Evolunch

Fall 2004, Fridays 12-1:15 in Coker 215 (unless noted)

 

 

Date

Speaker

Lab/Host

Room

Topic

Aug 27

Stefanie Hartmann

Vision

119 Coker

Molecular phylogeny & population biology of the senita cactus

Sep 3

Holly Nance

(Marine Sciences)

Marko

 

Lizard phylogeny based on cranial osteological characters

Sep 10

Eric Ganko

Vision

 

A role for LTR retrotransposons in Drosophila gene evolution

Sep 17

Wade Winterhalter

(U. South Carolina)

Burch/

Kingsolver

 

Some evidence for a skew mediated response to selection

Sep 24

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Department retreat

Oct 1

Ian Dworkin

(NCSU)

C. Jones

 

Quantitative developmental and evolutionary genetics of wing shape

Oct 8

Sabrina Burmeister

 

 

Studying the evolution of the brain using the frog auditory system as a model

Oct 15

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Fall break

Oct 22

Greg Ragland

Kingsolver

 

Evolution of thermal physiology in Wyeomyia smithii

Oct 29

Ted Morgan

(NCSU)

C. Jones

 

The genetic architecture of thermotolerance in Drosophila

Nov 5

Amber Rice

Pfennig

 

Testing for a cost of plasticity in the spadefoot toad Spea multiplicata

Nov 12

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Undergraduate Honors Research Symposium

Nov 19

Jennifer Knies

Burch

 

Exploring evolution of reaction norms in the virus G4

Nov 26

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Thanksgiving

Dec 3

Siobain Duffy

Burch

 

Evolution of generalism and specialism in Phi 6