From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Nov 04 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newshub.csu.net!usenet From: bob@biol1next.calstatela.edu (Bob Desharnais) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: FACULTY POSITION - Marine Molecular Ecologist - Cal State LA Date: 5 Nov 1996 02:55:07 GMT Organization: Information Resources and Technology Lines: 71 Message-ID: <55maab$hs4@nuke.csu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: biol1next.calstatela.edu X-Newsreader: NewsFlash [$Revision: 2.102 $] NF-S-00031 Position Announcement Marine Molecular Ecologist Tenure-track Assistant Professor Department of Biology and Microbiology Position: The Department of Biology and Microbiology announces one tenure track position beginning September, 1997, with a research emphasis in molecular ecology. Qualifications: A Ph.D. in a biological science is required. Postdoctoral experience is preferred. Additional preference will be given to candidates experienced in the application of molecular genetic techniques to the ecology, evolution, or conservation of marine fish or mammal populations. The candidate will be expected to teach both undergraduate and graduate courses, and to develop upper division courses in the biology of lower vertebrates and in the genetics of conservation. He/she will be expected to seek extramural funding for research and to collaborate with environmental science colleagues in a growing program of undergraduate and MS student training and research. The successful candidate must be committed to working in a multicultural environment. Rank and salary: The appointment will be at the assistant professor rank with a salary range of $37,140 to $46,812 (US) depending on qualifications and experience. The Department: The Department of Biology and Microbiology consists of 23 faculty, 8 of whom are environmental biologists representing such diverse fields as biological control, community ecology, evolutionary ecology, physiological ecology, population modeling, and remote sensing. Recent faculty hires have expanded opportunities for cross disciplinary research. Laboratory space and access to shared facilities in the departmental aquatics laboratory and molecular biology research wing are available. Start up funds will be provided. The University: California State University, Los Angeles, is a comprehensive urban university and one of 22 campuses in the California State University System. With more than 20,000 full- and part-time students, the campus offers programs in more than 50 academic and professional fields. Cal State LA is located at the eastern edge of the city of Los Angeles and adjacent to the western San Gabriel Valley. The ethnic composition of the student body reflects the rich diversity of the region. The University hires on the basis of merit and encourages qualified minorities, women, and persons with disabilities to apply. Application: Applicant should submit a curriculum vitae, statement of research plans, and 3 letters of recommendation to: Dr. Carlos Robles Department of Biology and Microbiology California State University, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90032 Inquiries can be made to (213) 343-2067 or crobles@hitide.CalStateLA.edu. Deadline: Complete application, including letters of recommendation, by January 15, 1997. -- Bob =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Robert A. Desharnais Email: bob@biol1next.calstatela.edu Associate Professor Biology (NeXT & Mime mail accepted) Cal State LA Phone: (213) 343-2056 Los Angeles, CA 90032-8201 Fax: (213) 343-2095 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Nov 04 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!CC1.UCA.EDU!paulh From: paulh@CC1.UCA.EDU (Paul Hamilton) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Evolutionary Biologist position Date: 5 Nov 1996 14:02:45 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 56 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <327FBA38.21D4@cc1.uca.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net The University of Central Arkansas has a tenure-track position available at the Assistant Professor level for an Evolutionary Biologist with interests in areas such as systematics, population biology, biogeography, or paleontology. A Ph.D. is required. The Department of Biology contains 18 regular faculty, all with the Ph.D. These faculty and their areas of expertise are given on the reverse of this page. In addition, two M.D.'s and three Ph.D.'s are Instructors in the department's teaching program. The Department serves about 400 undergraduate majors in three major areas of interest: ecology/evolutionary biology, pre-professional studies, and general biology. About 1,500 students per year take the department's General Education Biology course (with lab). About 25 students are currently enrolled in the department's MS programs. The department's faculty are dedicated to quality teaching. The candidate's teaching responsibilities will include a course in Evolution, contribution to the lower division curriculum, and upper division electives or graduate courses in the candidate's area of specialty. Most of the faculty are actively engaged in research, and the candidate is expected to maintain an active research program. Funding sources of current faculty have included NSF, NIH, American Heart