Universität Wien

300164 SE New insights into adaptation and speciation from genomic research. (2024W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

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Details

max. 15 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Thursdays between Oct 12th, 2023 and Jan 25th, 2024 14:00-16:00

  • Montag 07.10. 16:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG
  • Montag 14.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG
  • Montag 21.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG
  • Montag 28.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG
  • Montag 04.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG
  • Montag 11.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG
  • Montag 18.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG
  • Montag 02.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG
  • Montag 09.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG
  • Montag 16.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG
  • Montag 13.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Übungsraum 3 (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg 1.OG

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This is a weekly journal club, where we explore how cutting-edge genomic tools are transforming our understanding of speciation, adaptation and the ecological drivers of biodiversity. We’ll dive into papers that apply next-generation sequencing (NGS) to investigate hybrid zones, the genetic basis of species divergence, and more. Each session features recent research and emerging trends in evolutionary biology, selected according to student interests from a curated list of key papers in evolutionary genomics. Covering a wide range of study systems—including both plants and animals—this journal club will tackle diverse questions and methods shaping the field.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

1. Presentation of a paper (12 points)
1. Participation in the discussions of papers and projects presented by others (8 points)
Credit key: <10 points: 5; 11-12 points: 4; 13-14 points: 3; 15-17 points 2; 18-20 points: 1.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

The students are able to express an opinion on evolutionary and ecological aspects of a given topic. They understand the terminology commonly used in this research field. Attendance of the complementary lecture VO300127 is highly recommended, but not compulsory.
Credit key: <10 points: 5; 11-12 points: 4; 13-14 points: 3; 15-17 points 2; 18-20 points: 1.

Prüfungsstoff

Presentation of a recent genomic paper, chosen by the students from a given list, according to the their interest.

Literatur

Literature and reading assignments will be given during the course.

Examples of papers that have been discussed in recent semesters include:
-Climate-induced range shifts drive adaptive response via spatio-temporal sieving of alleles https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36631-9
-The mode of speciation during a recent radiation in open-ocean phytoplankton https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.09.073
-Genomic basis and phenotypic manifestation of (non-)parallel serpentine adaptation in Arabidopsis arenosa https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14593
-Radiation and hybridization underpin the spread of the fire ant social supergene https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2201040119
-Evolutionary genomics of oceanic island radiations https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.02.003
-Cycles of fusion and fission enabled parallel adaptive radiations in African cichlids https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ade2833
-The genetic basis of a recent transition to live-bearing in marine snails https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adi2982
-Structural variants, smRNAs and tomato domestication https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15798
-Whole-genome duplications and the long-term evolution of gene regulatory networks in angiosperms https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad141
-Artifactual Orthologs and the Need for Diligent Data Exploration in Complex Phylogenomic Datasets: A Museomic Case Study from the Andean Flora https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syad076

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

MBO 7, MES5, MZO4

Letzte Änderung: Do 31.10.2024 10:07