The programme:
15. May 2024: Anna Lotta Hillos (CEG)
Odle et al. 2020. Pacific marine gregarines (Apicomplexa) shed light on biogeographic speciation patterns and novel diversity among early apicomplexans. European Journal of Protistology 94: 126080.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0932473924000300#b0325
17. April 2024: Michael Matschiner (SERG)
Stiller et al. 2024. Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes. Nature.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07323-1
03. April 2024: Enrico Perlini (CEG)
Rey-Iglesias et al. 2020. Mitogenomics of the endangered Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) reveals dramatic loss of diversity and supports historical gene-flow between Atlantic and eastern Mediterranean populations. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191: 1147–1159.
https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa084
20. March 2024: Torsten H. Struck (CEG)
Lewin et al. 2024. Fusion, fission, and scrambling of the bilaterian genome in Bryozoa. bioRxiv.
https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.15.580425
06. March 2024: James Fleming (CEG)
Wright et al. 2024. Comparative genomics reveals the dynamics of chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera. Nature Ecology and Evolution.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02329-4
21. February 2024: Mali Hamre Ramsfjell (EPA)
Robinson et al. 2023. Intra-colony venom diversity contributes to maintaining eusociality in a cooperatively breeding ant. BMC Biology 21: 5
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-022-01507-9
07. February 2024: Marvin Choquet (CEG)
Lebherz et al. 2023. DNA Transposons favour de novo transcripts emergence through enrichment of transcription factor binding motifs. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.03.560692
24. January 2024: Vladimir Gusarov (CEG)
Bracewell et al. 2023. Sex chromosome evolution in beetles. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.18.524646
10. January 2024: Marianne Nilsen Haugen (CEG)
French et al. 2023. Global determinants of insect mitochondrialgenetic diversity. Nature Communications 14: 5276. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40936-0
13. December 2023: Marvin Choquet (FEZ)
Gerdol et al. 2020. Massive gene presence-absence variation shapes an open pan-genome in the Mediterranean mussel. Genome Biology 21: 275. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-020-02180-3
06. December 2023: cancelled due to sickness
29. November 2023: cancelled due to sickness
22. November 2023: Anna Lotta Hillos (FEZ)
Brian 2023. Parasites in biodiversity conservation: friend or foe? Trends in Parasitology 39: 618-621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2023.05.005
15. November 2023: Mali Hamre Ramsfjell (EPA)
Robinson et al. 2023. Intra-colony venom diversity contributes to maintaining eusociality in a cooperatively breeding ant. BMC Biology 21: 5. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-022-01507-9
08. November 2023: Alberto Valero Gracia (FEZ)
Nilsson 2021. The Diversity of Eyes and Vision. Annual Review of Vision Science 7:19-41. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-vision-121820-074736
01. November 2023: Torsten H. Struck (FEZ)
Anderson et al. 2023. Fossilisation processes and our reading of animal antiquity. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 38: 1060-1071. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534723001374
25. October 2023: Sunniva Løviknes (FEZ)
Fonseca et al. 2022. Metabarcoding the Antarctic Peninsula biodiversity using a multi-gene approach. ISME COMMUN. 2: 37. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43705-022-00118-3
18. October 2023: Benedicte Garmann-Aarhus (SERG)
Lau et al. 2023. Genomic evidence for West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse during the Last Interglacial Period. bioRxiv. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.29.525778v1
11. October 2023: Pia Merete Eriksen (FEZ)
Schultz et al. 2023. Ancient gene linkages support ctenophores as sister to other animals. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05936-6
04. October 2023: Vladimir Gusarov (FEZ)
Löbl et al. 2023. The Silent Extinction of Species and Taxonomists—An Appeal to Science Policymakers and Legislators, Diversity 15: 1053. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15101053
27. September 2023: Carolann R. Schack (EPA)
Munroi et al. 2022. Evolution of Gene Expression across Species and Specialized Zooids in Siphonophor, Molecular Biology Evolution 39: msac027. https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/39/2/msac027/6521037
20. September 2023: Lutz Bachmann (FEZ)
