DISCUSSION SCHEDULE

 

Do not forget to meet with me by Tuesday of the week before you are giving your presentation.

 

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Date

Topic

Presenters

0

February 10th

The importance of insect biodiversity

 

Paper 1: Goulson et al. 2015. Science 347: 1255957.

Paper 2: Winfree et al. 2007. Ecology Letters 10: 1105-1113.

 

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Prof. Morse


1

February 17th

The Evolution of the Insect Body Plan

 

Paper 1: Heffer & Peck. 2013. Annual Review of Entomology 58: 161-179

Paper 2: Ronshaugen et al. 2002. Nature 415: 914-917

 

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Laura Lucero

Ivy Nguyen

2

February 24th

Diversification of Feeding in Insects

 

Paper 1: Baumann. 2005. Annual Review of Microbiology 59: 155-189

Paper 2: Sloan et al. 2015. Molecular Biology & Evolution 31: 857-871

 

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Carly Coleman
Anna Whitfield
 

3

March 17th

New Insights into Insect Physiology

Paper 1: Westneat et al. 2003. Science 299: 558-560

Paper 2: Harrison et al. 2013. Physiology 28: 18-27

 

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Lexi Morgan

4

March 24th

Sexual Selection in Insects

Paper 1: Kendall-Bar & Iyengar 2017. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 71:8

Paper 2: Ercit & Gwynne 2014. Evolution 69: 419-430

 

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Sophie Dunkelberger

Kelsey Testman

5

March 31st

Current Views on Insect Relationships

 

Paper 1: Maddison 2016. Current Opinion in Insect Science 18: 77-82

Paper 2: Misof et al 2014. Science 346: 763-767

 

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Amanda Cradeur

Cate MacGregor

6

April 21st

The Evolution of Insect Genetic Systems

Paper 1: Normark 2003. Annual Review of Entomology 48: 397-423

Paper 2: Ross et al 2012. Ecology and Evolution 2: 1071-1081

 

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Dan Sheridan

Tyler Myerly

7

April 28th

The Evolution of Eusociality

Paper 1: Wilson & Hölldobler. 2005. PNAS 102: 13367-13371

Paper 2: Hughes et al. 2008. Science 320: 1213-1216

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Charlotte Cassidy

8

May 5th

Medical Entomology

Paper 1: McMeniman et al. 2009. Science 323: 141-144

Paper 2: Hoffmann et al. 2011. Nature 476: 454-457

 

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Paulina Yosep
Daniel Schodlbauer