| Date | Presenter | Paper |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Jan | Rich FitzJohn | Reesink et al. (2009) Explaining the linguistic diversity of Sahul using population models. PloS Biology 7: e1000241. |
| 22 Jan | Jon Mee | Kozak et al. (2009) Can parallel diversification occur in sympatry? Repeated patterns of body-size evolution in coexisting clades of North American salamanders. Evolution 63: 1769-1784. |
| 29 Jan | Travis Ingram & Arne Mooers |
Venditti et al. (2010) Phylogenies reveal new interpretation of speciation and the Red Queen. Nature 463: 349-352. |
| 5 Feb | Kieran Samuk | Alaux et al. 2009. Honey bee aggression supports a link between gene regulation and behavioral evolution. PNAS 106: 15400-15405. |
| 12 Feb | Leithen M'Gonigle | van Doorn et al. 2009. On the origin of species by natural and sexual selection. Science 326: 1704-1707. |
| 19 Feb | Midterm break | |
| 26 Feb | Midterm break | |
| 5 Mar | Karen Magnuson-Ford | Marx & Uhen 2010. Climate, critters, and Cetaceans: Cenozoic drivers of the evolution of modern whales. Science 327: 993-996. |
| 12 Mar | Andrew MacDonald | Venail et al. 2008. Diversity and productivity peak at intermediate dispersal rate in evolving metacommunities. Nature 452: 210-214. |
| 19 Mar | Kate Ostevik | Campos et al. 2010. Ancient DNA analyses exclude humans as the driving force behind late Pleistocene musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) population dynamics. PNAS early. |
| 26 Mar | Kay Hodgins | Morran et al. (2009) Mutation load and rapid adaptation favour outcrossing over self-fertilization. Nature 462: 350-352. |
| 2 Apr | Easter | |
| 9 Apr | Brook Moyers | Gourbière and Mallet (2010) Are species real? The shape of the species boundary with exponential failure, reinforcement, and the "missing snowball". Evolution 64: 1-24. |
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