EVOLUTION READINGS, SPRING 2006

GENERAL COMMENTS ON READING THE PRIMARY LITERATURE

For Thurs 28 Feb: Life history trade-offs explain the evolution of human pygmies. PNAS 104:20216-20219

For Mon 10 March:  Grant and Grant. 2002. Unpredictable Evolution in a 30-Year Study of Darwin's Finches.  Science 296:707-711

BONUS READING: "Breakthrough of the Year" for 2005 from Science

For Mon 21 April:
    Aizen, M.A. 2003. Influences of animal pollination and seed dispersal on winter flowering in a temperate mistletoe. Ecology 84:2613-2627

For Thursday 1 May:
    Hoover, J.P. and  S.K. Robinson. 2007. Retaliatory mafia behavior by a parasitic cowbird favors host acceptance of parasitic eggs. PNAS 104:4479–4483

For Monday 19 May: two stories of coevolution
    Parchman, T.L. and C. W. Benkman. 2003. Diversifying Coevolution between Crossbills and Black Spruce on Newfoundland. Evolution 56:1663-1672
    Parchman, T.L. et al. 2007. Coevolution between Hispaniolan crossbills and pine: does more time allow for greater phenotypic escalation at lower latitude? Evolution 61:2142-2153