Welcome to the Evolution Discussion Group (EDG) at the Zoology Department of the University of British Columbia.
We meet at 12:00 noon on Fridays in Biodiversity room 224 (the big meeting room on the second floor). Our purpose is to discuss recent research papers in evolutionary biology.
All graduate students, postdocs, and faculty interested in evolutionary biology are welcome. Feel free to bring your lunch.
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Paper choosers: Please avoid selecting papers from Nature, Science, and PNAS.
| Date | Presenter | Paper |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan | Kate Ostevik | Yukilevich 2012 Asymmetrical patterns of speciation uniquely support reinforcement in Drosophila. 2012. Evolution Accepted. Article. |
| 20 Jan | Kieran Samuk | Rockman 2011 The QTN program and the alleles that matter for evolution: all that's gold does not glitter. 2011. Evolution 66:1-17 |
| 27 Jan | Brook Moyers | Zuk et al 2012The mystery of missing heritability: Genetic interactions create phantom heritability. 2012 PNAS 109:1193-1198 |
| 3 Feb | Greg Owens | Santana et al 2012Adaptive evolution of facial colour patterns in Neotropical primates |
| 10 Feb | Sara Miller | Laurent et al. 2011 Non-random mate choice in humans:insights from a genome scan. Molecular Ecology |
| 17 Feb | Rees Kassen | |
| 24 Feb | Reading Break | |
| 2 Mar | Sebastien Renaut | |
| 9 Mar | Jasmine Ono | |
| 16 Mar | Diana Rennison | |
| 23 Mar | Dave Toews | |
| 30 Mar | Kim Gilbert | |
| 30 Mar | Katie Lotterhos | |
The email address for edg is: edg@zoology.ubc.ca
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Just email me at crossman@zoology.ubc.ca
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