From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Nov 04 22:00:00 1992 Path: biosci!uwm.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!utcsri!torn!csd.unb.ca!PC001.DUFFY.UPEI.CA!lhale From: lhale@UPEI.CA (Larry Hale) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Testing. Please ignore Message-ID: Date: 5 Nov 92 13:56:12 GMT Sender: news@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca Organization: University of Prince Edward Island, CANADA Lines: 1 Testing. Please ignore From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Nov 11 22:00:00 1992 Path: biosci!agate!spool.mu.edu!caen!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!access.usask.ca!mizar.cc.umanitoba.ca!etaylor From: etaylor@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Euan R. Taylor) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Resource Management, info/advice sought Message-ID: Date: 12 Nov 92 14:21:22 GMT Sender: news@ccu.umanitoba.ca Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: ccu.umanitoba.ca Dear all, I am expecting to start a masters course in (Natural) Resource Management next autumn, (in British Columbia). I would like to hear from anyone who has done this type of degree, what kind of jobs did you go into after you finished the programme? hhow much did you feel you learned from it? how interested were prospective employers in the type of research project you did, or in your pre-masters background ? finally, what course areas do you think you actually used when you were out in the real world? Ideas, advice, comments all welcome ta Euan etaylor@ccu.umanitoba.ca From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Nov 14 22:00:00 1992 Path: biosci!agate!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!news.yale.edu!venus.ycc.yale.edu!weed From: weed@venus.ycc.yale.edu Newsgroups: bionet.general,bionet.population-bio Subject: information on biodiversity-oriented politics please Message-ID: <1992Nov15.125610.1@venus.ycc.yale.edu> Date: 15 Nov 92 16:56:10 GMT Sender: news@news.yale.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Yale Computer Center (YCC) Lines: 21 Xref: biosci bionet.general:3641 bionet.population-bio:343 Nntp-Posting-Host: old-venus.ycc.yale.edu I am a senior undergraduate, working on my senior essay in the Department of Political Science, here at Yale. The essay is focused on conservation of biological diversity, and more specifically, on diversity conservation in the rain forests of South and Central America. I have a good deal of information on the biological, economic, and international political issues surrounding the diversity conservation problem. How r, I have seen very little in the literature on national, regional, or community-level organizations concerned with either the pro-consumption, or pro-protection sides of the issue. I am told that very little is available in English on the subject, and am, therfore, wondering if any researchers with recent experience in South or Central America would be willing to detail their experiences in working with whatever organizations may be extent in the region. I have focused the essay toward the international choices available t groups interested in conservation of biodiversity, but have *no* information (which I can cite), to support the supposition that interest groups on the national, regional, or local levels exist in these countries. Any first-hand anecdotal evidence would probably be sufficient to support the point that non-external forces are working to conserve/destroy local rainforest diversity. Thanks, in advance, for any assistance that can be provided on this matter. Matthew Weed Yale/Silliman 93. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Nov 15 22:00:00 1992 Path: biosci!NIU.bitnet!T80SMS1 From: T80SMS1@NIU.bitnet Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Job announcement Message-ID: <9211161502.AA21143@net.bio.net> Date: 16 Nov 92 15:00:00 GMT Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Lines: 32 POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS Northern Illinois University anticipates a tenure-track ASSISTANT PROFESSOR position for fall, 1993. A Ph.D and postdoctoral experience are required. Each candidate will be expected to develop a vigorous externally funded research program, direct graduate (M.S. and Ph.D) students, and teach introductory courses for majors and non- majors. EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST: The candidate should be organismally oriented and have research experience dealing with evolutionary aspects of physiology or development. The candidate's research program will complement the department's current strengths in evolutionary biology and ecology. Teaching obligations will include courses in evolution and ecology and a course in the candidate's area of expertise. Send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, brief statement of research goals and teaching goals, representative reprints, and three letters of reference by December 31, 1992 to: Dr. Marvin Starzyk, Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115- 