Assignments

I wanted everyone to at least take a look at this paper, which cites the Travisano history, chance, and adaptation article.  It may come in handy for your grant proposals if you are planning on using experimental evolution.

how-and-when-selection-experiments-are-useful.pdf

Please read the following:

Travisano et al. 1995

Thanks to Abe and Sanjuro for bringing this article to our attention.  It’s attached here.

giovannoni-et-al-pelagibacter-mlst.pdf

For those of you who want to learn the basics of comparative genomics

comparative-genomics-primer.pdf

These reviews will help you better understand HGT and its relationship to microbial population genetics.

hgt-mechanisms-and-barriers.pdf

plasmid-hgt-in-situ.pdf

HGT Review    hgt-gogarten-genome-evolution.pdf

Please read the latest review by Cohan and Perry, “A Systematics for Discovering the Fundamental Units of Bacterial Diversity,”  Current Biology 2007:

cohan-perry-current-biology-2007.pdf

Focus on this reading: whitaker-archea-biogeography.pdf

Whitaker et al 2003 SOM

But if you have time, also skim this reading:

Whitaker et al MBE 2006

Is everything everywhere?  See: 713-lecture-1.ppt