D’Bastiani et al. 2023. Effect of Host-Switching on the Ecological and Evolutionary Patterns of Parasites, Systematic Biology 72: 912–924. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syad022
13. September 2023: Marion Thaureau (EPA)
Li et al. 2018. Microevolutionary processes impact macroevolutionary patterns. BMC Evolutionary Biology 18: 123. https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-018-1236-8
30. August 2023: James G. Saulsbury (EPA)
Caetano & Quental 2023. How Important Is Budding Speciation for Comparative Studies? Systematic Biology, syad050. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syad050
23. August 2023: Meghan Balk (EPA)
Farina et al. 2023. Dollo meets Bergmann: morphological evolution in secondary aquatic mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society. B.29020231099. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1099
16. August 2023: general discussion
We will discuss various recent contributions to Nature Ecology and Evolution (2023) on Eponyms
- Guedes et al. Eponyms have no place in 21st-century biological nomenclature. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02022-y
- Antonelli et al. People-inspired names remain valuable. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02108-7
- Mabele et al. Disrupting the epistemic empire is necessary for a decolonial ecology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02105-w
- Jost. et al. Eponyms are important tools for biologists in the Global South. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02102-z
- Roksandic et al. Change in biological nomenclature is overdue and possible. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02104-x
- Orr et al. Inclusive and productive ways forward needed for species-naming conventions. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02103-y
- Thiele. Some, but not all, eponyms should be disallowed. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02106-9
09. August 2023: Marianne Nilsen Haugen (FEZ)
Balart-Garcia et al. 2023. Parallel and convergent genomic changes underlie independent subterranean colonization across beetles Nature Communications 14: 3842. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39603-1
02. August 2023: Michael Matschiner (SERG)
Yamaguchi et al. 2022. The Phoenix hypothesis of speciation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289: 20221186. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1186
SUMMER BREAK
28. June 2023: summer party
Shared journal club with the SERG group
21. June 2023: Becky Cramer (SERG)
Rigal et al. 2023. Farmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120: e2216573120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2216573120
14. June 2023: James Fleming (FEZ)
David & Halanych 2023. Unsupervised Deep Learning Can Identify Protein Functional Groups from Unaligned Sequences. Genome Biology and Evolution 15: evad084. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad084
07. June 2023: Fabrizia Nina Ronco (SERG)
Parey et al. 2023. Genome structures resolve the early diversification of teleost fishes. Science 379, 572–575. https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.abq4257
31. May 2023: Mael A. Grosse (FEZ)
Dias & Sukumaran 2023. Are genomic indices effective alternatives to morphology based benthic indices in biomonitoring studies? Perspectives from a major harbour and marine protected area. Marine Pollution Bulletin 187: 114586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114586
24. May 2023: Torsten H. Struck (FEZ)
Schultz et al. 2023. Ancient gene linkages support ctenophores as sister to other animals. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05936-6
10. May 2023: Lutz Bachmann (FEZ)
Schrader & Schmitz. 2019. The impact of transposable elements in adaptive evolution. Molecular Ecology 28: 1537-1549. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14794
03. May 2023: Mali Hamre Ramsfjell (EPA)
Nelsen et al. 2023. Macroecological diversification of ants is linked to angiosperm evolution. Evolution Letters 7: 79–87. https://academic.oup.com/evlett/article/7/2/79/7081456
26. April 2023: Torsten H. Struck (FEZ)
Davinack 2023. Can ChatGPT be leveraged for taxonomic investigations? Potential and limitations of a new technology. ZooTaxa 5270: 347–350. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5270.2.12
19. April 2023: Alberto Valero Gracia (FEZ)
Budd & Mann. 2020. The dynamics of stem and crown groups. Science Advances 6, eaaz1626 https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.aaz1626
12. April 2023: Marvin Choquet (FEZ)
Choo et al. 2023. Genome-wide phylogeography reveals cryptic speciation in the circumglobal planktonic calcifier Limacina bulimoides. Molecular Ecology. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.16931
!! HAPPY EASTER - the seminar will take a break !!
