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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/DNADiatoms.pdf}} Amato et al. 2007, a paper on cryptic species in Diatoms
 
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/DNADiatoms.pdf}} Amato et al. 2007, a paper on cryptic species in Diatoms
  
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Revision as of 20:06, 21 October 2008

This is the home page of the UConn EEB department's Systematics Seminar. 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

We are meeting this semester in the Bamford Room (TLS 171) Tuesdays 4-5pm.

Theme for Fall Semester 2008

We've agreed to start the semester with some articles on molecular dating, then spend a couple of weeks on taxonomy papers, and possibly read a revised version of David Baum's tree thinking book. If you are interested in leading a particular week's discussion, please sign up below.

Schedule for Fall Semester 2008

Note: the papers linked here require a user name and password to access. If you have forgotten the user name and/or password, contact Paul Lewis. If you want to upload a PDF file for an upcoming discussion, use the Systematics Seminar PDF upload form. Uploading PDFs requires the same user name and password as viewing PDFs.

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008:

Discussion leader: Elizabeth Wade

Pdficon small.gifDrummond & Rambaut 2007.pdf
Pdficon small.gifMolecular Dating Review (for more background info)

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Discussion leader: Christopher Owen

Pdficon small.gifLepage et al. 2007

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Discussion leader: Karolina Fučíková

Pdficon small.gifHines, H. 2008.
Pdficon small.gifCameron 2007 (for more info on the original phylogeny)

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Discussion leader: Nic Tippery

Pdficon small.gifRabosky, D. L. and I. J. Lovette. 2008. Explosive evolutionary radiations: Decreasing speciation or increasing extinction through time? Evolution 62-8: 1866-1875.

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Discussion leader: Yu(Daniel) Fan

Pdficon small.gifLuthey-Schulten et al. 2008. Molecular signatures of ribosomal evolution. PNAS vol.105 no.37 13953-13958.

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Discussion leader: Chris Owen

Pdficon small.gifBond and Stockman 2008

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Discussion leader: Yu(Daniel) Fan

Pdficon small.gifLuke Harmon et al. 2008

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Seminar postponed due to conflict with a popular Paleo Seminar.

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Discussion leader: Karolina Fucikova

Pdficon small.gif Amato et al. 2007, a paper on cryptic species in Diatoms


Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

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Some papers to pick from

Pdficon small.gif Britton et al. 2007
Pdficon small.gifBurbrink & Pyron 2008



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