Association, National Park Service, USDA, EPA, and various state and local agencies. The Department of Biology is housed in Lewis Science Center, which contains over 100,000 ft2, including about 40,000 ft2 which is being renovated with NSF and university support to provide additional teaching and research space for the department. Two current NSF-ILI grants are contributing to further improvement in our equipment base for teaching and research. We have a large greenhouse and hope to double greenhouse space in the near future. Every faculty member has a computer and laser printer, and has ethernet and optical fiber access to mainframe, library, internet, WWW, etc. Multiple computer stations are employed in Cell Biology and Physiology courses, and are being integrated into the freshman Biology I and II sequence. Our department strives to maintain the kind of rich collegial environment where students at all levels feel comfortable and welcome to explore freely through the various subdisciplines of modern biology. Collaboration and cooperation are the rule, and a supportive departmental atmosphere is the result. Conway is a prosperous small town of 35,000 with two small private colleges in addition to The University of Central Arkansas. Living here means easy access to both a large urban center (Little Rock is 30 minutes away) and pristine wild areas such as the Buffalo National River, and the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains. The area affords opportunities for canoeing, fishing, and hunting, and is also rich in art, handicraft, and folk culture. Applicants should forward a curriculum vita, statements of teaching philosophy and research plans, and three letters of recommendation by December 18, 1996 to Dr. Paul Hamilton, Department Chairperson, at the address above. For further information call 501/450-3146 or use E-mail: paulh@cc1.uca.edu. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Nov 04 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!CS.Arizona.EDU!news.Arizona.EDU!hamblin.math.byu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.u.washington.edu!evolution.genetics.washington.edu!joe From: joe@evolution.genetics.washington.edu (Joe Felsenstein) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio,bionet.molbio.evolution,sci.bio.systematics Subject: Re: heterogeneity (RxC) tests power Date: 5 Nov 1996 17:40:00 GMT Organization: University of Washington Genetics Lines: 57 Message-ID: <55nu5g$9og@nntp3.u.washington.edu> References: <6352FR831.6FBV101996@manifesto.Nihonkai.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: evolution.genetics.washington.edu Summary: Not so easy to incorporate selection, but direct simulation works Keywords: selection, population genetics, coalescents Xref: biosci bionet.population-bio:2094 bionet.molbio.evolution:5284 sci.bio.systematics:1280 In article <6352FR831.6FBV101996@manifesto.Nihonkai.jp>, Ivan Zimogorov wrote: >Well I came up with a novel way to test heterogeneity of gene frequencies >between samples of haploid individuals from several populations (sounds >like Karl Pearson, so what? :-)). The question is how to compare other >methods (like X^2, Fisher's exact, conditional X^2 etc) with it. I >simulated genetic drift by the coalescence process, then sampled from >diverged populations, repeated that process many times to get empirical >powers for the different degrees of divergence.. Therefore, under the >neutral scenario I have an idea how things behave. As you seem to be aware, heterogeneity chi-squares are testing whether the gene frequencies are different at all, and that difference could be due to genetic drift. >Now, how do people implement selection? Motoo Kimura's treatment of >random intensity selection when there is no dominance, gives U-shaped >allele frequency distribution. Is it theoretically valid to generate >steady-state distribution of allele frequencies for each population from >a Beta(a<1, b<1) density to approximate Kimura's results? Actually Kimura's 1954 work was not correct about there being an equilibrium distribution in this case. The U-shaped distribution becomes ever more extreme. It is not approximated by any particular Beta distribution. You can verify this by putting the process on a log(p/(1-p)) scale and seeing that it becomes a normal distribution that becomes flatter and flatter. Of course you can use the diffusion equation solutions for lots of other cases such as deleterious mutation, overdominance with mutation, etc. The problem is that there are a lot of different possible distributions. >What shape >should allele frequency profile follow for a non-equilibrium situation? I >could not find if there is any theory done for that case. I'd appreciate >any references, and hints. There is a paper in press that is relevant. It is due out in Genetics soon (next few months) and makes major progress on coalescents with selection. As it is not by me or my lab, I can't give a further description of it, but watch for it. Of course you could always do an old-fashioned non-coalescent simulation which simulates the whole population, and generate gene frequencies in the subpopulations that way. Note that you can simulate a smaller population by noting that as N --> infinity with s, u, m --> 0 such that Ns, Nu, and Nm stay constant one approaches a diffusion limit. Since the diffusion limit is a good approximation