Evolution discussion group

Welcome to the Evolution Discussion Group (EDG) at the Zoology Department of the University of British Columbia.

Meetings are in BRC Room 224. Please wear a mask. For access join the listserv or the Zoom link to join EDG meetings, email ljmfong(at)zoology.ubc.ca

Meetings are Fridays at 13:00 (1 pm). 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

Current schedule

Date Presenter Paper
Jan 12 No EDG Fear of Snow and the shutdown of Vancouver
Jan 19 Lydia Mulhair et al. 2023 Opsin Gene Duplication in Lepidoptera: Retrotransposition, Sex Linkage, and Gene Expression
Jan 26 Bryn Manyara et al. preprint Purifying Selection and Persistent Polymorphism among Nuclei in the Multinucleate Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Fungi
Feb 2 Pass Lydia is still very sick
Feb 9 Tom Booker Couce et al. 2024 Changing fitness effects of mutations through long-term bacterial evolution
Feb 16 Wouter Guillerme et al. 2023 Innovation and elaboration on the avian tree of life
Feb 23 None Reading Week!
Mar 1 Asad Walter et al. 2024 Environmental effects on genetic variance are likely to constrain adaptation in novel environments
Mar 8 None
Mar 15 None Lydia is out of town, sorry!
Mar 22 None Wellness Symposium Please come join us!!!
Mar 29 No EDG!!!! Good Friday
Apr 5 Lydia Sendell-Price et al. 2023 Low mutation rate in epaulette sharks is consistent with a slow rate of evolution in sharks

Suggested Papers

  • Google Doc of Suggested Papers.
  • Mailing list information

    The email address for edg is: zoology-edg@lists.ubc.ca

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    Questions?

    Email ljmfong(at)zoology.ubc.ca

    Other information

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