Spring 2006 Seminar Series |
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Sponsor |
Jan. 19 |
Pat Carter
Washington State University |
Evolution of Complex Phenotypes: A Function-Valued Approach |
Anne Bronikowski |
Jan. 26 |
Tim Dickson
Iowa State University |
The Relative Importance of Dispersal Llimitation and Habitat Conditions in Determining Species Diversity |
Brian Wilsey |
Feb. 2 |
Tony Zera
University of Nebraska |
Microevolution of Intermediary Metabolism and the Evolution of Life History Trade-offs |
Nicole Valenzuela |
Feb 9 |
Tim Holtsford
University of Missouri |
Floral Evolution in Nicotiana |
John Nason |
Feb. 16 |
Ruth Shaw
University of Minnesota |
Evolutionary Studies of Severely Fragmented Prairie Plant Populations |
John Nason |
Feb. 23 |
Eric Gese
Utah State University |
Interactions Between Jaguars, Livestock, and Native Prey in the Southern Pantanal, Brazil |
Bill Clark |
March 2 |
Matt Hahn
University of Indiana |
Creation, Extinction, and Evolution of Mammalian Gene Families |
Steve Proulx |
March 9 |
Daniel Promislow
University of Georgia |
Sex, Death and Diversity in Fruit Flies and their Microbial Parasites |
Anne Bronikowski |
March 23 |
Bill Graves
Iowa State University |
Ecology and Population Dynamics of Rare Shrubs with Horticultural Potential |
John Nason |
March 30 |
Chris Olson
Iowa State University |
How Periodic Cooling of Avian Eggs Affects Embryonic Development (Ph.D. Defense Seminar) |
Carol Vleck |
April 6 |
John Willis
Duke University |
Genetic Control of Adaptation and Speciation in Mimulus |
Jonathan Wendel |
April 13 |
Marvalee Wake
UC Berkeley |
The Developmental Basis of Evolutionary Change: The Perils and Promise of the Gymnophione Amphibians |
Dean Adams |
April 20 |
Don Farrar
Iowa State University |
The Wacky World of Moonworts - Evolution and Speciation in Botrychium subgenus Botrychium |
Lynn Clark |
April 27 |
Janet Voight
The Field Museum, Chicago |
Focused Investigations of Environment and Life at Depth (FIELD); Cruises I & II with the Manned Submersible, ALVIN |
Jeanne Serb |
May 4 |
Peter Brussard
University of Nevada, Reno |
Conserving the Pygmy Rabbit and Other Tales from the Sagebrush Ecosystem |
Diane Debinski |
