Welcome to the Evolution Discussion Group (EDG) at the Zoology Department of the University of British Columbia.
Meetings are in BRC Room 224. Please wear a mask. For access join the listserv or the Zoom link to join EDG meetings, email ljmfong(at)zoology.ubc.ca
Meetings are Fridays at 13:00 (1 pm). Our purpose is to discuss recent research papers in evolutionary biology.
All graduate students, postdocs, and faculty interested in evolutionary biology are welcome. Feel free to bring your lunch.
For information about subscribing to the mailing list and previous papers discussed please see the bottom of this page
| Date | Presenter | Paper |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 12 | No EDG | Fear of Snow and the shutdown of Vancouver |
| Jan 19 | Lydia | Mulhair et al. 2023 Opsin Gene Duplication in Lepidoptera: Retrotransposition, Sex Linkage, and Gene Expression |
| Jan 26 | Bryn | Manyara et al. preprint Purifying Selection and Persistent Polymorphism among Nuclei in the Multinucleate Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Fungi |
| Feb 2 | Pass | Lydia is still very sick |
| Feb 9 | Tom Booker | Couce et al. 2024 Changing fitness effects of mutations through long-term bacterial evolution |
| Feb 16 | Wouter | Guillerme et al. 2023 Innovation and elaboration on the avian tree of life |
| Feb 23 | None | Reading Week! |
| Mar 1 | Asad | Walter et al. 2024 Environmental effects on genetic variance are likely to constrain adaptation in novel environments |
| Mar 8 | None | |
| Mar 15 | None | Lydia is out of town, sorry! |
| Mar 22 | None | Wellness Symposium Please come join us!!! |
| Mar 29 | No EDG!!!! | Good Friday |
| Apr 5 | Lydia | Sendell-Price et al. 2023 Low mutation rate in epaulette sharks is consistent with a slow rate of evolution in sharks |
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