to the original population which has a finite N, you can also approximate that case by using any other one which has the identical diffusion limit. Thus a case with N=10^6, s = 0.00001, u = 10^(-6), and t = 10^6 generations of divergence, is reasonably well approximated by one with N = 100, s= 0.1, u = 0.01, and t = 100 generations of divergence. Thus you can economically simulate it. -- Joe Felsenstein joe@genetics.washington.edu (IP No. 128.95.12.41) Dept. of Genetics, Univ. of Washington, Box 357360, Seattle, WA 98195-7360 USA From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Nov 05 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!nntp.hk.super.net!wincgw1!senri-nc!odins-suita!aist-nara!wnoc-tyo-news!keknews!ns.gunma-u.ac.jp!zen.eastnet.jp!ulysses.manifesto.Nihonkai.jp!ivan From: ivan@manifesto.nihonkai.jp (Ivan Zimogorov) Organization: Bacterial Bee Peekers NNTP-Posting-Host: ulysses.manifesto.Nihonkai.jp References: <6352FR831.6FBV101996@manifesto.Nihonkai.jp> <55nu5g$9og@nntp3.u.washington.edu> Message-ID: <5449100ZXD.4AXX101996@manifesto.Nihonkai.jp> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 02:01:31 GMT Subject: Re: heterogeneity (RxC) tests power Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio,bionet.molbio.evolution,sci.bio.systematics X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 Lines: 27 Xref: biosci bionet.population-bio:2096 bionet.molbio.evolution:5288 sci.bio.systematics:1284 joe@evolution.genetics.washington.edu (Joe Felsenstein) wrote: > In article <6352FR831.6FBV101996@manifesto.Nihonkai.jp>, > Ivan Zimogorov wrote: > >Well I came up with a novel way to test heterogeneity of gene frequencies > >between samples of haploid individuals from several populations (sounds > >like Karl Pearson, so what? :-)). The question is how to compare other > >methods (like X^2, Fisher's exact, conditional X^2 etc) with it. I > >simulated genetic drift by the coalescence process, then sampled from > >diverged populations, repeated that process many times to get empirical > >powers for the different degrees of divergence.. Therefore, under the > >neutral scenario I have an idea how things behave. > > As you seem to be aware, heterogeneity chi-squares are testing whether > the gene frequencies are different at all, and that difference could be > due to genetic drift. Yes, but I look for the difference in power, and this could be different depending on what caused population divergence. Like, when one tests for H-W disequilibrium due to a non-random mating, she's better off just by doing a homozygosity test [H0: Hom(obs)=Hom(exp)]. But goodness of fit X2 will perform better in other situations (e.g. when there is no overall trend in excess/deficit of heterozygotes). Ivan Zimogorov P.S. Thanks for the clarification regarding selection and non-equilibrium populations. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Nov 08 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Biologische Anstalt Helgoland <100634.1171@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: bionet.general,bionet.population-bio,bionet.software,misc.jobs.offered Subject: Stellenanzeige 1/2 Date: 8 Nov 1996 20:00:27 -0800 Organization: BAH Lines: 24 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <55v3dk$cft$2@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Xref: biosci bionet.general:23940 bionet.population-bio:2099 bionet.software:17067 misc.jobs.offered:1511885 Verwaltung der BAH, Tel: 040/89 69 3 - 106/104; 11.1996/b -------------------- STELLENAUSSCHREIBUNG -------------------- An der Biologischen Anstalt Helgoland, einer Forschungseinrichtung im Geschaeftsbereich des Bundesministeriums fuer Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie, ist in der Abteilung Experimentelle Oekologie im Rahmen eines DFG-Projektes zur Klimawirkungsforschung (Privatarbeitsververhaeltnis mit Herrn Dr. Greve) voraussichtlich zum 1. Januar 1997 die Stelle eines/r --------------------------------------- Mathematisch-technischen Assistenten/in --------------------------------------- zu besetzen. Die Anstellung erfolgt bis zum 31.03.1998. Die Verguetung erfolgt je nach Qualifikation nach dem Bundesangestelltentarifvertrag (BAT). From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Nov 10 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser Date: 11 Nov 1996 02:00:48 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 239 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199611111000.CAA16092@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net (LAST REVISION: 30-JUL-95) This BIOSCI "miniFAQ" is designed to answer the questions that come up the *most frequently*. The main BIOSCI FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is accessible on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.bio.net/. If you can not find an answer to your question in this or other documentation, the BIOSCI technical support staff answers e-mail queries sent to biosci-help@net.bio.net We can only answer questions about the use of the newsgroups and mailing lists. We unfortunately do not have the staff to do Internet information searches or answer scientific questions. Please post those to the appropriate BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. Contents: -------- 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! ------------------------------ BIOSCI's government funding has