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This is the home page of the UConn EEB department's Systematics Seminar (EEB 6486). This is a graduate seminar devoted to issues of interest to graduate students and faculty who make up the systematics program at the University of Connecticut.  
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This is the home page of the UConn EEB department's Co-evolution Seminar, taking the place of the Systematics Seminar this semester (EEB 6486). This is a graduate seminar devoted to issues of interest to graduate students and faculty who make up the systematics program at the University of Connecticut.  
  
 
[[Systematics Listserv|Click here for information about joining and using the Systematics email list]]
 
[[Systematics Listserv|Click here for information about joining and using the Systematics email list]]
  
 
== Meeting time and place ==
 
== Meeting time and place ==
We are meeting this semester in the '''Bamford Room (TLS 171B) Tuesdays 4-5pm''' (except Sept. 6, when we will meet in TLS 154; see below)
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For the Spring 2015 semester, we are meeting in the '''Bamford Room (TLS 171B) Day/time TBD'''
  
== Schedule for Fall Semester 2011 ==
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=== Topics ===
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This seminar will be split between class meetings that emphasize phylogenetic underpinnings, tree comparisons, and reconciliation methods, with those focused on the evolutionary processes underlying co-evolutionary phenomena (as well as the forces and circumstances that, more often than not, prevent it from occurring). And while parasites will figure large in our readings and discussions, we will also explore insect-plant co-evolution, endosymbionts and other mutualisms, mimicry, and others.
Several themes were identified for this semester's Systematics Seminar. We will spend 2-3 weeks on each one.
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* Ancestral state reconstruction
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* Use of niche modeling in delimiting species
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* Informativeness of genes
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* Cryptic species
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=== Tuesday, September 6, 2011 ===
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=== Tuesday, 20 January 2015 ===
We will attend the special seminar by Chris Bird, an EEB BS alum and presently a postdoctoral associate at the University of Hawaii. The talk will be at '''4 pm in TLS 154''', and is entitled “Sympatric Speciation on the Seashore.
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At this meeting we will discuss possible themes for this semester's seminar, and determine the meeting time
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=== Tuesday, 27 January 2015 ===
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/Futuyma%20and%20Slatkin%201983.pdf}}Futuyma and Slatkin, 1983. Coevolution.
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/Janzen%201980.pdf}}Janzen, 1980. What is coevolution?
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/Ehrlich%20and%20Raven%201964.pdf}}Ehrlich and Raven, 1964. Butterflies and Plants: A Study in Coevolution.
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=== Tuesday, September 13, 2011 ===
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=== Monday, 8 September 2014 ===
Eric Schultz will lead a discussion of the following paper:
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/whitehead%202010%20evolution.pdf}}Whitehead, A. 2010. The evolutionary radiation of diverse osmotolerant physiologies in killifish (''Fundulus'' sp.). Evolution 64(7): 2070-2085. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.00957.x doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.00957.x].
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Note: you will need a user name and password to access the PDF above. These were sent out via the Systematics listserv on Sept. 6, 2011, but feel free to write to [mailto:paul.lewis@uconn.edu Paul Lewis] if you missed it.
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=== Tuesday, September 20, 2011 ===
 
Karolina Fu&#269;&iacute;kov&aacute; will lead a discussion of the following paper:
 
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/Laszlo%20et%20al%202010%20-%20shrooms.pdf}}Nagy et al. 2010. The evolution of autodigestion in the mushroom family Psathyrellaceae (Agaricales) inferred from Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian methods. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57:1037-1048.
 
  
=== Tuesday, September 27, 2011 ===
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=== Monday, 15 September 2014 ===
Chris Owen will lead a discussion of the following paper:
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/Syst%20Biol-2011-Tsang-616-29.pdf}}Tsang et al. 2011.pdf. Hermit to King, or Hermit to All: Multiple Transitions to Crab-like Forms from Hermit Crab Ancestors. Systematic Biology 60:616–629.
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I have also included the classic Cunningham et al. 1992 paper, which originally proposed the "Hermit to King" hypothesis (short and worth the read) and another paper from the Cunningham group that uses DNA and mtDNA gene rearrangements to explore the phylogeny of decapods and the evolution of the crab-like form.
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/Cunningham%20et%20al.%201992.pdf}}Cunningham et al. 1992.pdf. Evolution of king crabs from hermit crab ancestors. Nature 355:539-542.
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/MorrisonProcRoyB2002.pdf}}Morrison et al. 2002.pdf. Mitochondrial gene rearrangements confirm the parallel evolution of crab-like form. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 269:345-350.
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===Tuesday, October 4th, 2011===
 
Beth Timpe will lead a discussion of the following paper:
 
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/Pagel%20et%20al.%202004.pdf}} Pagel et al. 2004<br>
 
