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Date

Presenter

Topic

Reading (* = papers to be read by everyone)

1

9/9

Organizational meeting

2

9/14

Open Discussion

The internet

3

9/23

Rob Unckless

Experimental Evolution

*Blount, Z.D., C.Z. Borland, R.E. Lenski. Historical contingency and the evolution of a key innovation in an experimental population of Escherichia coli. PNAS 105:7899-7906 |PDF|

4

9/30

Mahul Chakraborty

The Bacterial Flagellum

*Liu, R.Y. and H. Ochman. 2007. Stepwise formation of the bacterial flagellar system. PNAS 104:7116-7121. |PDF|

5

10/7

Rob Laport

Transitional Fossils

*Friedman, M. 2008. The evolutionary origin of flatfish asymmetry. Nature 454:209-212. |PDF|

7

10/14

Emily Landeen

Whale Evolution

*Shimamura, M. et al. 1997. Molecular evidence from retroposons that whales form a clade within even-toed ungulates. Nature 388:666-670. |PDF|

Sasaki, T. et al. 2005. Mitochondrial phylogenetics and evolution of mysticete whales. Systematic Biology 54:77-90. |PDF|

Nikaido, M. et al. 2006. Baleen Whale Phylogeny and a Past Extensive Radiation Event
Revealed by SINE Insertion Analysis. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23:866-879. |PDF|

8

10/21

Shanwu Tang

Snake Venom Evolution

*Fry, B. G. et al. 2006. Early evolution of the venom system in lizards
and snakes. Science 439:584-588. |PDF|

6

10/28

Yasir Ahmed

Phylogenetic Uncertainty

*Dunn, C. W. et al. 2008. Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of
the animal tree of life. Nature 452:745-750. |PDF|

9

11/4

Daniel Scantlebury

Tetrapod Evolution

*Coates, M. I., M. Ruta, and M. Friedman. 2008. Ever since Owen: changing perspectives on the early evolution of tetrapods. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 39:571-592. |PDF|

10

11/11

Jing Zhu

Molecular Clocks

*Worobey. M. et al. 2008. Direct evidence of extensive diversity of HIV-1 in Kinshasa by 1960. Nature 455:661-664. |PDF|

Drummond A.J., S.Y.W. Ho, M.J. Phillips, and A. Rambaut. 2006. Relaxed phylogenetics and dating with confidence. PLoS Biology 4:699-710. |PDF|

11

11/18

Leanne Lovato

Deep History of the Eukaryotic Genome

*Lynch M. 2005. The origins of eukaryotic gene structure. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23:450-468. |PDF|

12

11/25

Julienne Ng

Cambrian explosion

13

12/2

TBD

Open to Suggestions

14

12/9

TBD

Open to Suggestions

15

12/16

TBD

Open to Suggestions