Monday: Speciation reading group. 2PM in Hutch 341. Polyploidy and Hybrid Speciation from Coyne and Orr.

Tuesday: EEB Journal Club. 12:30 in the Bryant Room. Xia et al. (2009) Complete resequencing of 40 genomes reveals domestication events and genes in silkworm (Bombyx). Science 326:433-436. [doi link]

Wednesday: Island biogeography discussion group. Noon in Hutch 341. Gillespie & Baldwin’s chapter in The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited. Contact the Glor Lab if you want to get in on lunch.

Wednesday: Martin P.H. and Marks P.L. 2006. Intact forests provide only weak resistance to a shade-tolerant invasive Norway maple (Acer platanoides L.). Journal of Ecology 94:1070-1079. [[doi link]]

Friday: Elements of Evolutionary Genetics reading group. 10AM in the graduate student lounge. First half of chapter 3 from Charlesworth & Charlesworth.