been expended, and we are now operating solely from advertising revenue that we have raised from our Web site at http://www.bio.net/. We need just a few minutes of your time to help us serve you. You can do two important things which will take very little time for you individually and will immensely help us continue to help you. First, please use our WWW system at http://www.bio.net/ to access the archives. You can post or reply to messages via your Web browser as described in item #1 below. Your usage helps attract sponsors. If you contact any of our sponsors, please be sure to thank them for supporting BIOSCI. It is critical for them to get this feedback if they are to continue their sponsorship for the long term. Second, if you work for a company or organization that provides products or services of interest to the biology community, please pass this message on to your marketing or marketing communications department or other appropriate group. Please ask them to help support BIOSCI by sponsoring our Web site and explain the uses and benefits of the system to the biology community. If they are interested, they can then contact us for further information at our tech support address, biosci-help@net.bio.net. 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. -------------------------------------------------------- As of 10 December 1995, all BIOSCI/bionet full newsgroups are accessible through the World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.bio.net. One can read and reply publicly or privately to both recent postings and archived messages through one's Web browser if it is configured properly to send e-mail. Each newsgroup is equipped with its own WAIS index. 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You can fill out the address form directly through our Web page at URL http://www.bio.net/adrform.html. The address database is reindexed nightly for WWW access (the URL is http://www.bio.net/). If you are not directly on the Internet but can reach it by e-mail, please use our waismail server to access the user directory. waismail use is described above. You can also request a user address form by e-mail from biosci-help@net.bio.net. Please check your database entry from time-to-time to see if your address information is still up-to-date. Because of our limited personnel resources, we ask that you resubmit a *complete* form to revise your entry; we only replace complete entries and do not have resources to edit old forms. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help@net.bio.net From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sun Nov 10 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!cgi.nsk.su!kuznecov From: kuznecov@cgi.nsk.su (Kuznecov S.B.) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Geese population analysis, genetics, ecology Date: 11 Nov 1996 04:57:20 -0800 Organization: Institute of Cytology & Genetics Lines: 20 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Now we are making the population analysis of lesser snow geese from Wrangel Island, Russia. We use the electrophoresis of blood proteins. We are very interested in contacts with everybody who studies the population analysis, genetics, and ecology of geese (lesser snow geese, white fronted geese, bean geese and so on ). If there is anybody working with these subjects please contact us by e-mail: kuznecov@cgi.nsk.su We are also looking for web sites in which we can get the useful information about geese genetics and ecology. Thank you for your time and assistance. Ph.D. Sergei B. Kuznetsov Denis M. Larkin Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS Novosibirsk 630090 Russia Tel: (3832)351245 FAX: (3832)356558 From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Nov 11 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!SCOTTP.DEMON.CO.UK!peter From: peter@SCOTTP.DEMON.CO.UK (Peter Scott) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Biology and IT Date: 12 Nov 1996 00:45:59 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 71 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Members of this Newsgroup may be interested in a novel Conference organized by the British Society for Plant Pathology and the Systematics Association. (Please excuse some limited cross-posting.) In view of the expected appeal of this meeting to a wide range of biologists and information technologists, the following advertisement has been placed in Nature. It's not too late to register, even though the deadline is around now. It's not expensive. The Open Forum is free to all. Check out the Web page, in which we are providing lots of links as an experiment in the use of the Web to enhance the Conference. ----- CONFERENCE University of Kent, Canterbury, UK 16-19 December 1996 UNLOCKING THE FUTURE For everyone interested in the interface of BIOLOGY and INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Special subjects - Information Technology in Plant Pathology - Computer-Based Species Identification Open Forum on - BIOLOGY & IT: THE ROAD AHEAD with Professor Sir Robert May Chief Scientific Advisor, UK Office of Science & Technology Professor Peter Cochrane Head of Advanced Applications & Technology, British Telecom Labs Details and Registration http://www.bspp.org.uk/dec96con.htm Dr Peter Jeffries, Research School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NZ, UK E-mail: