Journal clubs

The journal clubs are platforms for inspiration and for talking about the science which may have implications for and may stimulate our own research in new and exciting directions; and for learning interactively what is good science. Students are especially encouraged to join in.

The discussions tends to be stimulated by either questions regarding methodology and theory behind the the chosen paper or extensions and applications of the work described. There are only two requirements for the participants: curiousity and that you have read the paper. How active you are in the discussions is up to you.

On the mailing lists you will get reminders about the sessions, and occational discussions about the journal club and possible papers for discussion etc.

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This week we discuss a paper on using hyb-seq for analysing herbarium specimens

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This week we discuss a paper on comparative population genomics of bumblebees.

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This week we discuss a paper on palaeogenomic reconstruction.

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This week we discuss a paper on genomics of rapid parallel adaptation in the marine snail Littorina saxatilis.

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This week we discuss a paper on pollen and eDNA preserved in old guano deposits from two caves in Jamaica.

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This week we discuss a paper on connectivity and structure in albacore tuna inferred from morphometrics, genetics and modelling particle drift modelling.

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This week we discuss a paper on genome skimming. The paper presents the potential for using low-coverage shotgun data for species identification, moving forward from more traditional barcoding approaches.

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This week we discuss a paper on structural genomic variation. The study reports on resequencing of >1000 wild sunflowers and finds large non-recombining haplotype blocks that are associated with ecologically relevant traits and soil and climate characteristics.

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We discuss how population genomics approaches can be applied to wildlife conservation and management.

Time and place: , Seminar room 3315

 

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This week we will discuss graph-based variant discovery in bovines. Note the change of day to Thursday.

Time and place: , "Aquarium"

We will discuss the new review about structural variation in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41576-019-0180-9

Time and place: , Room 3315

TGAC has been revived and we will again meet up to discuss interesting science. First up is this very interesting paper by Therkildsen et al. 2019 in Science

Time and place: , Aquarium (3302)

Sex differences in vital rates and mate availability can have important effects on population- and evolutionary dynamics. These effects and how they vary depending on mating strategies can be explored with extensions to traditional matrix models.

Time and place: , Aquarium (3302)

Integral projection models (IPMs) are population models structured by continuous traits such as body size, and have risen in popularity over the last decade. While most perturbation analyses developed for matrix models can be applied, additional considerations are necessary when working with IPMs.

Time and place: , Aquarium (3302)

Recent work has highlighted the importance of including individual heterogeneity into population models. This includes both traits that are fixed over the lifespan of an individual (e.g. morphology, genotype) and characteristics that change over time (e.g. age, body conditions). How influential such traits are for individual fitness (and population dynamics), may however depend on sex.

Time and place: , Room 3302

Friday, March 23rd, we will discuss a recent paper by Outomuro et al (2016): Antagonistic natural and sexual selection on wing shape in a scrambling damselfly Join us!

Time and place: , Aquarium (3302)

Stage structure is fundamental in quantitative population models, but there are different approaches to deal with stage duration and individual-/cohort variation therein.

Time and place: , Room 3302

Friday, March 16th, we will discuss a recent paper by Revell et al (2018): Comparing evolutionary rates between trees, clades and traits

 

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Friday, March 2nd, we will discuss a recent paper by Du et al (2018): Pattern and process in hominin brain size evolution are scale-dependent

 

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Time and place: , Aquarium (3302)

Differences between individuals can be large and have profound consequences for the dynamics of populations. Even if such differences have unknown causes and/or are unobservable, they can be incorporated into population models, allowing to assess their impacts on population-level patterns.

Time and place: , Room 3302

Friday, January 19th, we will discuss a recent paper by Peiman and Robinson (2017): Comparative Analyses of Phenotypic Trait Covariation within and among Populations

 

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