Evolution discussion group

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.

For information about subscribing to the mailing list please see the bottom of this page

Paper choosers: Please avoid selecting papers from Nature, Science, and PNAS.

Current schedule

Date Presenter Paper
5 Sep Kim Gilbert Lagator et al. 2014 Role of sex and migration in adaptation to sink environments. Evolution.
12 Sep Kieran Samuk Brawand et al. 2014 The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation in African cichlid fish. Nature. Supplemental text and figures
19 Sep Greg Owens Gompert et al. 2014 Admixture and the organization of genetic diversity in a butterfly species complex revealed through common and rare genetic variants. Molecular Ecology.
26 Sep Matt Osmond Stathos & Fishman 2014 Chromosomal rearrangements directly cause underdominant F1 pollen sterility in Mimulus lewisii–Mimulus cardinalis hybrids. Evolution.
3 Oct Armando Geraldes Sheehan & Nachman 2014 Morphological and population genomic evidence that human faces have evolved to signal individual identity. Nature Communications.
10 Oct Jeremy Draghi Schaum & Collins 2014 Plasticity predicts evolution in a marine alga. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
17 Oct Diana Rennison Lancaster et al. 2014 Frequency-dependent and correlational selection pressures have conflicting consequences for assortative mating in a color-polymorphic lizard, Uta stansburiana. The American Naturalist.
24 Oct No EDG Graduate student lunch with Zoology job candidate
31 Oct Chris Muir Sobel 2014 Ecogeographic isolation and speciation in the genus Mimulus. The American Naturalist.
7 Nov No EDG Graduate student lunch with Zoology job candidate
14 Nov Kate Ostevik Sedeek et al. 2014 Genic rather than genome‐wide differences between sexually deceptive Ophrys orchids with different pollinators. Molecular Ecology.
21 Nov No EDG Graduate student lunch with Zoology job candidate
28 Nov No EDG Graduate student lunch with Zoology job candidate

Suggested Papers

  • Google Doc of Suggested Papers.
  • Mailing list information

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    Questions?

    Just email me at kgilbert(at)zoology.ubc.ca

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