p.jeffries@ukc.ac.uk. Tel: +44 (0)1227 764000 ext. 3478, Fax: +44 (0)1227 787465 ----- The Open Forum will be of special interest. You may well know both of the distinguished speakers from radio or television. To be sure of your place at the Conference, Members of BSPP and the Systematics Association are advised to book early. For a programme and booking form, visit the Web site or contact Peter Jeffries (see above). Please say whether you want to attend the Practical and Tutorial Session on 16 December ("Everything you always wanted to know about IT but were afraid to ask"), indicating your preferred topics. Offers of contributions welcome - see above. Peter -- Peter Scott Director, Information Institute, CAB INTERNATIONAL, Wallingford OX10 8DE, UK Tel: +44 1491 832111. Fax: +44 1491 833508 President, British Society for Plant Pathology Work: p.scott@cabi.org http://www.cabi.org Home: peter@scottp.demon.co.uk BSPP: http://www.bspp.org.uk ********************************************************************* Information Technology in Plant Pathology and Systematics BSPP/SA Meeting, University of Kent, 16-19 December 1996 SEE INTERACTIVE PROGRAMME AT http://www.bspp.org.uk/dec96con.htm ********************************************************************* From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Nov 12 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!arclight.uoregon.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!hunter.premier.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!news.u.washington.edu!saul1.u.washington.edu!egn From: "E. Kolker" Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio,bionet.molbio.evolution,sci.bio.systematics Subject: Abstract Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 16:04:51 -0800 Organization: University of Washington Lines: 81 Message-ID: References: <6352FR831.6FBV101996@manifesto.Nihonkai.jp> <55nu5g$9og@nntp3.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: saul1.u.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-User: egn In-Reply-To: <55nu5g$9og@nntp3.u.washington.edu> Xref: biosci bionet.population-bio:2103 bionet.molbio.evolution:5310 sci.bio.systematics:1324 ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS Computational Biology Session: "Computing in the Genome Era" Eleventh International Conference on Mathematical and Computer Modelling and Scientific Computing March 31 - April 3, 1997 Georgetown University Conference Center Washington, DC, USA The Eleventh International Conference on Mathematical and Computer Modelling and Scientific Computing is scheduled to take place March 31 - April 3, 1997 at the Georgetown University Conference Center, Washington, DC, U.S.A. Plenary lectures by world-renowned scientists and sessions on many recent developments in engineering and sciences comprise a long-standing tradition at the ICMCM's. Mathematical and computer modelling and scientific computing have become powerful tools for solving complex problems and providing greater insights into the future. The objective of the conference is to bring together researchers from various disciplines including the traditional and emerging areas of engineering and sciences for cross-fertilization of ideas and exchange of information. The objective of the Computational Biology Session "Computing in the Genome Era" is to discuss the current state of computational biology, its approaches, methods, general problems, achievements, and future developments with emphasis on sequence research and analysis for the Genome Projects. Speakers of the session include: S. Altschul (NCBI, NIH, Bethesda), A. Bairoch (Geneva Univ., Switzerland), W. Gish (Wash. Univ., St. Louis), P. Green (Univ. of Wash., Seattle), S. Henikoff (FHCRC, HHMC, Seattle), L. Hood (Univ. of Wash., Seattle), E. Koonin (NCBI, NIH, Bethesda), D. Searls (SmithKline Beecham, King of Prussia), E. Trifonov (Weizmann Inst., Israel). Papers (Abstracts) are invited on all relevant aspects of computational biology for presentation at the session, to be selected on competitive basis by a steering committee. One-page abstracts (about 200 words) should clearly describe the work and its conclusions. Full length manuscripts (limited to six pages) of papers presented at the conference will be published in the Conference Proceedings, in a special issue of the journal MATHEMATICAL MODELLING AND SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING, Vol. 8, 1997 (ISSN 1067-0688). The manuscripts for the special issue are due June 15, 1997. The special issue of the journal will be published by September 1997. All participants shall pay the registration fee (pre-registration before February 15, 1997: IAMCM or IMACS members - $330, non-members - $375, graduate students - $210, undergraduate students - $175). Abstracts may be submitted in hard copy or via fax or by e-mail (preferred!) under subject "Abstract". The abstracts must be formatted to fit on 8-1/2 x 11 inch (approximately 21.5 cm x 28 cm or European Standard A-4 size) paper, typed in single space. The title must be capitalized and centered followed by the author's name(s), institution, and full address, including fax and e-mail. 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The Web site for the session is under contruction and will include information on the session, a list of related sites, links to the sponsors etc. