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Systematics and Evolution Forum (2010/2011) |
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Systematics and Evolution Forum (2010/2011) |
| Fall Term Coordinator
Alison Murray Office: Biological Sciences Z1012, Phone 2-9244, ammurray@ualberta.ca |
Winter Term Coordinator
A. Richard Palmer Office: Biological Sciences Z1116, Phone 2-3633, rich.palmer@ualberta.ca |
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.
Speakers with an asterisk (*) next to their name are registered students in the course who will give a lecture on the specified topic. The remaining talks are research presentations.
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Place |
(program, supervisor) |
Lecture Topic |
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| Jan. 10 | (no class) | ||
| Jan. 17
3 PM B105 |
Rich Palmer | ||
| Jan. 20
12 PM M137 |
Dr. Allen Moore
Dept. of BioSciences Univ. of Exeter |
The evolution of family life: Genetic influences on parental care |
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| Jan. 24
3 PM B105 |
Rene Malenfant
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) transcriptomics and SNP discovery | |
| Jan. 31
3 PM B105 |
Heather Bird*
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Seeds of confusion: How apomixis, polyploidy and agamospecies confound species delineation in plants | Campbell and Wright 1996. Apomixis, hybridization, and taxonomic complexity in eastern North American Amelanchier (Rosaceae). Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 31:345-354.
(download) [NOTE: The genus Amelanchier includes, among other things, the lovely and delicious saskatoon.] |
| Feb. 7
3 PM B105 |
Kaylee Byers*
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Malware in the biological world: Parasite manipulation of host behavior | Yanoviak et al. 2008. Parasite-induced fruit mimicry in a tropical canopy ant. American Naturalist 171: 536-544.
(download) |
| Feb. 14
3 PM B105 |
(TBA) | (TBA) | |
| Feb. 21 | |||
| Feb. 28
3 PM B105 |
Michael Burns*
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Evolution of the vertebrate immune response | De Tomaso, A. W. 2009. Sea squirts and immune tolerance. Disease Models & Mechanisms 2:440-445.
(download) |
| Mar. 7
3 PM B105 |
Rene Malenfant*
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
The Price is Right: Understanding natural selection's most fundamental equation | Frank S.A. 1995. George Price's contributions to evolutionary genetics. Journal of Theoretical Biology 175:373-388.
(download) |
| Mar. 14
3 PM B105 |
Kelly Grieve*
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Convergent evolution of echolocation in bats and toothed whales | Liu et al. 2010. Cetaceans on a molecular fast track to ultrasonic hearing. Current Biology: 20(20) 1834-1839.
(download) |
| Mar. 21
3 PM M145 |
(TBA) | (TBA) | |
| Mar. 28
3 PM B105 |
Heather Proctor
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
Sexual conflict and the evolution of sperm transfer in mites (Acari) | |
| Apr. 4
3 PM B105 |
Peter Mankowski*
Biological Sciences, University of Alberta |
The ABCs of floral ontogeny and the evolution of orchid flower form | Chang et al. 2009. Characterization of the Possible Roles for B Class MADS Box Genes in Regulation of Perianth Formation in Orchid. Plant Physiology 152,:837-853.
(download) |
| Apr. 11
3 PM M145 **NOTE ROOM CHANGE** |
Dr. Emily Carrington
Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington |
Living in a material world: Ecomechanics of mussel attachment on wave-swept shores |
