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Evolution@Vanderbilt

Journal Club

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SemesterDISCUSSION LEADERTOPICDATE
2023 SpringSam SchaffnerExtreme mitochondrial DNA divergence underlies genetic conflict over sex determination2023 03/10
2023 SpringChris AcreeMitochondrial DNA clones and matriarchal phylogeny within and among geographic populations of the pocket gopher, Geomys pinetis2023 03/03
2023 SpringJoan Strassmann SeminarMicrobial experimental evolution: social behavior, mutualism, and predator-prey interactions2023 02/24
2023 SpringWilliam McLaughlinAltruism and social cheating in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum2023 02/17
2023 SpringOwen HaleDynamics of adaptation and diversification: A 10,000-generation experiment with bacterial populations.2023 02/03
2023 SpringAudrey ArnerBoag and Grant 1981 - Finches2023 01/27
2023 SpringCharles Smith SeminarThe Life of Alfred Russel Wallace2023 01/20
2023 SpringAntonis RokasState of the Initiative2023 01/13
2022 FallZeer CenDoes diversity beget diversity in microbiomes?2022
2022 FallOwen HalePhylogenetic structure of the prokaryotic domain: The primary kingdoms2022
2022 FallSohini Ramachandran SeminarChallenges at the intersection of population and statistical genetics2022
2022 FallRosseirys de la RosaCounter the weaponization of genetics research by extremists2022
2022 FallThodoris DanisPhylogenies and the Comparative Model2022
2022 FallSarah WorthanSpatiotemporal microbial evolutionon antibiotic landscapes2022
2022 FallAudrey ArnerSelection Experiments on Industrial Melanismin the Lepidoptera2022
2022 FallAndrei OlaruGenome duplication, extinction and vertebrate evolution2022
2022 FallRachel RacicotEES Seminar2022
2022 FallReese MartinFrequent adaptation and the McDonald Kreitman test2022
2022 FallAlissa WilliamsAdaptive protein evolution at the Adh locus in Drosophila2022
2022 FallPaul DurstIntroductions2022
2022 SpringAntonis RokasIntroductions & E.O. Wilson (The Molecular Wars & NYTimes Obituary)2022
2022 SpringJay ClaytonThomas Huxley - Evolution and Ethics2022
2022 SpringAntonis Rokas, Larisa DeSantis, Neil Kelley, Tiffiny TungDarwin Day Discussion2022
2022 SpringJuan Carvajal GarcíaThe role of mutations in evolution - Link Here2022
2022 SpringEmily HudsonDoes evolutionary theory need a rethink? (LINK)2022
2022 SpringSimon DarrochOut of the Tropics: Evolutionary Dynamics of the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient2022
2022 SpringReese MartinOf parasites and men2022
2022 SpringChristina ChavezMolecular evolution meets the genomics revolution2022
2022 SpringAudrey ArnerThe apportionment of human diversity2022
2022 SpringOwen HaleChallenging the trade-off model for the evolution of virulence2022
2022 SpringThodoris DanisHomage to Santa Rosalia or Why are there so many kinds of animals?2022
2022 SpringCarl StoneMutation bias reflects natural selection in Arabidopsis thaliana2022
2021 FallAntonis RokasGould & Lewontin’s 1979 “The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme“2021
2021 FallAntonis RokasShubin, Tabin, & Carroll's 1997 "Fossils, genes and the evolution of animal limbs"2021
2021 FallSimon DarrochNewell’s (1967) Revolutions in the History of Life2021
2021 FallNicole CreanzaGrant et al. (1976) “Darwin’s finches: population variation and natural selection”2021
2021 FallPaul DurstKing & Jukes 1969 "Non-Darwinian Evolution"2021
2021 FallLarisa DeSantisDawkins & Krebs' 1979 "Arms races between and within species"2021
2021 FallAnn TateStearn's 1989 Trade-offs in life-history evolution2021
2021 FallMegan BehringerOhta's 1973 Slightly deleterious mutant substitutions in evolution2021
2021 FallAmanda LeaKing & Wilson's 1975 Evolution at two levels in humans and chimpanzees2021
2021 FallRachel Racicotde Queiroz's 1998 The General Lineage Concept of Species, Species Criteria, and the Process of Speciation2021