Welcome to the Evolution Discussion Group (EDG) at the Zoology Department of the University of British Columbia.
To help control the spread of COVID-19 EDG is now meeting virtually via Zoom. For access join the listserv or email natola(at)zoology.ubc.ca
Meetings are Fridays at 12:00 noon. 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 and previous papers discussed please see the bottom of this page
| Date | Presenter | Paper |
|---|---|---|
| January 14 | Mackenzie Urquhart-Cronish | de Pedro et al. 2021 Demography, genetic diversity and expansion load in the colonizing species Leontodon longirostris (Asteraceae) throughout its native range |
| January 21 | Lydia Fong | Robinson et al. 2021 Chromosomal evolution in Raphicerus antelope suggests divergent X chromosomes may drive speciation through females, rather than males, contrary to Haldane's rule |
| January 28 | Armando Geraldes | Real et al. 2020 The mole genome reveals regulatory rearrangements associated with adaptive intersexuality |
| February 4 | Stephanie Blain | Singhal et al. 2022 No link between population isolation and speciation rate in squamate reptiles |
| Februrary 11 | Cassandra Elphinstone | Monroe et al. 2022 Mutation bias reflects natural selection in Arabidopsis thaliana |
| February 18 | Tom Booker | Lenormand and Roze 2022 Y recombination arrest and degeneration in the absence of sexual dimorphism |
| February 25 | No EDG | No EDG Reading Week |
| March 4 | Asad Hasan | Kasimatis et al. 2019 Limits to Genomic Divergence Under Sexually Antagonistic Selection |
| March 11 | Libby Natola | Rombaut et al. 2022 The evolution of the traplining pollinator role in hummingbirds: specialization is not an evolutionary dead end |
| March 18 | Mackenzie Kinney | Tejero-Cicuéndez et al. 2021 Ecological specialization, rather than the island effect, explains morphological diversification in an ancient radiation of geckos |
| March 25 | TBD | TBD TBD |
| April 1 | Nadia Páez | Domènech et al. 2021 What DNA barcodes reveal: microhabitat preference, hunting strategy and dispersal ability drive genetic variation across Iberian spider species |
| April 8 | Julia Kreiner | Rudman et al. 2022 Direct observation of adaptive tracking on ecological time scales in Drosophila |
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