Events
Evolution Journal Club
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 4 June, 2013
Inferring ancient divergences requires genes with strong phylogenetic signals
Salichos & Rokas (2013) Nature, in press.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 21 May, 2013
Inferring recent historic abundance from current genetic diversity
Palsbøll et al. (2013) Molecular Ecology, 22: 22-40.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Genetic analysis of novel avian A(H7N9) influenza viruses isolated from patients in China, February to April 2013
Kageyama et al. (2013) Eurosurveillance, 18: 2.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 9 April, 2013
On the immortality of television sets: “Function” in the human genome according to the evolution-free gospel of ENCODE
Graur et al. (2013) Genome Biology and Evolution, 5: 578-590.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 12 March, 2013
Assessing the role of cladogenesis in macroevolution by integrating fossil and molecular evidence
Strotz & Allen (2013) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, in press.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 26 February, 2013
Evolution of multicellularity coincided with increased diversification of cyanobacteria and the Great Oxidation Event
Schirrmeister et al. (2013) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 110: 1791-1796.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 12 February, 2013
Widespread horizontal transfer of retrotransposons
Walsh et al. (2013) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, in press.
2012
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 20 November, 2012
The global diversity of birds in space and time
Jetz et al. (2012) Nature, 491: 444-448.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 23 October, 2012
Multiple rearrangements in mitochondrial genomes of Isopoda and phylogenetic implications
Kilpert et al. (2012) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 106-117.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 2 October, 2012
Reconstructing Native American population history
Reich et al. (2012) Nature 488: 370-374.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 18 September, 2012
Resolving conflict in eutherian mammal phylogeny using phylogenomics and the multispecies coalescent model
Song et al. (2012) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 109: 14942-14947.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 4 September, 2012
Mapping the origins and expansion of the Indo-European language family
Brouckaert et al. (2012) Science, 337: 957-960.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 21 August, 2012
Functional conservation of DNA methylation in the pea aphid and the honeybee
Hunt et al. (2010) Genome Biology and Evolution, 2: 719-728.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 7 August, 2012
Reconciling an archaeal origin of eukaryotes with engulfment: a biologically plausible update of the Eocyte hypothesis
Poole & Neumann (2011) Research in Microbiology, 162: 71-76.
WORKSHOP - Tuesday 24 to Wednesday 25 July, 2012
Introduction to phylogenetic analysis.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 10 July, 2012
Common misconceptions in molecular ecology: echoes of the modern synthesis
Karl et al. (2012) Molecular Ecology, in press.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 12 June, 2012
Direct evidence of extensive diversity of HIV-1 in Kinshasa by 1960
Worobey et al. (2008) Nature, 455: 661-664.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 15 May, 2012
Sex determination
Gamble & Zarkower (2012) Current Biology, 22: R257-R262.
READING GROUP - 11.00, Tuesday 8 May, 2012
"Chapter 8: Conservation Genetics" in Molecular Ecology, second edition.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 1 May, 2012
Nuclear genomic sequences reveal that polar bears are an old and distinct bear lineage
Hailer et al. (2012) Science, 336: 344-347.
READING GROUP - 11.00, Tuesday 24 April, 2012
"Chapter 6: Phylogeography" in Molecular Ecology, second edition.
READING GROUP - 11.00, Tuesday 17 April, 2012
"Chapter 7: Behavioural Ecology" in Molecular Ecology, second edition.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 27 March, 2012
Ancestral developmental potential facilitates parallel evolution in ants
Rajakumar et al. (2012) Science, 335: 79-82.
READING GROUP - 11.00, Tuesday 20 March, 2012
"Chapter 5: Studying Ecologically Important Traits: Ecogenomics, QTL Analysis, and Reverse Genetics" in Molecular Ecology, second edition.
Freeland et al. (2011), Wiley-Blackwell.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 13 March, 2012
Multiple routes to mammalian diversity
Venditti al. (2012) Nature, 479: 393-396.
READING GROUP - 11.00, Tuesday 6 March, 2012
"Chapter 4: Genetic Analysis of Multiple Populations" in Molecular Ecology, second edition.
Freeland et al. (2011), Wiley-Blackwell.
READING GROUP - 11.00, Tuesday 21 February, 2012
"Chapter 3: Genetic Analysis of Single Populations" in Molecular Ecology, second edition.
Freeland et al. (2011), Wiley-Blackwell.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 14 February, 2012
Determining species boundaries in a world full of rarity: Singletons, species delimitation methods
Lim et al. (2012) Systematic Biology, 61: 165-169.
READING GROUP - 11.00, Tuesday 7 February, 2012
"Chapter 2: Molecular Markers in Ecology" in Molecular Ecology, second edition.
Freeland et al. (2011), Wiley-Blackwell.
JOURNAL CLUB - 11.00, Tuesday 31 January, 2012
Illusions promote mating success in great bowerbirds
Kelley & Endler (2012) Science, 335: 335-338.
Q&A with John A. Endler
Endler (2012) Current Biology, 22: R41-R43.
READING GROUP - 11.00, Tuesday 24 January, 2012
"Chapter 1: Molecular Genetics in Ecology" in Molecular Ecology, second edition.
Freeland et al. (2011), Wiley-Blackwell.
2011
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2010
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