The Journal Club takes place every Tuesday during term, from 11:15-12:00, in the seminar room of the Zoological Institute (Vesalgasse 1, first floor). For questions regarding this seminar please contact Lukas Schärer (lukas.scharer@unibas.ch).
| Date | Paper to be read and discussed | presented by |
|---|---|---|
| 17.2. | an initial meeting to explain the aims and to distribute the slots | Lukas Schärer |
| 24.2. | Wilfert et al. (2007). Natural variation in the genetic architecture of a host–parasite interaction in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Mol. Ecol. 16: 1327-1339 | Jarkko Routtu |
| 3.3. | no Journal Club, Basler Fasnacht | - |
| 10.3. | no Journal Club, Blockkurs | - |
| 17.3 | Egger et al. (2006). Monogamy in the maternally mouthbrooding Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish Tropheus moorii. Proc. R. Soc. B 273: 1797-1802 | Yuri Kläfiger |
| 24.3. | Evans et al. (2008). A giant frog with South American affinities from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. PNAS 105: 2951-2956 |
Venla Kontiokari |
| 31.3. | no Journal Club, Blockkurs | - |
| 7.4. | Carneiro et al. (2009). Recombination and speciation: loci near centromeres are more differentiated than loci near telomeres between subspecies of the European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Genetics 181: 593-606 | Eveline Diepeeven |
| 14.4. | DuVal (2007). Adaptive advantages of cooperative courtship for subordinate male lance-tailed manakins. Am. Nat. 169: 423-432 | Kiyono Sekii |
| 21.4. | Bretman et al. (2009). Plastic responses of male Drosophila melanogaster to the level of sperm competition increase male reproductive fitness. Proc. R. Soc. B 276, 1705-1711 | Tim Janicke |
| 28.4. | Shealer and Spendelow (2002). Individual foraging strategies of kleptoparasitic roseate terns. Waterbirds: The International Journal of Waterbird Biology 25(4), 436-441 | Kristina Giano |
| 5.5. | Calboli et al. (2008). Population structure and inbreeding from pedigree analysis of purebred dogs. Genetics 179: 593-601 |
Anna Winkel |
| 12.5. | Cooper et al. (2008). A common tendency for phylogenetic overdispersion in mammalian assemblages. Proc. R. Soc. B 275, 2031-2037 | Halil Kesselring |
| 19.5. | Silk et al. (2006). Social relationships among adult female baboons (Papio cynocephalus) II. Variation in the quality and stability of social bonds. Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol. 61, 197-204 | Laura Walther |
| 26.5. | Van Lieshout and Elgar (2009). Armament under direct sexual selection does
not exhibit positive allometry in an earwig. Beh. Ecol. doi:10.1093/beheco/arp013 |
Ralph Dobler |