22. March 2023: Angelica Maria Cuevas Pulido (EPA)
Bergeron et al. 2023. Evolution of the germline mutation rate across vertebrates. Nature.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05752-y
15. March 2023: James Fleming (FEZ)
Lara et al. 2023. Genome-Scale Analysis Reveals Extensive Diversification of Voltage-Gated K+ Channels in Stem Cnidarians. Genome Biology and Evolution 15. https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/15/3/evad009/6994550
08. March 2023: Carolann R. Schack (EPA)
Rhoda et al. 2023. Diversification of the ruminant skull along an evolutionary line of least resistance. Science Advances 9. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade8929
01. March 2023: Ana Capucho (FEZ)
Wood & Vanhove 2022. Is the world wormier than it used to be? We'll never know without natural history collections. Journal of Animal Ecology 92: 250-262. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.13794
22. February 2023: Kjetil Lysne Voje (EPA)
Stuart et al. 2020. Inferred genetic architecture underlying evolution in a fossil stickleback lineage. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4: 1549–1557. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-01287-x
15. February 2023: Liepa Adomaityte (FEZ)
de Andrade Silva et al. 2022. Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) coupled with chemometric methods to identify and estimate taxonomic relationships of flies with forensic potential (Diptera: Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae). Acta Tropica 235: 106672. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X22003643?via%3Dihub
01. February 2023: Marianne Nilsen Haugen (FEZ)
Miller et al. 2023. The ecology and evolution of key innovations. TREE 38: 2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.09.005
25. January 2023: James G. Saulsbury (EPA)
Vermeija 2023. Evolutionary norm-breaking and extinction in the marine tropics PNAS 120: e2217880120 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2217880120
18. January 2023: Michael Matschiner (SERG)
Caron & Pie 2022. Arrested diversification? The phylogenetic distribution of poorly-diversifying lineages. NPJ Biodiversity 1: 5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-022-00004-0
2022
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
14. December 2022: group discussion
Cooper et al. 2015. Mark-Release-Recapture Reveals Extensive Movement of Bed Bugs (Cimex lectularius L.) within and between Apartments. PLoS ONE 1: e0136462. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136462
07. December 2022: James Fleming (FEZ)
Giacomeli et al. 2022. Resolving tricky nodes in the tree of life through amino acid recoding, iScience 25, 105594. https://www.cell.com/iscience/pdf/S2589-0042(22)01866-1.pdf
30. November 2022: Mali Hamre Ramsfjell (EPA)
Jarvis et al. 2022. Macroevolutionary patterns in marine hermaphroditism, Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14639
23. November 2022: institutional cleaning day - no seminar
16. November 2022: Carolann R. Schack (EPA)
Griffith et al. 2022. Using functional traits to identify conservation priorities for the world's crocodylians, Functional Ecology: 1–13, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14140
09. November 2022: Torsten Struck (FEZ)
Deline et al. 2020. Evolution and Development at the Origin of a Phylum, Current Biology 30: 1–8, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.02.054
02. November 2022: Rita M.Austin (FEZ)
Klunk et al. 2022. Evolution of immune genes is associated with the Black Death. Nature.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05349-x
26. October 2022: Kjetil Lysne Voje (EPA)
McGlothlin et al. 2022. Conservation and Convergence of Genetic Architecture in the Adaptive Radiation of Anolis Lizards. The American Naturalist 200. https://doi.org/10.1086/721091
19. October 2022: Ana Capucho (FEZ)
Hughes et al. 2022. The homogenization of avian morphological and phylogenetic diversity under the global extinction crisis. Current Biology 32: 3830-3837. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982222009770
12. October 2022: James Fleming (FEZ)
Kasperbauer 2017. Should We Bring Back the Passenger Pigeon? The Ethics of De-Extinction. Ethics, Policy & Environment 20: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2017.1291831
05. October 2022: Thore Koppetsch (SERG)
Sullivan et al. 2017. Human behaviour as a long-term ecological driver of non-human evolution. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-016-0065
28. September 2022: Alberto Valero Gracia (FEZ)
Schwander & Laimer 2011. Genes as leaders and followers in evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 26: 143-151. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534710003022
21. September 2022: Pia Merete Eriksen (FEZ)
Maroni et al. 2022. One Antarctic slug to confuse them all: the underestimated diversity of Doris kerguelenensis. Invertebrate Systematics 36: 419–435 https://doi.org/10.1071/IS21073
14. September 2022: Carolann R. Schack (EPA)
Kuntz et al. 2022. Inheritance of somatic mutations by animal offspring. Science Advances 8: eabn0707 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abn0707
07. September 2022: James G. Saulsbury (EPA)
Ballesteros et al. 2022. Comprehensive species sampling and sophisticated algorithmic approaches refute the monophyly of Arachnida. Molecular Biology and Evolution 39: msac021. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac021
31. August 2022: Vladimir Gusarov (FEZ)
Novak 2018. De-Extinction Genes 9, 548. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/9/11/548
24. August 2022: Lutz Bachmann (FEZ)
Lin al. 2022. Probing the genomic limits of de-extinction in the Christmas Island rat. Current Biology 32: 1650-1656.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.027
17. August 2022: Rita M. Austin (FEZ)
Zhao al. 2022. Evaporative water loss of 1.42 million global lakes. Nature communications 13: 1-10. .https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31125-6
SUMMER BREAK
22. June 2022: Mali Hamre Ramsfjell (EPA)
Mathes et al. 2021. Deep-time climate legacies affect origination rates of marine genera. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, e2105769118. https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2105769118
15. June 2022: Lee Hsiang Liow (EPA)
Boroviec et al. 2022. Deep learning as a tool for ecology and evolution. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13901
08. June 2022: Torsten H. Struck (FEZ)
Wiemann et al. 2022. Fossil biomolecules reveal an avian metabolism in the ancestral dinosaur. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04770-6
01. June 2022: James Fleming (FEZ)
Buček et al. 2022. Molecular phylogeny reveals the past transoceanic voyages of drywood termites (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae). Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39, msac093.
