Systematic Biology Seminar (BIOS 915z)

"To discover, describe, and explain the diversity in the biological world"

A forum for the discussion of recent articles, ideas, manuscripts in preparation, grant proposals, and anything related to systematic biology (oficially a 1-credit seminar course BIOS 915Z Section 001). Open to all students and faculty. Organized by Guillermo Orti, Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences (gorti1@unl.edu). Meetings are at 316 Manter Hall, every Wednesday, 1:00-2:00 pm.

Spring - Summer 2008

"Update on Molecular phylogenetic approaches "

Date	Who	Topic (paper)
30 Apr	Chenhong	Hines, H. 2008. Historical Biogeography, Divergence Times, and Diversification Patterns of Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus). Syst. Biol. 57: 58–75
7 May	G.O.	Near and Sanderson (2004) Assessing the quality of molecular divergence time estimates by fossil calibrations and fossil-based model selection. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 359: 1477–1483
14 May	Jeremy	Hug and Roger 2007. The Impact of Fossils and Taxon Sampling on Ancient Molecular Dating Analyses. Mol. Biol. Evol. 24(8):1889–1897. Benton and Donoghue. 2007 Paleontological Evidence to Date the Tree of Life. Mol. Biol. Evol. 24(1):26–53
21 May	Cal	Noonan, B.P. and P. Gaucher 2006. Refugial isolation and secondary contact in the dyeing poison frog Dendrobates tinctorius Molecular Ecology 15: 4425–4435
28 May	Luis	Linnen, C.R. and B.D. Farrell 2007. Mitonuclear Discordance Is Caused Byrampant Mitochondrial Introgression In Neodiprion (Hymenoptera:Diprionidae) Sawflies. Evolution 61-6: 1417–1438
4 Jun	Stu	Good et al. 2008. Ancient hybridization and mitochondrial capture between two species of chipmunks. Molecular Ecology 17, 1313–1327
11 Jun	Chenhong	Bowie et al 2006. Coalescent models reveal the relative roles of ancestralpolymorphism, vicariance, and dispersal in shaping phylogeographical structure of an African montane forest robin. MPE 38: 171–188
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