Seminar and Discussion 3 / Hot topics in evolution, ecology and systematics, WS09/10

Instructors Prof. Dr. Susanne Foitzik, Prof. Dr. Dirk Metzler

Topics of presentations given in the seminar

Group selection

Oct 26: [GG09]

Gardner, A. and A. Grafen. Capturing the superorganism: a formal theory of group adaptation.. J Evol Biol, 22(4):659-71, 2009.

Nov 2: [LFPJ09]

Linksvayer, T. A., M. K. Fondrk and R. E. Page Jr. Honeybee Social Regulatory Networks Are Shaped by Colony-Level Selection.. Am Nat, 2009.

Evolution of cooperation

Nov 9: [GFM+07]

Gilbert, O. M., K. R. Foster, N. J. Mehdiabadi, J. E. Strassmann and D. C. Queller. High relatedness maintains multicellular cooperation in a social amoeba by controlling cheater mutants.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 104(21):8913-7, 2007.

Nov 16: [Arc09]

Archetti, M. Evidence from the domestication of apple for the maintenance of autumn colours by coevolution.. Proc Biol Sci, 276(1667):2575-80, 2009.

Nov 23: [RGB+09]

Ross-Gillespie, A., A. Gardner, A. Buckling, S. A. West and A. S. Griffin. Density dependence and cooperation: theory and a test with bacteria.. Evolution, 63(9):2315-25, 2009.
supplementary material

Nov 30: [AOW+09]

Antal, T., H. Ohtsuki, J. Wakeley, P. D. Taylor and M. A. Nowak. Evolution of cooperation by phenotypic similarity.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 106(21):8597-600, 2009.
supplementary material

Host-parasite coevolution

Dec 7: [HKJ+07]

Hughes, J., M. Kennedy, K. P. Johnson, R. L. Palma and R. D. Page. Multiple cophylogenetic analyses reveal frequent cospeciation between pelecaniform birds and Pectinopygus lice.. Syst Biol, 56(2):232-51, 2007.

Dez 14: [MSD+09]

McNamara, J. M., P. A. Stephens, S. R. Dall and A. I. Houston. Evolution of trust and trustworthiness: social awareness favours personality differences.. Proc Biol Sci, 276(1657):605-13, 2009.

Jan 11: [WGW09]

Wild, G., A. Gardner and S. A. West. Adaptation and the evolution of parasite virulence in a connected world.. Nature, 459(7249):983-6, 2009.
supplementary material

Jan 18: [DMD+09]

Dionne, M., K. M. Miller, J. J. Dodson and L. Bernatchez. MHC standing genetic variation and pathogen resistance in wild Atlantic salmon.. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 364(1523):1555-65, 2009.

From parasitism to sex and back

Jan 25: [JDL09 ]

Jokela, J., M. F. Dybdahl and C. M. Lively. The maintenance of sex, clonal dynamics, and host-parasite coevolution in a mixed population of sexual and asexual snails.. Am Nat, 174 Suppl 1:S43-53, 2009.

Feb 1: [SKB09]

Salathe, M., R. D. Kouyos and S. Bonhoeffer. On the causes of selection for recombination underlying the red queen hypothesis.. Am Nat, 174 Suppl 1:S31-42, 2009.

Feb 8: [PR09]

Pruitt, J.N. and S.E. Riechert. Sex matters: sexually dimorphic fitness consequences of a behavioural syndrome. Animal Behaviour, 78:175-181, 2009.

Feb 15: [KHR08]

Kokko, H., K. U. Heubel and D. J. Rankin. How populations persist when asexuality requires sex: the spatial dynamics of coping with sperm parasites.. Proc Biol Sci, 275(1636):817-25, 2008.

More articles, books, review articles, opinions,...

[BMVA07]

Bijma, P., W. M. Muir and J. A. Van Arendonk. Multilevel selection 1: Quantitative genetics of inheritance and response to selection.. Genetics, 175(1):277-88, 2007.

[BME+07]

Bijma, P., W. M. Muir, E. D. Ellen, J. B. Wolf and J. A. Van Arendonk. Multilevel selection 2: Estimating the genetic parameters determining inheritance and response to selection.. Genetics, 175(1):289-99, 2007.

[Daw76]

Dawkins, R. The selfish gene, 1976. Oxford University Press, 1976.

[Daw07]

Dawkins, R. Genes still central. NewScientist, 2634, 2007.

[Daw08]

Dawkins, R. Comment: The group delusion. NewScientist, 2638, 2008.

[EB09]

Engelstadter, J. and S. Bonhoeffer. Red Queen dynamics with non-standard fitness interactions.. PLoS Comput Biol, 5(8):e1000469, 2009.

[HW07]

Hadfield, J. D. and A. J. Wilson. Multilevel selection 3: modeling the effects of interacting individuals as a function of group size.. Genetics, 177(1):667-8, 2007.

[HSQ+09]

Hommola, K., J. E. Smith, Y. Qiu and W. R. Gilks. A permutation test of host-parasite cospeciation.. Mol Biol Evol, 26(7):1457-68, 2009.

[MBF+08]

McNamara, J. M., Z. Barta, L. Fromhage and A. I. Houston. The coevolution of choosiness and cooperation.. Nature, 451(7175):189-92, 2008.

[Now06]

Nowak, M. A. Five rules for the evolution of cooperation.. Science, 314(5805):1560-3, 2006.

[Pen09]

Pennisi, E. Origins. On the origin of cooperation.. Science, 325(5945):1196-9, 2009.

[RH07]

Reeve, H. K. and B. Hölldobler. The emergence of a superorganism through intergroup competition.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 104(23):9736-40, 2007.

[SHM09]

Sih, A., S.F. Hanser and K.A. McHugh. Social network theory: new insights and issues for behavioral ecologists. Behav Ecol Sociobiol, 63:975-988, 2009.

[SKB08]

Salathe, M., R. D. Kouyos and S. Bonhoeffer. The state of affairs in the kingdom of the Red Queen.. Trends Ecol Evol, 23(8):439-45, 2008.

[SGJ+07]

Schauber, E. M., B. J. Goodwin, C. G. Jones and R. S. Ostfeld. Spatial selection and inheritance: applying evolutionary concepts to population dynamics in heterogeneous space.. Ecology, 88(5):1112-8, 2007.

[WGG07] S

West, S. A., A. S. Griffin and A. Gardner. Social semantics: altruism, cooperation, mutualism, strong reciprocity and group selection.. J Evol Biol, 20(2):415-32, 2007.

[WGG07]

West, S. A., A. S. Griffin and A. Gardner. Evolutionary explanations for cooperation.. Curr Biol, 17(16):R661-72, 2007.

[WH05a]

Wilson, E. O. and B. Hölldobler. Eusociality: origin and consequences.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 102(38):13367-71, 2005.

[WH05b]

Wilson, E. O. and B. Hölldobler. The rise of the ants: a phylogenetic and ecological explanation.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 102(21):7411-4, 2005.

[WW07]

Wilson, D.S. and E.O. Wilson. Rethinking the Theoretical Foundation of Sociobiology. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 82(4), 2007.

[WW08]

Wilson, D.S. and E.O. Wilson. Evolution "for the Good of the Group". American Scientist, 96(5):380-389, 2008.

[Wil05]

Wilson, E.O. Kin Selection as the Key to Altruism: Its Rise and Fall. Social Research, 72:159-168, 2005.

Announcement in official LMU course overview