Date ： Every Thursday from 10:30.
Place ： Room 148, 1st floor of the Science Bldg. #2. *Currently online (Zoom)
Contents : Reading and discussing papers in Paleobiology and Evolutionary Biology.
Dec. 18, 2014
・Watanabe et al., 2014
Nodal signalling determines biradial asymmetry in Hydra.
Nature 515, 112–115 (06 November 2014) doi:10.1038/nature13666
Dec. 11, 2014
・Churchill et al., in press
COPE'S RULE AND THE EVOLUTION OF BODY SIZE IN PINNIPEDIMORPHA (MAMMALIA: CARNIVORA).
Evolution DOI: 10.1111/evo.12560
・Lindgren et al., 2014
Skin pigmentation provides evidence of convergent melanism in extinct marine reptiles.
Nature 506, 484–488 (27 February 2014) doi:10.1038/nature12899
Dec. 4, 2014
・Bi et al., 2014
Three new Jurassic euharamiyidan species reinforce early divergence of mammals.
Nature 514, 579–584 (30 October 2014) doi:10.1038/nature13718
・Ibrahim et al., 2014
Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant predatory dinosaur.
Science 345, 1613 (2014)
Nov. 20, 2014
・Ross et al. 2013
Population structure and cultural geography of a folktale in Europe.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2013 280:20123065
・Kasada et al., 2014.
Form of an evolutionary tradeoff affects eco-evolutionary dynamics in a predator–prey system.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2014): 201406357.
Nov. 13, 2014
・Choo et al., 2014.
The largest Silurian vertebrate and its palaeoecological implications.
Scientific Reports 4: 5242
・Motani et al., 2014.
A basal ichthyosauriform with a short snout from the Lower Triassic of China.
Nature (2014) doi:10.1038/nature13866
Oct. 30, 2014 (Room 221, 2nd floor of the Science Bldg. #2.)
・Stuart et al., 2014.
Rapid evolution of a native species following invasion by a congener.
Science 24 October 2014: Vol. 346 no. 6208 pp. 463-466
Oct. 23, 2014
・Ramsay et al., 2014.
Eating with a saw for a jaw: Functional morphology of the jaws and tooth-whorl in Helicoprion davisii.
Journal of Morphology, 2014 Sep 2.
・Pascoal et al. 2014.
Rapid Convergent Evolution in Wild Crickets.
Current Biology 24, 1369?1374, June 16, 2014
Oct. 16, 2014
・Romiguier et al., 2014.
Comparative population genomics in animals uncovers the determinants of genetic diversity.
Nature (2014) doi:10.1038/nature13685
・Joubert et al., 2014.
Temperature and Food Influence Shell Growth and Mantle Gene Expression of Shell Matrix Proteins in the Pearl Oyster Pinctada margaritifera.
PlOS ONE vol. 9 (8), e103944.
Oct. 9, 2014
・Zeuss et al., 2014
Global warming favours light-coloured insects in Europe
Nature Communications 5, Article number: 3874 doi:10.1038/ncomms4874
・Yoshizawa et al., 20114
Female Penis, Male Vagina, and Their Correlated Evolution in a Cave Insect
Current Biology Volume 24, Issue 9, 5 May 2014, Pages 1006–1010
Oct. 2, 2014
・Hori et al., 2014,
Klebsormidium flaccidum genome reveals primary factors for plant terrestrial adaptation.
Nature Communications 5, Article number: 3978
・Peiyun Cong, Xiaoya Ma, Xianguang Hou, Gregory D. Edgecombe & Nicholas J. Strausfeld, 2014
Brain structure resolves the segmental affinity of anomalocaridid appendages
Nature 513 538-542
Sep. 25, 2014
・Emily M. Standen, Trina Y. Du & Hans C. E. Larsson, 2014
Developmental plasticity and the origin of tetrapods.
Nature 513, 54–58.
・Miguel Alcaide, Elizabeth S. C. Scordato, Trevor D. Price & Darren E. Irwin, 2014
Genomic divergence in a ring species complex.
Nature 511, 83–85.
Sep. 18, 2014
・Moyer et al. 2014
Melanosomes or Microbes: Testing an Alternative Hypothesis for the Origin of Microbodies in Fossil Feathers.
Scientific Reports 4, Article number: 4233 doi:10.1038/srep04233
Sep. 11, 2014
・Bethany et al., 2014
Artificial selection for structural color on butterfly wings and comparison with natural evolution.
PNAS 2014 111 (33) 12109-12114; published ahead of print August 4, 2014,