Call for suggested readings - topics
Discuss Evolution - Suggested Readings:PLEASE ADD TO THESE LISTS BELOW! - by adding a comment here or emailing me at c.glen@uq.edu.au
I've started with things I'm interested in and added the suggestions we’ve had so far, but really would appreciate if anyone can add their own interests, with their name next to the topic if its their field of study)... just a starting list, by no means exhaustive.
1) APSECTS/TOPICS OF INTEREST
(What we’re looking for)
Aspects of interest:
Latest research
Old lines of research that have merit but almost been forgotten
Key papersEssays (SJ Goulds collections may be of interest)
key reviews and books (book sessions)
articles of opposing views on a topic.
Topics of interest:
Origin of flight (Chris)
vertebrate palaeontology (Chris)
Speciation events
Phylogeneticsideas from evolution applied in other fields; i.e. linguistics, artificial intelligence, economics. (Duncan's interest)
Optimisation (I here this term used a lot)
developmental biologyfunctional morpholgy (Chris)
Analogy
Other sources of ideas:
I've mentioned to some of you that we'll also use the archives of the ANU evolutionary theory discussion group as a source of inspiration when we can't come up with literature ourselves. Duncan's just informed me that they've closed down for 6 months (great timing) but the archives should still be online for the period:http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/evo.theory
2) SUGGESTED READINGS:
We can discuss these and other suggestions at the meetings so we can plan several meetings ahead. Perhaps I good idea is to bring along papers that you want to suggest so we can flip through them at the tail end of the meeting.
BOOKS:
2 books suggested by Paul Griffiths:
Müller, Gerd B, and Stuart Newman, eds. 2003. Origination of OrganismalForm: Beyond the gene in developmental and evolutionary biology. Cambridge,Mass.: MIT Press.
West-Eberhard, Mary Jane. 2003. Developmental plasticity and evolution.Oxford: Oxford University Press.
PAPERS:
Here's a set of four papers debating the whether "PhyloCode" should replace the Lineaen system (2 for, 2 against), it might be a bit much to read all 4 for one meeting so I suggest we can discuss how to approach this at the meetings.
1. Benton MJ. Stems, Nodes, Crown Clades, and Rank-free Lists: is Linaeus Dead? Biological Review 75: 633-648, 2000.
2. Brochu CA and Sumrall CD. Phylogenetic Nomenclature and Paleontology. Journal of Paleontology 75: 754-757, 2001.
3. Bryant HN and Cantino PD. A Review of Criticisms of Phylogenetic Nomenclature: is Taxonomic Freedom the Fundemental Issue? Biological Review 77: 39-55, 2002.
4. Keller RA, Boyd RN, and Wheeler QD. The Illogical Basis of Phylogenetic Nomenclature. The Botanical Review 69: 93-110, 2003.
Duncan has spotted this one too:
5. Davidson, EH; Erwin, DH (2006) Gene regulatory networks and the evolution of animal body plansSCIENCE, 311 (5762): 796-800; FEB 10 2006
Abstract:
Development of the animal body plan is controlled by large generegulatory networks (GRNs), and hence evolution of body plans mustdepend upon change in the architecture of developmental GRNs. However,these networks are composed of diverse components that evolve atdifferent rates and in different ways. Because of the hierarchicalorganization of developmental GRNs, some kinds of change affectterminal properties of the body plan such as occur in speciation,whereas others affect major aspects of body plan morphology. A notablefeature of the paleontological record of animal evolution is theestablishment by the Early Cambrian of virtually all phylum-level bodyplans. We identify a class of GRN component, the "kernels" of thenetwork, which, because of their developmental rote and theirparticular internal structure, are most impervious to change.Conservation of phyletic body plans may have been due to the retentionsince pre-Cambrian time of GRN kernels, which underlie development of major body parts.
posted by Chris Glen @ 7:08 PM
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