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− | |Nov 30 ||Nomenclature<br/>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/Nomenclature%202009.pdf}}Nomenclature 2009.pdf||{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/Berenbaum%20Article.pdf}}Berenbaum Article.pdf<br/>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/Conniff%20article.pdf}}Conniff article.pdf<br/>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/Gould_Bully%20for%20Bront.pdf}}Gould_Bully for Bront.pdf||rowspan="3"|Mesquite: Ancestral States Reconstruction
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− | |Dec 11 ||Special topic: Biodiversity crisis and future of systematics<br/>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/Conservation_and_Systematics.pdf}}Conservation and Systematics.pdf<br/>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/Looking%20Ahead%202009.pdf}}||
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− | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/Increase%20in%20bird%20species.pdf}}Does the choice of species concept result in an increase in bird species?.pdf {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/Bond%20and%20Stockman%202008.pdf}}Method for delimiting Cohesion speceis.pdf
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− | |DNA Barcodes||{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/elias%202007.pdf}}Elias et al. 2007.pdf {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/Barcoding%20Leps%20of%20Costa%20Rica%20Guanacaste%20red.%20Janzen%20et%20al.pdf}}Janzen et al 2005.pdf {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/TenReasonsBarcoding.pdf}}Ten Reasons For Barcoding.pdf {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/Will%20%26%20Rubinoff%202004.pdf}}Will & Rubinoff 2004.pdf {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/Hebert%20and%20Gregory%202005.pdf}}Hebert and Gregory 2005.pdf<br/>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/PLoS_PromisesAndPitfalls.pdf}}Moritz and Cicero 2004.pdf {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/Hebert_et_al_2003_DNABarcodes.pdf}}Hebert et al.2003.pdf {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/PLoS_Birds_Hebert_et_al_2004.pdf}}PLoS_Birds_Hebert et al. 2004.pdf
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− | Janzen et al., 2009. Integration of DNA barcoding into an ongoing inventory of complex tropical biodiversity. Molecular Ecology Resources 9(supplement 1):1-26. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02628.x/abstract
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− | <br/>Janzen and Hallwachs 2011 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0018123
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− | <br/>Joly et al. 2013, Ecology in the age of DNA barcoding: the resource, the promise, and the challenges ahead {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Jolyetal.2013.pdf}}
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− | =='''Term paper'''==
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− | Each student will be required to prepare a paper that will be due on December 2nd. Styles that have been adopted in the past include (1) a literature review
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− | that could be incorporated into a thesis chapter or (2) an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant proposal. Another angle would be to (3) review a subject relevant to systematic theory or methodology. If you are considering the DDIG option this year's Dissertation Improvement Grants will be due on October 10th, 2013. Visit http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5234 htm
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− | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematics/restricted/Funding%20for%20biodiversity%20and%20taxonomy%202010.pdf}}Funding for biodiversity and taxonomy 2010.pdf
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− | 7 October, 2013: Paper Topic Due<br/>
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− | 14 October, 2013: Brief Outline with 5 references<br/>
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− | 14 October, 2013: Midterm<br/>
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− | 11 November, 2013: First draft due (May change)<br/>
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− | 7 December, 2013: Paper due (May change)<br/>
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− | [[Category:EEB Courses]]
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− | EEB5347 website from 2011 (http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB5347_2011)
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There is no assigned text. Generally you can expect one or two readings to be assigned for each lecture. Most readings will be available as PDFs, downloadable from the course website.