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Nov 12 22:00:00 1996 Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!malgudi.oar.net!utnetw!mabrini From: mabrini@uoft03.utoledo.edu (Pan Parag) Subject: Look here! Message-ID: Sender: news@utnetw.utoledo.edu (News Manager) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 22:43:17 GMT Lines: 15 I am looking for anybody who is a practicing biologist or a biology research professional who can grant me a 15 minute interview preferably over the phone. I am doing this as part of my assignment for my Biology class so that I can graduate. If anybody is willing to help me out, please respond with your name and phone number to the following e-mail address: mabrini@uoft03.utoledo.edu. If my paper is successful, I will send you a copy of it in the mail. Mark Abrinica University of Toledo 419-472-2999 From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Nov 12 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!mr.net!newshub.tc.umn.edu!skypoint.com!usenet From: Panikovsky Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Geese population analysis, genetics, ecology Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 22:19:42 -0600 Organization: mutual admiration society Lines: 67 Message-ID: <32894C5E.189A@popmail.skypoint.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dial079.skypoint.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02Gold (Win95; I) Kuznecov S.B. wrote: > > Now we are making the population analysis of lesser snow geese from Wrangel > Island, Russia. We use the electrophoresis of blood proteins. We are very > interested in contacts with everybody who studies the population analysis, > genetics, and ecology of geese (lesser snow geese, white fronted geese, > bean geese and so on ). If there is anybody working with these subjects > please contact us by e-mail: kuznecov@cgi.nsk.su It should come as no surprise to any astute reader of this and other newsgroups, that such an expert does exist, and it is, in fact, me. Without any false modesty, i say that my efforts in this field are legendary. It was I who pushed such geese-vital news groups as sci.argiculture.ratites and sci.agriculture.poultry through the ever narrowing throat of USENET (you can read the documentary of my tireless pro-goose efforts at such places as http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6615/rfd.html - and in dejanews. What you will see is one man's struggle to elevate this fat majestic bird above the miserable chicken (spill). 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[I'm grouping the floating population with the terra firma one to emphasize the progress humanity made since the days of the ancient Geeks, who believed in the separation of earth and water into two separate chemical elemental entities.]) On a somewhat related note, another paradoxical quantum-like observation: there's never a goose around when you need one and, at least in my experience, observation of a goose tends to collapse its wave function. Why? > Thank you for your time and assistance. Da bros'te Vy, Serezha. Voobwe ne stesnqjtes' "Sprashivat' Panikovskogo!" (tm) - (ssylochka nizhe). > Ph.D. Sergei B. Kuznetsov > Denis M. Larkin > > Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS > Novosibirsk 630090 > Russia > Tel: (3832)351245 > FAX: (3832)356558 Uspexov, Dr. Panikovsky (whereabouts unknown) -- PMS (by any other name would still smell as sweet) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6615/dating.html - your comprehensive guide on dating and buying Russian women (last updated and sanitized for your protection on 10/31/96) From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Nov 14 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.atl.bellsouth.net!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!news From: macdu139 Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Assignment #3 Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 14:13:27 +0100 Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Lines: 4 Message-ID: <328C6C77.26D@iastate.edu> Reply-To: macdu139@iastate.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: du139-121.cc.iastate.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; I; 68K) CC: lhodges@iastate.edu I found this newgroup to be very informative on the effects on the population explosion. Gwynn Shepherd From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Nov 14 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!leicester.ac.uk!rhs2 From: rhs2@leicester.ac.uk (Robert Smith) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Position Announcement Date: 15 Nov 1996 10:15:05 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 41 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Position Announcement PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER The University of Leicester is seeking to appoint a distinguished animal biologist to the established Chair in Zoology during the second half of 1997. We are beginning an informal search now in order to identify suitable candidates. We are inviting enquiries from interested persons, and confidential nominations of people we might approach. The Department of Zoology is part of a well-integrated School of Biological Sciences and shares excellent facilities and accommodation with other departments in the School.We are not restricting our search to a particular