Interdisciplinary Applications of Evolutionary Theory

In case any of you are keen to devour more phylogeny stuff:

“Phylogeny for the faint of heart: a tutorial” SL Baldauf 2003 Tr Genet

doi:10.1016/S0168-9525(03)00112-4

Also, highly recommend this review as a resource; it’s semi-required/strongly recommended as a reference after Wayne’s talk:

Understanding Evolutionary Trees. T Ryan Gregory* 2008 Evol Edu Outreach

*He’s visiting UBC in March; does really cool genome size evolution stuff!

Meanwhile, biologists are still trying to figure out what an organism is…

“Evolution: What Is an Organism?” West & Kiers 2009 Curr Biol

Original article:

“Beyond society: the evolution of organismality” Queller & Strassman 2009 Phil Trans R Soc B

Another interesting topic to discuss, perhaps sometime later. Becomes very relevant when trying to figure out if there’s anything analogous in other systems (culture, language)…