2861. Telephone: 815-753-1753. Northern Illinois University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Nov 16 22:00:00 1992 Path: biosci!ASRR.ARSUSDA.GOV!jkirkbride From: jkirkbride@ASRR.ARSUSDA.GOV ("JOSEPH H. KIRKBRIDE") Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: IOPI e-mail service Message-ID: <9211171602.AA15786@net.bio.net> Date: 17 Nov 92 15:01:00 GMT Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Lines: 118 % International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI) % IOPI electronic communication % ============================= % % In order to ensure rapid world-wide dissemination of news relating to % IOPI it is proposed to establish an electronic mail service for IOPI % members. This service could be provided through the Australian National % University's Bioinformatics Centre. % % If you would be interested in receiving IOPI updates, then % please complete this form and return (by email, post or fax) to: % % name David G. 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Consider genetic correlations between components of early fitness and late fitness. The strengh of natural selection on the second should be low (compared to the other). Now, suppose that you derive your genetic correlations from mean genotypic values of strains of Drosophila melanogaster from different geographic origins. If you find a significative correlation by this way, does it implie that the same correlation should appear inside each of the populations? If you have some idea, or reference, or... Thanks, Xavier DRAYE Unite de Genetique LOUVAIN LA NEUVE BELGIUM E-Mail: gena2@buclln11 From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Nov 17 22:00:00 1992 Path: biosci!NIU.bitnet!T80SMS1 From: T80SMS1@NIU.bitnet Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: genetic correlations Message-ID: <9211181507.AA09638@net.bio.net> Date: 18 Nov 92 15:04:00 GMT Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Lines: 24 >From: Draye@GENA.UCL.AC.BE >Subject: genetic correlations >Now, suppose that you derive your genetic correlations from mean genotypic >values of strains of Drosophila melanogaster from different geographic origins. >If you find a significative correlation by this way, does it implie that the >same correlation should appear inside each of the populations? Of course not. The correlation across populations can easily be of opposite sign to the correlation within population. Actually the original message is ambiguous. If several lines per population were measured, then the resulting genetic correlation contains both among- and within-population elements. A simple nested analysis of covariance can be used to tease appart the two factors. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* * Samuel M. Scheiner + * * Department of Biological Sciences + The purpose of an * * Northern Illinois University + education is to turn * * DeKalb, Illinois 60115 + an empty mind into * * Phone: (815) 753-7847 + an open one. * * Fax: (815) 753-0461 + Malcolm Forbes * * Bitnet: t80sms1@niu + * *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Nov 22 22:00:00 1992 Path: biosci!uwm.edu!caen!uunet!decwrl!morrow.stanford.edu!morrow.stanford.edu!usenet From: minch@lotka.stanford.edu (Eric Minch) Newsgroups: sci.anthropology,bionet.population-bio Subject: seeking Moses Schanfield Message-ID: <1ermooINN36b@morrow.stanford.edu> Date: 23 Nov 92 22:42:32 GMT Organization: Stanford University Lines: 8 Xref: biosci sci.anthropology:545 bionet.population-bio:348 NNTP-Posting-Host: lotka.stanford.edu Can anyone help us find Moses Schanfield, who published several papers on human population genetics? We need to verify some bibiographic citations for a forthcoming book. -- Eric Minch Stanford Genetics From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Nov 23 22:00:00 1992 Path: biosci!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!cda.mrs.umn.edu!maiolojj From: maiolojj@cda.mrs.umn.edu (Joshua J. Maiolo 1406233) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Rhinocerous Viper Pops... Message-ID: Date: 24 Nov 92 18:12:07 GMT Distribution: usa Organization: University of Minnesota - Morris Lines: 26 Hello people! I'm working on a herpetology symposium project on the Rhinocerous Viper (Bitis nasicornis). I've got plenty of info on it so far, but was hoping to track down the species' status. (ie Threatened, Endangered, etc) I have yet to come across info on the current population of this beautiful snake, and it was suggested to me that someone over here on bionet.populations-bio might know something. Any sort of figures would be very helpful, or suggestions on where to find those figures would greatly appreciated. I'm looking for raw numbers, population densities, decline/growth of numbers over the years...just about any of these, and I'd have a nicely rounded presentation. