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Presenter |
Topic and/or paper(s) to be discussed |
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1/20 |
Organizational meeting |
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1/27 |
Chris (EEB) <Louise Lewis (EEB)> |
The Eukaryotic part of the tree of life - Overview, the major groups,
current consensus, root. (continued next week) A kingdom-level phylogeny of eukaryotes based on combined protein data.
The deep roots of eukaryotes. Rooting the eukaryote tree by using a derived gene fusion by Stechmann A and Cavalier-Smith T. Science. 2002 Jul 5; 297(5578): 89-91. |
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2/3 |
Chris (EEB) <Peter Gogarten (MCB)> |
Are there deep branching Eukaryotes? Phylogenetic meaning of the kingdom concept: an unusual ribosomal RNA
from Giardia lamblia. Microsporidia are related to Fungi: evidence from the largest subunit
of RNA polymerase II and other proteins. |
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2/10 |
Hilary (EEB) Nick Pacelli(MCB) |
Horizontal Gene Transfer in Eukaryotes You are what you eat: a gene transfer ratchet could account for bacterial
genes in eukaryotic nuclear genomes. Phylogenetic analyses of diplomonad genes reveal frequent lateral gene
transfers affecting eukaryotes. Evolution of glutamate dehydrogenase genes: evidence for lateral gene
transfer within and between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. |
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2/17 |
<Ali Senejani (MCB)> Sushma Samala (MCB) Rima Desai |
Gene Transfer in Eukaryotes Adaptation for horizontal transfer in a homing endonuclease. Camilla L. Nesbø and W. Ford Doolittle Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Sep 16; 100(19): 10806-11. Epub 2003 Aug 28. |
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2/24 |
Brigid (EEB) Nick Pacelli(MCB) |
Comparative phylogeny and putative contributors to the Eukaryotic cell Copies of this weeks papers are available in the Gogarten lab, with Brigid O'Donnell and in the EEB office. Patterson DJ & Sogin ML {{{Early evolution and the origin of eukaryotes. The origin of the eukaryotic cell. Additional suggested readings: |
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3/2 |
<Pascal Lapierre (MCB)> Greg Roussos (MCB) Tejal Dharia (MCB-UG) |
Hartman's ABC hypothesis and comparative genomics The origin of the eukaryotic cell: a genomic investigation. The genome sequence of Schizosaccharomyces pombe. |
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3/9 |
Spring recess |
No meeting |
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3/16 |
Hilary (EEB) Andreas Bernauer (EEB |
The evolution of plastids (P O O T) Overview |
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3/23 |
Norm (EEB) Bill (MCB) |
Plastids and protein targeting
in Plasmodium and Co.
Dissecting apicoplast targeting in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Mining the Plasmodium genome database to define organellar function:
what does the apicoplast do? Extra Reading (Optional): The apicoplast: a plastid in Plasmodium falciparum and other Apicomplexan
parasites. |
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3/30 |
Greg Roussos(MCB) Nic Tippery (EEB) Rima Desai (MCB) |
Controversies in Plastid Evolution (P O O T) A SINGLE ORIGIN OF PLASTIDS REVISITED: CONVERGENT EVOLUTION IN ORGANELLAR
GENOME CONTENT John W. Stiller, DeEtte C. Reel, Jeffrey C. Johnson
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE FOR A SINGLE ORIGIN OF PLASTIDS
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4/6 |
Nic Tippery (EEB) Mohammad Kazmi (MCB-UG) |
Lateral gene transfer and the evolution of plastid-targeted proteins
in the secondary plastid-containing alga Bigelowiella natans. (L
O O T) Additional information: A review on nucleomorph genomes by Gilson and McFadden (Genetica 115: 13–28, 2002.) is here (follow the link to the pdf). Note on last weeks class: |
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4/13 |
Kaiyuan Shi (MCB) Brigid (EEB) |
Why are Eukaryotic genomes more complex than prokaryotic ones?
The Origins of Genome Complexity On the Possibility of Constructive Neutral Evolution |
| 4/20 |
Norm (EEB) Andreas Bernauer (MCB) |
Bergthorsson U, Adams KL, Thomason B, Palmer JD. |
| 4/27 |
<Olga Zhaxybayeva (MCB)>
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Comparative genomics and the detection of positive selection -- (if we
do this, we will focus on the other "protists").
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