EES Seminar and Discussion Course 3, Winter Semester 14/15

Instructors Niels Dingemanse, Dirk Metzler

Presentations given in the seminar

Oct 13 Evolution of regulatory regions (Laura)

Long (Rosa):

The structure and evolution of cis-regulatory regions: the shavenbaby story By D.L. Stern and N. Frankel; Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 19, vol. 368

Short (Armin):

Assessing constraints on the path of regulatory sequence evolution. By: Glassford WJ, Rebeiz M., Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2013 Nov 11;368(1632):20130026. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0026.

Oct 27 Evolution of monogamy (Mark)

Long (Armin):

The Evolution of Social Monogamy in Mammals By: Lukas, D.; Clutton-Brock, T. H. SCIENCE Volume: 341, Issue: 6145, Pages: 526-530, Published: AUG 2 2013

Short (Jed):

Better stay together: pair bond duration increases individual fitness independent of age-related variation By: Sanchez-Macouzet, Oscar; Rodriguez, Cristina; Drummond, Hugh PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Volume: 281 Issue: 1786, Article Number: 20132843, Published: JUL 7 2014

Nov 3 Multilocus selection (Cen)

Long (Mark):

Regulatory gene networks that shape the development of adaptive phenotypic plasticity in a cichlid fish. By: Ralf F. Schneider, Yuanhao Li, Axel Meyer and Helen M. Gunter

Short (Raul):

Detecting genotypic changes associated with selective mortality at sea in Atlantic salmon: polygenic multilocus analysis surpasses genome scan By: Vincent Bourret, Mélanie Dionne and Louis Bernatchez

Nov 10 Evolutionary ecology of stress physiology (Jess)

Long (Laura):

Natural selection and glucocorticoid physiology By: Patterson, S. H.; Hahn, T. P.; Cornelius, J. M.; et al. JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY Volume: 27 Issue: 2 Pages: 259-274

Short (Raphael):

Endocrine phenotype, reproductive success and survival in the great tit, Parus major By: Ouyang, J. Q.; Sharp, P.; Quetting, M.; et al. JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY Volume: 26 Issue: 9 Pages: 1988-1998

Dec 1 Hybrid zones (Raul)

Long (Cen):

The genomic landscape underlying phenotypic integrity in the face of gene flow in crows. By: Poelstra et al.

Short (Rosa):

Hybridization and speciation. By: Abbott et al.

Dec 8 Ecology of sleep (Rosa)

Long (Jess):

Ecology and Neurophysiology of Sleep in Two Wild Sloth Species By: Voirin, Bryson; Scriba, Madeleine F.; Martinez-Gonzalez, Dolores; et al. SLEEP Volume: 37 Issue: 4 Pages: 753-761 Published: APR 1 2014

Short (Rae):

Predation and the phasing of sleep: an evolutionary individual-based model By: Acerbi, Alberto; Nunn, Charles L. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR Volume: 81 Issue: 4 Pages: 801-811 Published: APR 2011

Dec 15, at 4:00 pm (!) Evolution of personality (Rae)

Long (Jed):

On the Evolution of Personalities via Frequency-Dependent Selection By: Wolf, Max; McNamara, John M. AMERICAN NATURALIST Volume: 179 Issue: 6 Pages: 679-692 Published: JUN 2012

Short (Laura):

Animal personality aligns task specialization and task proficiency in a spider society By: Wright, Colin M.; Holbrook, C. Tate; Pruitt, Jonathan N. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Volume: 111 Issue: 26 Pages: 9533-9537 Published: JUL 1 2014

Jan 19 Evolution of heterozygote advantage (Raphael)

Long (Rae):

Heterozygote advantage as a natural consequence of adaptation in diploids. By: Sellis, Callahan, Petrova and Messer

Short (Jess)

Heterozygote Advantage in a Finite Population: Black Color in Wolves. By: Hedrick, Stahler and Dekker

Jan 26 Selection and speciation in tree species (Armin)

Long (Raul):

Understanding the spectacular failure of DNA barcoding in willows (Salix): Does this result from a trans-specific selective sweep? By Percy et al.

Short (Mark)

Detecting short spatial scale local adaptation and epistatic selection in climate-related candidate genes in European beech (Fagus sylvatica) populations. By: Csillery et al.

Feb 2 Extrapair paternity (Jed)

Long (Raphael):

Female and male genetic effects on offspring paternity: additive genetic (co)variances in female extra-pair reproduction and male paternity success in song sparrows (melospiza melodia) By: Reid, Jane M.; Arcese, Peter; Keller, Lukas F.; et al. EVOLUTION Volume: 68 Issue: 8 Pages: 2357-2370 Published: AUG 2014

Short (Cen):

Does hatching failure breed infidelity? By: Ihle, Malika; Kempenaers, Bart; Forstmeier, Wolfgang BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY Volume: 24 Issue: 1 Pages: 119-127 Published: JAN-FEB 2013

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