https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/39/5/msac093/6577226
25. May 2022: Kjetil Voje (EPA)
Coombs et al. 2022. The tempo of cetacean cranial evolution. Current Biology.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.060
18. May 2022: Ana T. Capucho (FEZ)
Eisenhauer et al. 2019. Recognizing the quiet extinction of invertebrates. Nature communications 10: 1-3.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07916-1
11. May 2022: Liepa Adomaityte (FEZ)
Kaufer et al. 2017. The evolution of trypanosomatid taxonomy. Parasites Vectors 10, 287. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2204-7
04. May 2022: Alberto Valero Gracia (FEZ)
Moris et al. 2016. Transition states and cell fate decisions in epigenetic landscapes. Nature Reviews Genetics 17: 693-703. https://www.nature.com/articles/nrg.2016.98
27. April 2022: Connor Wilson (EPA)
Rohwer et al. 2022. Declining growth of natural history collections fails future generations. PLoS Biol 20(4): e3001613.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001613
20. April 2022: Torsten Struck (FEZ)
Kumar, S. 2022. Embracing Green Computing in Molecular Phylogenetics. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39(3), msac043. https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/39/3/msac043/6542113
!! HAPPY EASTER - the seminar will take a break !!
06. April 2022: Michael Matschiner (SERG)
Fraisse et al. 2022. Introgression between highly divergent sea squirt genomes: an adaptive breakthrough? bioRxiv. : https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.22.485319
30. March 2022: Lutz Bachmann (FEZ)
Dolby et al. 2022. Integrating Earth–life systems: a geogenomic approach. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 37.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.004
23. March 2022: James G. Saulsbury (EPA)
Kapli et al. 2021. Lack of support for Deuterostomia prompts reinterpretation of the first Bilateria. Science Advances 7: eabe2741. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abe2741
16. March 2022: Rita M. Austin (FEZ)
Jensen et al. 2022. Ancient and historical DNA in conservation policy. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.010
09. March 2022: Torsten H. Struck (FEZ)
Simakov et al. 2022 Deeply conserved synteny and the evolution of metazoan chromosomes. Science Advances 8: eabi5884 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abi5884
23. February 2022: Mali Hamre Ramsfjell (EPA)
Renzi et al. 2022. The role of predators in coral disease dynamics. Coral Reefs.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00338-022-02219-w.pdf
16. February 2022: James Fleming (FEZ)
Pates et al. 2021. New opabiniid diversifies the weirdest wonders of the euarthropod stem group. group. Proc. R. Soc. B 289: 20212093. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2021.2093
09. February 2022: Vladimir Gusarov (FEZ)
Mastrantonio et al. 2019. Paternal leakage and mtDNA heteroplasmy in Rhipicephalus spp. ticks. Scientific Reports 9: 1460. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-38001-8
02. February 2022: Ana T. Capucho (FEZ)
Faria et al. 2021. Speciation in marine environments: Diving under the surface. J Evol Biol. 34:4–15.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jeb.13756
26. January 2022: Thore Koppetsch (SERG)
Dufresnes et al. 2021. Mass of genes rather than master genes underlie the genomic architecture of amphibian speciation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2103963118
19. January 2022: Kjetil Lysne Voje (EPA)
Smith et al. 2020. Phylogenetics is the New Genetics (for Most of Biodiversity). Trends in Ecology & Evolution 35: 415-425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.01.005
12. January 2022: Marianne Nilsen Haugen (FEZ)
Anurag et al. 2021. The evolution of coevolution in the study of species interactions. Evolution 75: 1594–1606. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/evo.14293