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks! -Josh ======================================================================== == Love and Peace and Other Indoor Sports == Josh Maiolo a.k.a. == == == maiolojj@cda.mrs.umn.edu = == Officially we begin at birth and == maiolojj@cab.mrs.umn.edu = == and end at death, but its really == ======================== = == a lot more complicated than that. == Crazy? = == - Ashleigh Brilliant == Who me? = ======================================================================== From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Nov 23 22:00:00 1992 Path: biosci!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!olivea!charnel!sifon!monod!francis From: francis@monod.Biol.McGill.CA (Francis Ouellette) Newsgroups: sci.anthropology,bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: seeking Moses Schanfield Message-ID: Date: 24 Nov 92 18:21:49 GMT References: <1ermooINN36b@morrow.stanford.edu> Sender: news@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca Organization: McGill University Lines: 25 Xref: biosci sci.anthropology:548 bionet.population-bio:350 Nntp-Posting-Host: monod.biol.mcgill.ca minch@lotka.stanford.edu (Eric Minch) writes: >Can anyone help us find Moses Schanfield, who published several >papers on human population genetics? We need to verify some >bibiographic citations for a forthcoming book. Eric, two points 1) The tools on the net are good, but this is a bit too much. Do you have a city? A university? a country would even be usefull! 2) this should probably be also posted to bionet.users.addresses regards, francis "still going after my first point" ouellette -- | B.F. Francis Ouellette | manager, yeast chromosome I project | dept of biology, McGill university, Montreal, Qc, Canada | francis@monod.biol.mcgill.ca From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Nov 25 22:00:00 1992 Path: biosci!agate!spool.mu.edu!uunet!utcsri!torn!news.ccs.queensu.ca!qucdn!promislo From: PROMISLO@QUCDN.QueensU.CA Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio,bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: age-specific sex-biased mortality Message-ID: <92331.102959PROMISLO@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Date: 26 Nov 92 15:29:58 GMT Organization: Queen's University at Kingston Lines: 14 Xref: biosci bionet.population-bio:351 bionet.molbio.ageing:360 I'm looking for work on changes with age in the degree of sex-biased mortality in human populations. I am aware of such theoretical work as Vaupel and Yashin, 1985, Amer. Statist. 39:176-185 that may be relevant. Does anyone know of medical literature that might be appropriate to look at? A more general theme that might exist in the medical literature, as well as literature on measuring selection in natural populations, is the effect of cohort heterogeneity on measures of survival. I have just started looking at this problem, and a few good references would be most helpful to me. Any thoughts? Daniel Promislow From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Nov 26 22:00:00 1992 Path: biosci!daresbury!news From: MA11@PHOENIX.CAMBRIDGE.AC.UK Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: 1993 European Drosophila Meeting in Crete Message-ID: <1992Nov27.153426.26472@gserv1.dl.ac.uk> Date: 27 Nov 92 15:34:05 GMT Sender: list-admin@daresbury.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Lines: 143 Original-To: bioforum@UK.AC.DARESBURY, bionauts@UK.AC.DARESBURY, pop-bio@UK.AC.DARESBURY 13th European Drosophila Research Conference 12-17 September 1993 c/o Insect Mol. Biology Group IMBB-FORTH, Box 1527 711 10 Heraklion, Crete, Greece SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT GENERAL INFORMATION The 13th European Drosophila Research Conference will be held in Crete, Greece, September 12-17, 1993 (Sunday-Friday). This biannual meeting provides the opportunity for researchers in the Drosophila field to present their latest results in various fields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Neurobiology, Evolution, etc. The last meetings were attended by approximately 600 scientists from Europe and overseas. The language of the conference will be English. The conference will be held in a hotel close to the city of Heraklion. Heraklion can be reached by several scheduled and charter flights from most European cities. Several daily ferry boat services connect the city to Piraeus, and, in addition, there are, during the summer, direct ferries to other international ports. SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME The 13th EDRC will consist of about 12-14 sessions with both oral and poster presentations. There will be, in addition, plenary sessions given by invited speakers, as well as the possibility to organize additional workshops. One afternoon will be free, and excursions to archeological sites (Knossos, Phaestos, Heraklion Museum) can be arranged locally. If people wish to present material such as video films or computer programmes they should contact the organizing committee as soon as possible. The tentative programme of the conference will include the following topics: - Population genetics, ecology, evolution - Chromosomes and chromatin - Mobile genetic elements - Sex determination and gametogenesis - Neurobiology, neurogenetics, ethology - Cell-cell interactions, - Control