Welcome to the Evolution Discussion Group (EDG) at the Zoology Department of the University of British Columbia.
Meetings are Friday at 12pm in BRC Room 224.
Our purpose is to discuss topics in evolutionary biology. Presenters should pick a paper (recent or classic), book chapter or review at least a week out from their presentation date to give people time to read. (See 'Suggested Papers' below if you need ideas). Presenters should plan to present for 5-10 minutes explaining why they chose the paper. Please bring a laptop to hook up to the projector and prepare either a powerpoint with the main figures or the pdf of the paper. The rest of time will be freeform discussion :)
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 and previous papers discussed please see the bottom of this page
For other questions, please email linley(at)zoology.ubc.ca
| Date | Presenter | Paper |
|---|---|---|
| Septemeber 11: 12pm | NA | Pictionary! |
| September 18: 12pm | Linley Sherin | Zhou et al. 2026 Genomic predisposition is associated with the direction of sex chromosome evolution. |
| September 25: 12pm | Asad Hasan | Veller & Muralidhar 2026 Quantitative system drift. | October 2: 12pm | Tom Booker | Sanjak et al. 2018 Evidence of directional and stabilizing selection in contemporary humans. |
| October 9: 12pm | Bernadette Johnson | Pointer et al. 2026 Sexual selection purges mutation load, but not overall genetic diversity, decreasing vulnerability to extinction. |
| October 16: 12pm | Henry Rosato | Schaal et al. 2026 Predation, evo-devo, and historical contingency: A nematode predator drives evolution of aggregative multicellularity. |
| October 23: 12pm | William Ou | Mathur et al. 2026 Order invariance of fitness makes evolution predictable despite strong history-dependent effects. |
| October 30: 12pm | NA | CANCELLED DUE TO COMP PHY SEMINAR |
| November 6: 12pm | Laurinne Balstad | Wooldridge et al. 2026 Ancient DNA from shells reveals delayed genomic erosion and rapid immune adaptation in the critically endangered black abalone. |
| EcoEvo Retreat (Nov 11-13th) | NA | No meeting! |
| November 20: 12pm | Zimo Yang | Parée et al. 2025 Selection can favor a recombination landscape that limits polygenic adaptation. |
| November 27: 12pm | Mike Blazanin | TBD |
| December 4: 12pm | ||
| December 11: 12pm |
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