Homepage of Dr. Reed A. Cartwright

I am a computational evolutionary geneticist working in the Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Houston. My research includes projects in population genetics, molecular evolution, and bioinformatics. I am also concerned about the state of biology education in the US and donate my time to support pro-science-education causes.

Selected Research

  • Cartwright RA (2009). Problems and solutions for estimating indel rates and length distributions. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 26:473—480. [reprint]
  • Cartwright RA (2009). Antagonism between local dispersal and self-incompatibility systems in a continuous plant population. Molecular Ecology, 18:2327—2336. [reprint]
  • Cartwright RA (2006). Logarithmic gap costs decrease alignment accuracy. BMC Bioinformatics, 7:527. [reprint]
  • Cartwright RA (2005). DNA assembly with gaps (Dawg): simulating sequence evolution. Bioinformatics, 21(Suppl. 3):iii31—iii38. [reprint]
  • For a complete publication list, see my CV.

Software

  • Dawg: the best simulator of neutral evolution in DNA sequences. Version 2 is in development, and it will harder, better, faster, stronger, and easier to use.
  • Ngila: pairwise sequences alignment with robust evolutionary models.
  • SPAGeDi: spatial analysis of genetic data. Developed by Olivier Hardy and Xavier Vekemans, and I have made major contributions to make the source code portable and packagible.
  • Red Lynx: A flexible population genetic simulator that runs in your browser. Great for teaching.
  • Klineage: A forward simulator of ancestral lineages. Checkout from the subversion repository svn://scit.us/klineage/current.
  • MT-Dispatch: A FastCGI dispatcher for Movable Type blogging software. Full of features that make my life much easier.
  • Xomment: Ajaxify the comments on almost any MT blog
  • KwickXML: Robust formatting plugin for MT blogs. Includes advanced support for LaTeX equations. Checkout from the subversion repository svn://scit.us/misc/kwickxml/current/.

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