area of Zoology, but we have identified Evolutionary Biology, Population Biology and Environmental Physiology as the areas most likely to be of interest. Candidates should have international reputations and active research programmes that complement those of other members of staff in the Department and the School. Departments in the School were all rated 4 or 5 (5 being the highest ranking) in the most recent UK Research Assessment Exercise and attract substantial external research income that in recent years has exceeded 13M pounds p.a. Further details of the Zoology Department and its staff can be found at the url address: http://www.le.ac.uk/CWIS/AD/ZO/zo.html Other departments in the School with overlapping research interests include the following: Botany http://www.le.ac.uk/depts/bo/bo.html Genetics http://www.le.ac.uk/depts/ge/gest.html Informal enquiries or suggestions should be addressed to either Dr Terry Burke (email: tab@le.ac.uk, tel: +44 (0)116 252 3351) or Prof Robert Smith (email: rhs2@le.ac.uk, tel: +44 (0)116 252 2271), Department of Zoology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK. Professor Robert Smith, School of Biological Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K. Tel: 0116 252 2271 in UK or +44 116 252 2271 from overseas Fax: 0116 252 3330 [open] or 0116 252 2791 [more secure], Email: rhs2@le.ac.uk http://www.le.ac.uk/CWIS/AD/ZO/ST/rhs2.html From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Nov 14 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: Wolfgang Wuster Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: PhD studentship on snake evolution (UK) Date: 15 Nov 1996 13:59:09 -0000 Lines: 44 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <56hsvd$7bi@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> X-Sender: bss166@thunder Original-To: sci-bio-hep@news.demon.co.uk SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF WALES, BANGOR I expect to be able to offer a Research Council PhD studentship on the topic of "Population systematics, molecular phylogeography and venom evolution of the western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)", starting in October 1997. The aims of this project are: (i) To elucidate the population phylogeny of Crotalus viridis by means of mtDNA sequence analysis. (ii) To study patterns of morphological variation by means of multivariate morphometrics. (iii) To investigate patterns of geographic variation in venom composition in this species (iv) To test historical and ecological causal hypotheses of geographic variation in morphology and venom composition. (v) To carry out a taxonomic revision of the complex. The relative importance of the different components will depend in large part on the student's interests. The student will gain experience in modern DNA sequencing techniques, venom electrophoresis, numerical hypothesis- testing algorithms and phylogenetic analysis, and will travel to the USA to collect samples and to examine museum collections. Eligibility for a Research Council Studentship depends on the applicant and/or his/her parents having been resident and paying taxes in the UK for the last 3 years. If interested, please contact: Dr. Wolfgang Wuster School of Biological Sciences University of Wales Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2UW Wales, UK Tel: +44 1248 383735 Fax: +44 1248 371644 E-mail: w.wuster@bangor.ac.uk Institution home page: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/ Department home page: http://oracle.bangor.ac.uk/sbs/ From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Nov 14 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.atl.bellsouth.net!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!news From: macdu139 Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Assignment #2 Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 14:33:53 +0100 Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Lines: 88 Message-ID: <328C7141.5D75@iastate.edu> Reply-To: macdu139@iastate.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: du139-121.cc.iastate.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; I; 68K) CC: lhodges@iastate.edu Content-Disposition: inline; filename="bionet.html" bionet.agroforestry
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For more info on advertising rates, please write us on your company letterhead, w/business card, via smail to: Tempting Tear-Outs, 3835 Richmond Ave. Suite #200, Staten Island NY 10312-3828, USA. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Nov 22 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!usenet From: Ovidio De Leon Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: A.D.D.-A.D.H.D. Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 11:31:08 -0800 Organization: ucsd Lines: 12 Message-ID: <329750FC.2F8@ucsd.edu> Reply-To: odeleon@ucsd.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: odeleon.extern.ucsd.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) Avoid the terrible and long term side effects of RITALIN by substituting it with good nutrition and dietary supplements. Help your children and relatives in getting rid of this #1 Psychiatric Disorder in America (ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER) not with drugs but with pure common sense ways. If you would like to know more about this, I can send you a free audio cassette tape which will explain the details. Just email me your name and address...and dont worry I will not give it out to any mailing list companies. Sincerely, Jay De Leon From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Nov 25 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!howland.erols.