I'm Published!
Good news! Pull out your April 2006 copy of Molecular Ecology vol. 15 (I know you have it laying around somewhere) and flip over to page 985. Thanks to Dr. Jack Sites at BYU, I was able to work on a manuscript on the population structure of the giant Amazon river turtle that was published in Molecular Ecology this month. I helped with some of the mitochondrial DNA population genetic analyses. It's only one publication, but it's my first, and I'm really excited about it. Plus, the research helps conservation efforts for the endangered turtles. Below is a picture of one of the cute lil' guys (lil' is relative, since these turtles can get up to 2 1/2 feet long).