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Body mass is an important indicator of general condition as it reflects energy accessible for survival and reproduction. Recent evidence show that several species have experienced shifts in their body mass due to climate change. In the monogamous wandering albatross, average body mass and breeding success has increased over the last years. Surprisingly, the increase in breeding success seems to be due to heavier fathers investing more in their sons.
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/284/1854/20170397
It is our pleasure to invite you all to a combined “CEES Beyond 2017” Kick-Off and CEES Spring Party.
This Friday, April 28th, we're discussing a recent paper on the newest SSE model by Rabosky & Goldberg (2017): "FiSSE: A simple nonparametric test for the effects of a binary character on lineage diversification rates".
Hope to see you there!
Most demographic population models ignore males, but empirical evidence suggest that they should be included when vital rates are sex-specific. Assumptions about adult sex ratio, social structure, and mating system have been shown to affect estimates of extinction risk and projections of population dynamics. We discuss about when and how to apply two-sex models.
We are inviting all who to an open kick-off seminar for our RCN “Toppforsk” project REPEAT (Evolutionary and functional importance of simple repeats in the genome).
By Susan D. Jones, University of Minnesota, USA
By Filip Volckaert from the University of Leuven
By Mats Gyllenberg from the University of Helsinki
Our first statistics course warns us about making predictions beyond the observed range of data. What that means exactly is difficult to say though when we use more complex models with link functions, higher order effects and interactive terms. We discuss a quantitative method for assessing bias when extrapolating.
This thursday, at the Speciation Journal Club, we will discuss a paper on Adaptation to Global Change via Transposable Element and Epigenetics, by Rey et al. 2016 (Trends in Ecology and Evolution)
Late Lunch Talk by Annie Evankow, Northeastern University Marine Science Center
This Friday, March 24th, we're discussing a recent paper by Cantalapiedra et al. (2017): "Decoupled ecomorphological evolution and diversification in Neogene-Quaternary horses".
Hope to see you there!
By Alan C. Love from University of Minnesota
This thursday, at the Speciation Journal Club, we will discuss a paper on hybridization and cichlid adaptive radiations, by Meier et al. 2017 (Nature Communications)
This Friday, March 17th, we're discussing a paper by Love and Lugar (2013): "Dimensions of integration in interdisciplinary explanations of the origin of evolutionary novelty".
Note that one of the authors (Alan C. Love) will give two talks in Oslo next week, one on Developmental mechanisms and another on Evolution of novelty.
Hope to see you there!
This thursday, at the Speciation Journal Club, we will discuss a paper on Genomic islands of divergence , by Bay and Ruegg 2017 (Proceedings B)
Late Lunch Talk by Melissah Rowe, CEES
The evolution of reaction norms such as thermal performance is tightly linked to ecological processes, and eco-evolutionary models can provide important insights especially in varying environments.
This thursday, at the Speciation Journal Club, we will discuss a paper on Transitions between phases of genomic differentiation during stick-insect speciation, by Riesch et al. 2017 (Nature Ecology & Evolution)
By Jeffrey Hutchings from Dept. of Biology, Dalhousie University, Canada & CEES
This thursday, at the Speciation Journal Club, we will discuss a paper on levels of nucleotide diversity in homologous regions of the avian genome, by Dutoit et al. 2017 (Proceedings B)
By Mihaela Pavlicev from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
This Friday, February 24th, we're discussing a paper by Rabosky and Goldberg (2015): "Model Inadequacy and Mistaken Inferences of Trait-Dependent Speciation."
Hope to see you there!