Tuesday, June 23, 2015

New paper published: Applications of next generation sequencing to the study of biological invasions

"Genomics holds the key to understanding ecological and evolutionary processes
Scientists call for a gap between genomics and invasion biology to be bridged

Scientists at the University of Southampton think that Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) of invasive organisms holds the key to furthering our understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes."

Read more at the University of Southampton website.

Paper Reference: Rius M, Bourne S, Hornsby HG, Chapman MA. 2015. Applications of next generation sequencing to the study of biological invasions. Current Zoology 61: 488–504