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Revision as of 00:58, 14 November 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.
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Contents
- 1 Meeting time and place
- 2 Theme for Fall Semester 2008
- 3 Schedule for Fall Semester 2008
- 3.1 Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008:
- 3.2 Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
- 3.3 Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
- 3.4 Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
- 3.5 Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
- 3.6 Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
- 3.7 Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
- 3.8 Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
- 3.9 Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
- 3.10 Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
- 3.11 Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
- 3.12 Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
- 3.13 Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
- 3.14 Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
- 3.15 Some papers to pick from
- 4 Past Systematics Seminars
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
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Discussion leader: Christopher Owen
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Discussion leader: Karolina Fučíková
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Discussion leader: Nic Tippery
- Rabosky, 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
- Luthey-Schulten et al. 2008. Molecular signatures of ribosomal evolution. PNAS vol.105 no.37 13953-13958.
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Discussion leader: Chris Owen
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Discussion leader: Yu(Daniel) Fan
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Seminar postponed due to conflict with a popular Paleo Seminar.
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Discussion leader: Karolina Fucikova
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Discussion leader: Geert Goemans
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Discussion leader: Nic Tippery
Please forgive the bulk of papers I have selected for discussion. The large phylogeny papers are simply examples of implementing Phylogenetic Nomeclature, so focus only on the taxonomy and not the phylogenetics. There are two short papers that present two sides of a relatively recent PhyloCode debate, which may form the bulk of our discussion, so please focus on them. I have uploaded the bundle of pdfs to the Drop Box, in a zip file:
Summary of papers
Read these papers in their entirety:
- Pickett, K. M. 2005. The new and improved PhyloCode, now with types, ranks, and even polyphyly: a conference report from the First International Phylogenetic Nomenclature Meeting. Cladistics 21: 79-82.
- Laurin, M., K. de Queiroz, P. Cantino, N. Cellinese, and R. Olmstead. 2005. The PhyloCode, types, ranks and monophyly: a response to Pickett. Cladistics 21: 605-607.
Example of higher-level taxa (unranked, of course) in plants [the first paper is the phylogenetic taxonomy, and the second gives the complete phylogeny]:
- Stefanovic, S., D. F. Austin, and R. G. Olmstead. 2003. Classification of Convolvulaceae: A phylogenetic approach. Systematic Botany 28: 791-806.
- Stefanovic, S., L. Krueger, and R. G. Olmstead. 2002. Monophyly of the Convolvulaceae and circumscription of their major lineages based on DNA sequences of multiple chloroplast loci. American Journal of Botany 89: 1510-1522.
Example of an "incertae sedis" animal species:
- Dayrat, B. 2005. Advantages of naming species under the PhyloCode : An example of how a new species of Discodorididae (Mollusca , Gastropoda , Euthyneura , Nudibranchia , Doridina ) may be named. Marine Biology Research 1: 216-232.
In the interest of conservation, please avoid printing the phylogenetics papers unless you'll want them later; we'll have enough laptops to share phylogeny images at the meeting.
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Discussion leader: Beth Wade
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Discussion leader:
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Discussion leader:
Some papers to pick from