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!angis.su.oz.au!rbgs00 From: rbgs00@angis.su.oz.au (Royal Botanic Gardens) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Linguistic difference measure? Date: 26 Nov 1996 22:58:19 GMT Organization: ANGIS, The University of Sydney, Australia Lines: 20 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <57fsmb$f1g@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> Reply-To: rbgs00@angis.su.oz.au (Royal Botanic Gardens) NNTP-Posting-Host: morgan.angis.su.oz.au Hi Folks Can someone tell me if anyone has worked out a metric to quantify difference (or similarity) between _languages_ - something analogous to genetic distance values? I am interested to know whether Mandarin Chinese is more or less similar to Cantonese, than Spanish is to Italian - or even whether this is a meaningful question. Thanks Adam Marchant Molecular Systematics Laboratory National Herbarium of NSW Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Australia adam@rbgsyd.gov.au From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Nov 26 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!warwick!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!news.ox.ac.uk!news From: Eric Bartels Newsgroups: bionet.general,bionet.info-theory,bionet.population-bio,sci.bio.misc,sci.stat.consult,sci.stat.math,sci.math Subject: Statistics of outcomes of competitions Followup-To: sci.stat.math Date: 27 Nov 1996 09:25:50 +0000 Organization: Oxford University Lines: 29 Sender: bartels@turmeric.maths Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: turmeric.maths.ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: biosci bionet.general:24238 bionet.info-theory:4402 bionet.population-bio:2119 sci.bio.misc:6154 sci.stat.consult:21744 sci.stat.math:12400 sci.math:126348 Hello, I am looking for pointers to publications in the biology/statistics community where the following problem arose. An experiment is conducted in which n individuals participate. Some individuals can compete with other individuals for a resource. For each individual the list of the possible opponents is fixed at the beginning. During the observation time some of these competitions take place and for each one the winner is noted. Some competitions may end in a tie in which case the competition is being treated as if it has not taken place. At the end we obtain for each individual the number of wins it has achieved during the observation time. This outcome data is to be tested statistically in order to test certain hypotheses about the population and certain subsets of it. I am curious to learn whether this or related problems have been dealt with in the statistics / biology literature. Any paper where a similar problem was analysed or pointers to the statistical method of choice would be very much appreciated. thanks, Eric Bartels From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Nov 27 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!warwick!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!daresbury!not-for-mail From: "Johan van Ooijen (+31) 317 477 319" Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: JoinMap & MapQTL software announcement Date: 28 Nov 1996 14:27:56 -0000 Lines: 32 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <57k7hc$bhb@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Autoforwarded: false Ua-Content-Id: 11ABE3DC1100 Hop-Count: 4 Importance: normal Disclose-Recipients: prohibited Original-To: gen-link@dl.ac.uk, bio-software@dl.ac.uk, pop-bio@dl.ac.uk, "/R=POST/R=AM_CPRO/U=biochrom@dl.ac.uk@IN@POST/"@gate.agro.nl, arab-gen@dl.ac.uk, recom@dl.ac.uk You can now read about the genetic mapping software packages JoinMap and MapQTL on the web site of CPRO-DLO: http://www.bib.wau.nl/cpro/mapping/ Information is presented on the things you can do with these software packages. You can also view the manuals to study the details, and you can view the lists of frequently asked questions. You can read about the computer platforms for which the software is available, how the licensing works, what it costs, and how to order. JoinMap is software for the calculation of genetic linkage maps. It handles data from all kinds of full-sib families (BC, F2, RILs, [doubled] haploids, cross-pollinator-progeny), and can combine data from several sources into an integrated map. Besides the modules for map calculation, the package has some diagnostical modules. MapQTL is software for the mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTLs). It handles data from single full-sib families of all kinds (BC, F2, RILs, [doubled] haploids, cross-pollinator-progeny). Used techniques: interval mapping, multiple QTL models with cofactors (MQM mapping), nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis analysis per marker. Johan van Ooijen email: J.W.vanOoijen@CPRO.DLO.NL or mapping@CPRO.DLO.NL fax: +31 317 418 094 mail: CPRO-DLO, POBox 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands DLO Centre for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Research (CPRO-DLO) WWW: http://www.bib.wau.nl/cpro/