paternal exclusion. Molecular Ecology 14:599-612.
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Indian Ocean tsunami, happy new year, and website changes · Jan 14, 09:49 AMBrant Faircloth
First, I think I can make a statement for every member of this group that we have all been greatly affected by the news of the Indian Ocean tsunami. If you would like to make a donation to help those in need, please see:
International Committee of the Red Cross
If you or anyone you know has been affected by this tragedy and could benefit from shipments of clothing and/or other goods, please email me.
I would also like to wish everyone a happy new year and all the best in the coming year.
Additionally, some of you visiting in the past few weeks may have noticed some subtle and not so subtle changes to the website. By and large things are the same, but several changes have been made to better reflect the fact that the Galliformes Genetics Group is a technical group of the WPA (World Pheasant Association).
Finally, if you are currently working in the lab using molecular techniques on galliformes (or other species), please consider becoming a member of our bulletin board for discussion of lab-related problems/solutions/etc.
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Databases
NCBI Taxonomy DatabaseNCBI Taxonomy database search for Order Galliformes holdings (listed by genus and genus-specific epithet)
Specialist Groups
Cracid GroupGrouse Group
Megapode Group
Pheasant Group
PQF Group
Other Labs and Protocols
Bruce Roe's Lab ProtocolsVery thorough site from the lab of Bruce Roe
Sheffield Molecular Genetics Facility
The University of Sheffield’s molecular genetics website.
SREL DNA Lab
Travis Glenn’s lab at Savannah River Ecology Lab.
SREL DNA Lab Protocols
Protocols from the Glenn Lab
Tavi's PCR Protocols
Discusses PCR and associated protocols/problems
Suppliers
Applied BiosystemsEquipment, reagents, and primers
Bio-Rad
Equipment, reagents, and consumables
Brinkman-Eppendorf
Equipment, reagents, and consumables
Fisher Scientific
Equipment, reagents, and consumables
IDT DNA
Primers
Marsh Bio-Products
Reagents, consumables
Molecular Probes
Picogreen quantitation reagents
MWG Biotech
Primers, small-scale syntheses
Rainin, Inc.
Pipets and tips
Sigma-Aldrich
Reagents and other chemicals