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Systematics and Evolution Forum (2006/2007) |
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Systematics and Evolution Forum (2006/2007) |
BIOL 506 provides a forum for graduate students who are registered in the course to give a formal lecture on any subject in Systematics & Evolution, and to receive constructive feedback on that lecture (see course guidelines).
It also provides a forum where other graduate students and staff may give an informal presentation of their research.
Each 45-50 minute lecture by registered students will be centered on a focal paper from the primary literature and will be followed by a discussion. Focal papers may be downloaded from links by each lecture title (see schedule below).
All interested persons are welcome to attend the presentations and discussions.
If you are not on the mailing list and would like to be, please E-mail Rich Palmer.
BIOL 507 allows registered students to receive credit for attending the presentations in BIOL 506.
Speakers with an asterisk (*) next to their name are registered students who will give a lecture on the specified topic.
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Lecture Topic |
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| Sept. 11 | (organizational meeting for B506 students) | ||
| Sept. 18
3 PM B105 |
Heather Proctor
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
The evolution of colouration in water mites: aposematism vs photo-protection | |
| Sept. 25
3 PM B105 |
Else Marie Friis
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm |
Great events and small flowers: insights from the fossil record | |
| Oct. 2
3 PM B105 |
Jocelyn Hall
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Evolution of a novel and ecologically important fruit trait in Brassicaceae | |
| Oct. 9 | Thanksgiving break | ||
| Oct. 16
3 PM B105 |
Marla Schwarzfeld*
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Sauropod dinosaurs | Harris, J.D. 2006. Evolutionary relationships of the Flagellicaudata (Dinosauria: Sauropoda). J. Syst. Paleontol. 4: 185-198
(download) |
| Oct. 23
3 PM B105 |
Bronwyn Williams*
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Co-phylogenetic analyses of host and symbionts | Banks, J.C. & A.M. Paterson. 2005. Multi-host parasite species in cophylogenetic studies. Int. J. Parasit. 35: 741-746
(download) |
| Oct. 30
3 PM B105 |
Mike Caldwell
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
The origins of snakes: underground, above ground, or in the water? | |
| Nov. 6
3 PM B105 |
Jason Dombroskie*
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Evolution of host-shifting in leaf-eating insects | Ohshima, I & Yoshizawa, K. 2006. Multiple host shifts between distantly related plants, Juglandaceae and Ericaceae, in the leaf-mining moth Acrocercops leucophaea complex (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Mol Phyl Evol. 38:231-240
(download) |
| Nov. 13 | Remembrance Day | ||
| Nov. 20
3 PM B105 |
Phil Bell*
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
A croc's tail: The driving force behind crocodile behaviour | Elsworth, P.G, Seebacher, F. and Franklin, C.E. 2003. Sustained swimming performance in crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus): effects of body size and temperature. J. Herpetol. 37:363-368.
(download) |
| Nov. 27
3 PM B105 |
Alison Murray
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Phylogenetic relationships of African tetras (characiform fishes), and the issue of dwarfism | |
| Dec. 4
3 PM B105 |
Dr. Alex Wolfe
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences University of Alberta |
Infrared spectroscopy of conifer resins, Paleogene forests, and the origin of Baltic amber | |
| Dec. 11
3 PM B105 |
TBA | ||
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Place |
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Lecture Topic |
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| Jan. 15
3 PM G110 |
Palmer/Proctor | Organizational meeting for B506 students only | |
| Jan. 22
3 PM M145 |
Bronwyn Williams
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Genetic consequences of reintroduction: American marten re-establishment in the Midwestern U.S. | |
| Jan. 29
3 PM M145 |
Sascha Jeffers*
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Conservation controversy: What species do we protect? | Rhymer J. M. et al. 2001. Mitochondrial phylogeography, subspecific taxonomy, and conservation genetics of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis; Aves: Gruidae). Conserv. Genet. 2:203-218.
(download) |
| Feb. 5
3 PM M145 |
Victoria Arbour*
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Domestication and evolution: From wolf to woof | Vila et al., 1997. Multiple and ancient origins of the domestic dog. Science 276, 1687-1689.
(download) |
| Feb. 12
3 PM M145 |
Dr. Don Brinkman
Senior Curator Vertebrate Palaeontology Royal Tyrrell Museum |
Turtles of Alberta, and their response to climate change in the Late Cretaceous | |
| Feb. 19 | Reading Week | ||
| Feb. 26
3 PM M145 |
Lindsey Burke*
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
The Platypus Paradox: Where do monotremes belong? | Janke et al., 1996. The mitochondrial genome of a monotreme-The platypus
(Ornithorhynchus anatinus). J. Mol. Evol. 42:153-159.
(download) |
| Mar. 5
3 PM M145 |
Miriam Reichel*
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
The evolution of toxicity in frogs | Summers & Clough 2001. The evolution of coloration and toxicity in the poison frog family (Dendrobatidae). PNAS 98:6227-6232.
(download) |
| Mar. 12
3 PM M145 |
Brian Rankin*
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Homo "il confuso" | Brown et al. 2004. A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia. Nature 431:1055-1061.
(download) |
| Mar. 19
3 PM M145 |
Marcie Plishka*
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Evolutionary history of fungal skin pathogens (Dermatophyta) | Summerbell 2000. Form and function in the evolution of dermatophytes. In: Kushwaha RKS, Guarro J (Eds.). Biology of Dermatophytes and other Keratinophilic Fungi.
Revista Iberoamericana de Micolog’a, Bilbao. p. 30-43.
(download) |
| Mar. 26
3 PM M145 |
Dr. Eric Snively
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Headstrong love! Biomechanics supports head-butting behaviour in pachycepahlosaurian dinosaurs | |
| Apr. 2
3 PM M145 |
Dr. Enrico Scarpella
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Patterning veins: Leaf vascular pattern formation | |
| Apr. 9
3 PM M145 |
Easter Monday |
