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Lecture Readings
Associate Professor Brian Murray
Professor Paul Rainey
Dr Howard Ross
Associate Professor Scott Baker
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Lectures by Associate Professor Brian Murray
Lecture 33
Lecture 35
- Levin, D. A. (2002). The Role of Chromosomal Change in Plant
Evolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Chapter
1.]
- Furlow, B. (2000). Stuff or nonsense? New Scientist, 166(September), 38-41.
- Beaton MJ & Cavalier-Smith T (1999) Eukaryotic non-coding DNA
is functional: evidence from differential scaling of cryptomonad
genomes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 266,
2053-2059.
- Bennett MD (1987) Variation in genomic form in plants and its
ecological implications. New Phytologist 106 (supplement):
177-200.
- Monaghan P, & Metcalfe NB (2000) Genome size and
longevity.
Trends in Genetics, 16, 331-332.
- Paterson, A. H., Bowers, J. E., Burow, M. D., Draye, X., Elsik, C.
G., Jiang, C.-X., et al. (2000). Comparative genomics of plant
chromosomes. The Plant Cell, 12, 1523-1539.
Lecture 38
- Soltis, D. E., & Soltis, P. S. (1993). Molecular data and the dynamic nature
of polyploidy. Critical Reviews in Plant Science, 12, 243-273. (pp.
243-256 ; pp. 257-273)
- Rieseberg, L. H. (1997). Hybrid origins of plant
species, Annual
Reviews of Ecology and Systematics, 28, 359-389.
Lectures by Professor Paul Rainey - Evolutionary Dynamics
Dynamics of Adaptation and Diversification I: Selection
- Bell, G. (1997). Selection
the Mechanism of Evolution. New York: Chapman & Hall.
- Lenski, R. E. & Travisano, M. (1994). Dynamics
of adaptation and diversification: A 10,000-generation experiment
with bacterial populations. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 91, 6808-14.
- Lenski, R. E. (1995). Evolution in experimental populations of
bacteria. In Population Genetics of Bacteria, pp. 193-215. Edited by
S. Baumberg, J. P. W. Young, E. M. H. Wellington & J. R.
Saunders. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Dynamics of Adaptation and Diversification II: Selection
- Bell, G. (1997). Selection
the Mechanism of Evolution. New York: Chapman & Hall.
- Cooper, V. S., Bennett, A. F. & Lenski, R. E. (2001).
Evolution of thermal dependence of growth rate of Escherichia coli
populations during 20,000 generations in a constant environment.
Evolution 55, 889-96.
- Lenski, R. E. (1995). Evolution in experimental populations of
bacteria. pp. 193-215. In
Baumberg, S., Young, J. P. W., Wellington, E. M. H., & Saunders,
J. R. (Eds.). (1995). Population Genetics of Bacteria. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Mongold, J. A., Bennett, A. F. & Lenski, R. E. (1999).
Evolutionary adaptation to temperature. VII. Extension of the upper
thermal limit of Escherichia coli. Evolution, 53, 386-94.
Dynamics of Adaptation and Diversification III: Repeatability
- Bell, G. (1997). Selection
the Mechanism of Evolution. New York: Chapman &
Hall.
- Douglas, K. (1999). Replaying life. New Scientist, 13th
February, 38-42.
- Rainey, P. B. (2003). On predictable evolution. New Scientist, 14th
June, 37.
- Rainey, P. B. & Travisano, M. (1998). Adaptive radiation in a
heterogeneous environment. Nature, 394, 69-72.
- Travisano, M., Mongold, J. A., Bennett, A. F. & Lenski, R. E.
(1995). Experimental tests of the roles of adaption, chance, and
history in evolution. Science, 267, 87-90.
Dynamics of Adaptation and Diversification IV: Mutators
- Bell, G. (1997). Selection:
the Mechanism of Evolution. New York: Chapman & Hall.
- Rainey, P. B. (1999). The economics of
mutation. Current Biology,
9, R371-R373.
- Sniegowski, P. D., Gerrish, P. J., & Lenski, R. E. (1997).
Evolution of high mutation rates in experimental populations of
Escherichia coli. Nature, 387, 703-705.
- Sniegowski, P. D., Gerrish, P. J., Johnson, T., & Shaver, A.
(2000). The evolution of mutation rates: separating causes from
consequences. Bioessays, 22, 1057-66. [Click on Full Text :
PDF]
- Taddei, F., Radman, M., Maynard-Smith, J., Toupance, B., Gouyan,
P. H., & Godelle, B. (1997). Role of mutator alleles in adaptive
evolution. Nature, 387, 700-02.
Lectures by Dr Howard Ross
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Baker,
A. J., Daugherty, C. H., Colborne, R., & McLennan, J. L. (1995).
Flightless
brown kiwis of New Zealand possess extremely subdivided population
structure and cryptic species like small mammals. Proceedings
of the National
Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 92,
8254-8258.
-
Baldauf,
S. L. (2003). Phylogeny
for the faint hearted: a tutorial. Trends
in Genetics, 19, 345-351.
- Forey, P. L., Humphries, C. J., Kitching, I. J., Scotland, R. W., Siebert,
D. J., & Williams, D. M. (1992). Cladistics:
a practical course in systematics. Oxford University Press:
Oxford. [pp. 3-13].
-
Lewis,
P. O. (2001). Phylogenetic
systems turns over a new leaf. Trends in
Ecology & Evolution, 16, 30-37.
- Mayr, E. (1982). The
growth of biological thought. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press.
[pp. 221-235].
-
Roca,
A. L., Georgiadis, N., Pecon-Slattery, J., & O’Brien, S. J. (2001).
Genetic
evidence for two species of elephant in Africa. Science, 293,
1473-1477.
- Sneath, P. H. A. & Sokal, R. R. (1973). Numerical
taxonomy: the principles and practice of numerical classification.
W. H. Freeman: San Francisco. [pp. 1-15, especially
pp.4-11].
Lectures by Associate Professor Scott Baker
Lecture 12 Supplemental reading
- Baker, A. N., Smith, A. N. H., & Pichler, F. B. (2002). Geographical
variation in Hector's dolphin: recognition of new subspecies of Cephalorhynchus
hectori. Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand, 32,
713-727.
- Rosenbaum, H., Clapham, P., Allen, J., Jenner, M. N., Jenner, C.,
Flórez-González, L., et al. (1995). Geographic variation in
ventral fluke pigmentation of humpback whale Megaptera
novaeangliae populations worldwide. Marine Ecology - Progress
Series, 124, 1-7.
Lecture 13: Supplemental reading
Lecture 15 Drift and Inbreeding: Supplemental reading
- O'Brien, S. J., Roelke, M. E., Marker, L., Newman, A., Winkler, C. A.,
Meltzer, D., et al. (1985).
Genetic
Basis for Species Vulnerability in the Cheetah. Science, 227, 1428-1434.
- Roman, J., & Palumbi, S. R. (2003). Whales
Before Whaling in the North Atlantic. Science, 301, 508-510.
Lab Readings
Course readings may only be used for the
University's educational purposes. You may print a copy for your own
use, but you may not make a further copy for any other purpose. You may
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Lab 1
Lab 2: PCR and RFLP
- Required Reading:
Kocher, T. D., Thomas, W. K., Meyer, A., Edwards, S. V., Pääbo,
S., Villablanca, F. X., et al. (1989). Dynamics
of mitochondrial DNA evolution in animals: amplification and
sequencing with conserved primers. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 86, 6196-6200.
- Useful Websites:
Lab 3: Restriction Enzymes
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