''Bayesian estimation of ancestral character states on phylogenies''. Syst. Biol. 53(5):673–684, 2004.<br><br>
 
  
===Tuesday, October 11th, 2011===
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=== Monday, 22 September 2014 ===
Don Les will lead a discussion of the following paper:
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/Paris1989.pdf}}Paris1989.pdf<br>
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''Cryptic Species, Species Delimitation, and Taxonomic Practice in the Homosporous Ferns''. American Fern Journal, Vol. 79, No. 2.<br><br>
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===Tuesday, October 18th, 2011===
 
  
Hamid Razifard will lead a discussion of the following paper:
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=== Monday, 29 September 2014 ===
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/Hay%20et%20al.%202010.%20Tuatara.pdf}}Hay et al. 2010. Tuatara.pdf<br>
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"Genetic diversity and taxonomy: a reassessment of species designation in tuatara (Sphenodon: Reptilia)". Conserv Genet (2010) 11:1063–1081.<br><br>
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The authors provide a good review of the previous studies (using allozymes, mtDNA) with conflicting results. They also provide a thorough analysis of all sampled tuatara populations using different techniques (microsats, mtDNA, and PCA on allozyme data obtained by others). The paper is good example of getting different results using different techniques, since the markers probably have different evolutionary history. Therefore, using various techniques (and not focusing on a few evidence from morphology, or molecular data) seems necessary for future taxonomic studies.
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===Tuesday, October 25th, 2011===
 
Ursula King will present some Les Lab research and will lead a discussion on cryptic speciation.
 
The following paper gives some background information:
 
  
Viinikka, Y. (1976) Najas marina L. (Najadaceae). Karyotypes, cultivation and morphological variation.Ann. Bo. Fennici 13, 119-131:
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=== Monday, 6 October 2014 ===
  
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/marina.pdf}}marina.pdf
 
  
===Tuesday, November 1st, 2011===
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=== Monday, 13 October 2014 ===
  
Russ Meister will lead a discussion on the following paper:
 
  
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/Co-Cladogenesis%20spanning%20three%20phyla%20%28Moran%202006%29.pdf}}Co-Cladogenesis spanning three phyla (Moran 2006).pdf
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=== Monday, 20 October 2014 ===
  
And possibly talk about his proposed doctorate work.
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=== Monday, 27 October 2014 ===
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=== Monday, 3 November 2014 ===
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=== Monday, 10 November 2014 ===
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=== Monday, 17 November 2014 ===
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=== Monday, 1 December 2014===
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== Past Systematics Seminars ==
 
== Past Systematics Seminars ==
* [http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/wiki/index.php/Statistical_phylogeography  Spring 2010] (we joined Kent Holsinger's seminar on Statistical Phylogeography this semester)
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* [[Systematics Seminar Fall 2014|Fall 2014]]
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* [[Systematics Seminar Fall 2013|Fall 2013]]
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* [[Systematics Seminar Spring 2012|Spring 2012]]
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* [[Systematics Seminar Fall 2011|Fall 2011]]
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* [http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/wiki/index.php/Statistical_phylogeography  Spring 2011] (we joined Kent Holsinger's seminar on Statistical Phylogeography this semester)
 
* [[Systematics Seminar Fall 2010|Fall 2010]]
 
* [[Systematics Seminar Fall 2010|Fall 2010]]
 
* [[Systematics Seminar Spring 2010|Spring 2010]]
 
* [[Systematics Seminar Spring 2010|Spring 2010]]

Revision as of 19:25, 23 January 2015

This is the home page of the UConn EEB department's Co-evolution Seminar, taking the place of the Systematics Seminar this semester (EEB 6486). This is a graduate seminar devoted to issues of interest to graduate students and faculty who make up the systematics program at the University of Connecticut.

Click here for information about joining and using the Systematics email list

Meeting time and place

For the Spring 2015 semester, we are meeting in the Bamford Room (TLS 171B) Day/time TBD

Topics

This seminar will be split between class meetings that emphasize phylogenetic underpinnings, tree comparisons, and reconciliation methods, with those focused on the evolutionary processes underlying co-evolutionary phenomena (as well as the forces and circumstances that, more often than not, prevent it from occurring). And while parasites will figure large in our readings and discussions, we will also explore insect-plant co-evolution, endosymbionts and other mutualisms, mimicry, and others.

Tuesday, 20 January 2015

At this meeting we will discuss possible themes for this semester's seminar, and determine the meeting time

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Pdficon small.gifFutuyma and Slatkin, 1983. Coevolution.
Pdficon small.gifJanzen, 1980. What is coevolution?
Pdficon small.gifEhrlich and Raven, 1964. Butterflies and Plants: A Study in Coevolution.

Past Systematics Seminars