of gene expression - Gene-enzyme systems - Hormonally regulated genes - Early development and pattern formation - Genome mapping and sequencing CALL FOR PAPERS All participants of the conference are invited to present their latest results in poster or oral sessions. Should more people wish to present oral presentations than there are slots available, the organizing committee will select the corresponding presentations and will inform the authors, at the latest, in June 1993. The organizing committee will also send, upon request, a formal invitation to participants who would need it for obtaining travel funds to attend the conference. The next circular will be sent in mid December to all who have expressed their interest in attending and have returned the accompany ing pre-registration form. This next circular will include all necessary forms for registration, accommodation and abstracts. The DEADLINE for registration/accommodation will be February 28, 1993 and for abstract submission April 30, 1993. The last circular (to be mailed in June 1993 to those who will have returned the registration/accommodation forms by the deadlines indicated) will include the preliminary programme of the conference. REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION Its is expected that the conference fees will be in the range of 900 DM (Deutsche Mark) for students and 1100 DM for regular participants in double rooms or 1300 DM in single rooms. The fees will cover accommodation in the resort hotel where the conference will take place, transportation to and from the hotel, conference material, tickets for lunch and coffee breaks, and a farewell party on Friday, September 17. As the Heraklion area is overbooked during the time of the conference (September is still high season in Crete!) it was impossible to obtain rooms at lower prices. The organizers have obtained the best possible price, under the condition that we manage to house the participants in one hotel. Therefore, we regret that we can not accept any applications for participation at the Conference unless the entire package (conference + accommodation) is booked. The number of possible participants will be about 500 and registration will be on a first come-first served basis. The next circular will also include the phone and fax numbers of local travel agents for participants who would like to book sea passage to Crete, possible extensions of their stay, excursions, etc. In order to help us prepare the 13th EDRC, please fill in pre-registration form and return it as soon as possible (not later than December 15, 1992) to: 13th European Drosophila Research Conference c/o Insect Molecular Genetics Group Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology P.O.Box 1527 GR-711 10 Heraklion, Crete, GREECE PLEASE PASS COPIES OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES WHO WOULD BE POTENTIALLY INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE 13TH EDRC. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU IN CRETE IN 1993. PLEASE SEND US A COPY OF THIS PRE-REGISTRATION FORM (CHECK ONE OPTION FOR EVERY QUESTION) - Do you plan to attend the 13th EDRC: O.....alone O.....with an accompanying person - Do you wish to make a scientific presentation: O.....YES O.....NO O.....Poster O.....Oral presentation - In which of the following topics do you think that your contribution will best fit? If more than one possibility, please indicate first and second choice. O.....Population genetics, ecology, evolution O.....Chromosomes and chromatin O.....Mobile genetic elements O.....Sex determination and gametogenesis O.....Neurobiology, neurogenetics, ethology O.....Cell-cell interactions O.....Gene-enzyme systems O.....Hormonally regulated genes O.....Early development and pattern formation O.....Genome mapping and sequencing PLEASE REPLY NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 15, 1992 Don't forget to give us your address ....................................................................... ....................................................................... ....................................................................... ....................................................................... ....................................................................... Replies can be made by email to: flies@myia.imbb.forth.gr (internet) or to louis@earn.grimbb (bitnet/earn) From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Nov 26 22:00:00 1992 Path: biosci!daresbury!news From: Leboulenge@biom.ucl.ac.be (Eric Le Boulenge) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: address request Message-ID: <1992Nov27.111005.11335@gserv1.dl.ac.uk> Date: 27 Nov 92 11:05:04 GMT Sender: LEBOUL@be.ac.ucl.rice.Vm1 Distribution: bionet Organization: Universite Catholique de Louvain Lines: 6 X-Acknowledge-To: Original-To: population-biology I would appreciate receiving the address (E-mail) of the author of software "POPAN". If I remember well, it is Dr. Arnason. I don't recall the institution. Thank you in advance. Domain address : leboulenge at biom.ucl.ac.be