Course Readings: (Fall 2013)

Readings will be available from either on 2-hour reserve (print media) or the library's ejournals collection.

Nov 14

library
reserves

Twyford, AD, CA Kidner., N Harrison & RA Ennos,. 2013.  Population history and seed dispersal in widespread Central American Begonia species (Begoniaceae) inferred from plastome-derived microsatellite markers. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 260–276.

Date Location Reading

Sept 5

library
reserves

review H-W and population genetics of Bio 101 text

Preface & Chapter 1, Beebee & Rowe  (2008) An Introduction to Molecular Ecology, 2nd ed. (2-hour reserve)

Sept 12

library
reserves

Burlingame, LL. 1921.  Variation and heredity in Lupinus. American Naturlaist 60: 427-448.

Sept 17

library
reserves

Parker, PA, AA Snow, MD Schug. GC Booton, and PA Fuerst. 1998. What molecules can tell us about populations: choosing and using a molecular marker.  Ecology 79:  361-382.

Sept 19

library
reserves

Peakall, R, D Ebert, LJ Scott, PF Meagher, & CA Offord.  2003.  Comparative genetic study confirms exceptionally low genetic variation in the ancient an endangered relictual conifer, Wollemia nobilis (Araucariaceae). Molecular Ecology 12: 2331–2343

Sept 26

library
reserves

Saar, DE, NO Polans, PD Sorensen, and MR Duvall. 2001. Angiosperm DNA contamination by endophytic fungi: detection and methods of avoidance. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 19(3) 249-260.

Oct 3

library
reserves

Constable JL, Ashley MV, Goodall J, & AE Pusey. 2001. Noninvasive paternity assignment in Gombe chimpanzees. Molecular Ecology 10: 1279-300.

Oct 10

library
reserves

Stenström, A, BO Jonsson,  IS Jónsdóttir, T Fagerström, & A Magnus. 2001. Genetic variation and clonal diversity in four clonal sedges (Carex) along theArctic coast of Eurasia. Molecular Ecology 10: 497-513.

Oct 17

library
reserves

Mackiewicz, M, A Tatarenkov,  DS Taylor, BJ Turner & JC Avise.  2006.  Extensive outcrossing and androdioecy in a vertebrate species that otherwise reproduces as a self-fertilizing hermaphrodite.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 103: 9924-9928.

Oct 31

library
reserves

Roeder, AD, RK Marshall, AJ Mitchelson, T Visagathilagar, PA Ritchie, DR Love, TJ Pakai, HC McPartlan, ND Murray, NA Robinson, KR Kerry, & DM Lambert. 2001. Gene flow on the ice: genetic differentiation among Adélie penguin colonies around Antarctica. Molecular Ecology 10: 1645-1656.

Nov 7

library
reserves

Waldick RC, Kraus SS, Brown M, and N White. 2002. Evaluating the effects of historic bottleneck events: an assessment of microsatellite variability in the endangered, North Atlantic right whale. Molecular Ecology 11: 2241-2250.

Nov 14

library
reserves

Twyford, AD, CA Kidner., N Harrison & RA Ennos,. 2013.  Population history and seed dispersal in widespread Central American Begonia species (Begoniaceae) inferred from plastome-derived microsatellite markers. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 260–276.

Nov 19 & 21

library
reserves

Hall, N.  2007.  Advanced sequencing technologies and their wider impact in microbiology.  Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 1518-1525.

Blaalid, R, T Carlsen, S  Kumar, R Halvorsen, KI Ugland, G Fontana, & H Kauserud. 2012. Changes in the root-associated fungal communities along a primary succession gradient analysed by 454 pyrosequencing. Molecular Ecology 21: 1897–1908.

Nov 26

library
reserves

[Smith] Casas-Marce, M, L Soriano, JV López-Bao, & JA Godoy. 2013.  Genetics at the verge of extinction: insights from the Iberian lynx. Molecular Ecology 22: 5503–5515.

[Ryan]  Ndersen, K, KL Bird, M Rasmussen, J Haile, H Breuning-Madsen, KH Kjær, L Orlando, MTP Gilbert, & E Willerslev.  2012.  Meta-barcoding of ‘dirt’ DNA from soil reflects vertebrate biodiversity. Molecular Ecology 21: 1966–1979.

Dec 3

library
reserves

[Ellen] Costa, M, C Fernandes, JDS Birks, AC Kitchener, M Santos-Reis, & MW Bruford. 2013. The genetic legacy of the 19th-century decline of the British polecat: evidence for extensive introgression from feral ferrets. Molecular Ecology 22: 5130–5147.

[Conrad] Baker, CS, JG Cooke, S Lavery, ML Dalebout, Y-U Ma, N Funahashi, C Carraher, & RL Brownell. 2007.  Estimating the number of whales entering trade using DNA profiling and capture-recapture analysis of market products. Molecular Ecology 16: 2617–2626.

[Dove]  Piñeyro-Nelson, A, J Van Heerwaarden, HR  Perales, JA Serratos-Hernández, JA  Rangel, MB Hufford, P Gepts, A Garay-Arroyo, R Rivera-Bustamante, & ER Álvarez-Buylla. 2009.  Transgenes in Mexican maize: molecular evidence and methodological considerations for GMO detection in landrace populations. Molecular Ecology 18: 750–761.

Dec 5

library
reserves

[Malaika] Olsen, BR, C Troedsson, K Hadziavdic, RB Pedersen, & HT Rapp. 2013.  A molecular gut content study of Themisto abyssorum (Amphipoda) from Arctic hydrothermal vent and cold seep systems.   Molecular Ecology doi: 10.1111/mec.12511.

[Esther] Cegelski, CC, LP Waits, & NJ Anderson. 2003.  Assessing population structure and gene flow in Montana wolverines (Gulo gulo) using assignment-based approaches. Molecular Ecology 12: 2907–2918.