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Topics
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Reading/Assignment
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Lab
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Aug 28 |
Organizational meeting |
Hubbell Reading |
Dave away in Fort Collins Introduction to McCarthy Room; Collections tour with Dr. Jane O'Donnell; Species concept discussion and letter to yourself
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Aug 30 |
An introduction to biological systematics; The many roles of biological systematics and collections |
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Sep 1 |
Species definitions & species intermediacy
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Templeton (1989)
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Sep 4 |
Labor Day, No class |
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Kevin away in Mexico Babbidge Library resources; taxonomic literature
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Sept 6 |
Species definitions & species intermediacy
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Finish reading/reread Templeton from Friday
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Sept 8 |
Lab, Meet in library Room EC1, walking in through the main entrance, go straight back and up to level 1, then see this map (http://www.lib.uconn.edu/maps/Level1EC12013.pdf), you will be coming out of the stairs in the center of the map |
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Sept 11 |
Species definitions & species intermediacy; start variation within species |
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Taxonomic resources: key websites; taxonomy exercise. BioBlitz in Stamford. Online Resource List
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Sept 13 |
Subspecies and geographic variation |
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Sept 15 |
lab |
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Sept 18 |
Variation within a genotype: ontogeny & phenotypic plasticity |
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Lab: Alpha taxonomy: finding taxonomic characters & keys; descriptions and diagnoses; taxonomic cybertools for alpha taxonomy and phylogenetics (Wagner away on Friday)
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Sept 20 |
Supraspecific taxa |
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Sept 22 |
lab |
lab
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Sept 25 |
Supraspecific taxa |
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Lab: Describing and diagnosing species; specimen/museum databases; Taxonomic cybertools: DELTA, MANTIS, Mesquite & others (Wagner away)
Phylogenetic inference
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Sept 27 |
Phylogenetic inference: mostly a historical overview |
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Sept 29 |
lab |
lab
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Oct 2 |
Trees and characters: types of dendrograms, rooting and polarization |
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Lab: Mesquite II, Parsimony???
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Oct 4 |
Taxonomic characters: polarity, outgroups, order, weighting, and step matrices |
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Oct 6 |
lab |
lab
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Oct 9 |
Parsimony; tree searches; tree statistics |
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Lab: Trip to American Museum of Natural History and Bronx Zoo in NYC!!!
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Oct 11 |
Midterm exam |
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Oct 13 |
Head to NYC |
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Oct 16 |
Maximum likelihood (lecture by Lewis; Wagner away) |
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Lab: likelihood (Garli and/or RAxML) and Bayesian analyses
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Oct 18 |
Bayesian inference (lecture by Lewis; Wagner away) |
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Oct 20 |
lab |
lab
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Oct 23 |
Tree reliability, sensitivity, and support measures I |
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Lab: Tree reliability and measures (Meet in McCarthy Room, 4th floor TLS)
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Oct 25 |
Tree reliability, sensitivity, and support measures II |
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Oct 27 |
Lab |
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Oct 30 |
Multivariate and distance methods |
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Lab: neighbor-joining and correcting distance data (Meet in McCarthy Room, 4th floor TLS)
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Nov 1 |
Bayesian inference (Lewis Guest Lecture) |
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Nov 3 |
lab |
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Nov 6 |
Molecular systematics in animals (Simon) (Wagner in Denver) |
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Lab: PAUP*: ModelTest; molecular clocks; AIC et al. (Meet in McCarthy Room, 4th floor TLS)
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Nov 8 |
Molecular systematics in plants (Les) |
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Nov 10 |
lab |
lab
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Nov 13 |
Data partitions; consensus; comparing trees |
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Lab: Find and analyze your own data set; COI problem (Meet in McCarthy Room, 4th floor TLS)
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Nov 15 |
DNA barcoding |
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Nov 17 |
Lab |
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Nov 20 |
Thanksiving |
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Nov 22 |
Thanksiving |
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Nov 24 |
Thanksiving |
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Nov 27 |
Thanksgiving Recess |
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Thanksgiving Recess, Do NOT meet in McCarthy Room
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Nov 29 |
Thanksgiving Recess |
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Dec 1 |
Thanksgiving Recess |
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Dec 4 |
Special topic: Nomenclature 2 |
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No lab this week DO NOT Meet in McCarthy Room
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Dec 6 |
Special topic: Taxonomic collections |
Mares 2009 Thomson 2005 BioScience (http://www.actionbioscience.org/evolution/thomson.html)
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Dec 8 |
Special topic: Phylogenetic trees & evolutionary processes |
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Dec circa 15 |
Final: 8-11 AM (Bamford) |
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