CCG Seminar Spring 2001: Symbiosis (Monday, 1:00-2:30, 505 Ecology)

Organizers: Nick Jordan (Agronomy), Trice Morrow (EEB), Ruth Shaw (EEB)

January 22: François Lutzoni's visit. Lutzoni, F. and M. Pagel (1997) Accelerated evolution as a consequence of transitions to mutualism. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:11422-11427.
January 29: Schwartz, M. and Hoeksema (1998) Specialization and resource trade: Biological markets as a model of mutualism. Ecology 79(3): 1029-1038.
February 5: Currie, C.R., Scott, J.A., R.C. Summerbell, and D. Malloch (1999) Fungus-growing ants use antibiotic-producing bacteria to control garden parasites. Nature 398:701-704. Grutter, A.S. (1999) Cleaner fish really do clean. Nature 398:672-673. P.G. Wilmer and G.N. Stone (1997) How aggressive ant-guards assist seed-set in Acacia flowers. Nature 388:165-167. Clay, K. and J. Holah (!999) Fungal endophyte symbiosis and plant diversity in successional fields. Science 285:1742-44.
February 12: Caruso, C.M. (2000) Competition for pollination influences selection on floral traits of Ipomopsis aggregata. Evolution 54(5):1546-1557.
February 19: Antonovics, J. (1992) Toward Community Genetics. In Plant Resistance to Herbivores and Pathogens: Ecology, Evolution, and Genetics. R.S. Fritz and E.L. Simms (eds). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
February 26: Bronstein, J. (1994) Conditional outcomes in mutualistic interactions. TREE 9:214-217. Herre, E.A., Knowlton, N., Mueller, U.G. and Rehner, S.A. (1999) The evolution of mutualism: Expoloring the paths between conflict and cooperation. TREE 14:49-53.
March 5: Moran, N.A. and J. Wernegreen (2000) Lifestyle evolution in symbiotic bacteria: insights from genomics. TREE 15(8):321-326.
March 12: Hanski, I. And O. Ovaskainen (2000) The metapopulation capacity of a fragmented landscape. Nature 404:755-785.
March 19: Illka Hanski's visit.
March 26: Spring Break
April 2: Anstett, M.C., M. Hossaert-McKey, and F. Kjellberg (1997) Figs and fig pollinators: evolutionary conflicts in a coevolved mutualism. TREE 12(3):94-99.
April 9: Mueller, U.G., S.A. Rehner, and T.R. Schultz (1998) The evolution of agriculture in ants. Science 281:2034-2038. North, R.D., C.W. Jackson, and P.E. Howe (1997) Evolutionary aspects of ant-fungus interactions in leaf-cutting ants. TREE 12(10):386-389.
April 16: Werren, J.H.and S.L. O'Neil (1997) The evolution of heritable symbionts. In: O'Neil, S.L., A.A. Hoffman and J.H. Werren (eds) Influential Passengers: Inherited Microorganisms and Arthropod Reproduction. Oxford University Press, pp. 1-41.
April 23: Wilson, D.S. (1997 Biological communities as functionally organized units. Ecology 78(7):2018-1024.
April 30: Summary discussion ‚ What have we learned?

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