Population ecology and genetics of the invasive lionfish in Puerto Rico

Invasive Cancer Incidence — Puerto Rico, 2007–2011

UNLABELLED Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and death in Puerto Rico. To set a baseline for identifying new trends and patterns of cancer incidence, Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry staff and CDC analyzed data from Puerto Rico included in U.S. Cancer Statistics (USCS) for 2007-2011, the most recent data available. This is the first report of invasive cancer incidence rates for 2007-201...

Puerto Rico

of America, Children's Defense Fund, and Generations United have partnered to produce state and national GrandFacts fact sheets for grandparents and other relatives raising children. The state fact sheets include state-specific data and programs as well as information about foster care, public benefits, educational assistance and state laws. Visit www.grandfactsheets.org to find this and all Gr...

Population Genetics and Ecology

About 40 years ago, scientists first strongly advocated the integration of population ecology and population genetics into population biology (Singh and Uyenoyama, 2004). Even today these two disciplines are not really integrated, but there is a general appreciation of population genetic con­ cepts in population ecology and vice versa. For example, the new subdiscipline molecular ecology, and m...

Slavery in Puerto Rico

University of Puerto Rico