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ACEBB Genetics Journal Club

The ACEBB Genetics Journal Club meets weekly to discuss the latest research. Topics of selected papers include: genetic studies of natural populations; methods for acquiring and analysing genetic data; advancements in theoretical and statistical methods. We hope our journal club will generate stimulating discussions on these topics, with a strong forward-looking perspective. Attending academics are encouraged to mentor ACEBB's future - the students.

Join us for an informal lunchtime discussion.

When:

Mondays

12:15pm: Student discussion

12:45pm: Open forum

Where:

Darling Tea Room

Topics alternate between ACEBB's two genetic research themes. To vote for your choice of scientific paper, click on the theme links below.

Theme 1: Systematics, phylogenetics & barcoding

Theme 2: Population genetics, phylogeography & landscape genetics

For each meeting, a nominated ACEBB academic will choose a student to present the paper. We aim for a short presentation by the student, followed by discussion facilitated by the academic. There is room for presenting ongoing research, conference visits or informal talks by visiting colleagues.

Please contact Martin Breed if you are interested in participating.

Date	Participants	Papers For Discussion
28 Feb	Academic Steve Donnellan Student Andrew Wiewel	Theme 2: Davey JW, Blaxter ML (2010). RADSeq: next-generation population genetics. Briefings in Functional Genomics 9(5-6): 416-423.
14 Feb	Academic tba Student Fran Macgillivray	Theme 2: Bolker BM, Brooks ME, Clark CJ, Geange SW, Poulsen JR, et al. (2009) Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 24: 127-135
31 Jan	Academic Mike Gardner / Andrew Lowe Student Jolene Scoble	Theme 2: Landscape Genetics Pavlacky DC, Goldizen AW, Prentis PJ, Nicholls JA, & Lowe AJ (2009) A landscape genetics approach for quantifying the relative influence of historic and contemporary habitat heterogeneity on the genetic connectivity of a rainforest bird. Molecular Ecology 18:2945-2960
17 Jan	Academic Laurence Clarke	Theme 2: Fst special Meirmans PG, Hedrick PW Assessing population structure: FST and related measures. Molecular Ecology Resources 11: 5-18 AND Jost L (2008) GST and its relatives do not measure differentiation. Molecular Ecology 17: 4015-4026. Other useful material Gerlach G, Jueterbock A, Kraemer P, Deppermann J, Harmand P (2010) Calculations of population differentiation based on GST and D: forget GST but not all of statistics! Molecular Ecology 19: 3845-3852. Uni Helsinki group blog: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/egru-blog/2008/09/28/exit-gst/ Nature Population Genetics Forum: http://network.nature.com/groups/popgen/forum/topics/4220
6 Dec	Academic Mike Gardner Student Eleanor Dormontt	Theme 2 Jombart T, Devillard S, Balloux F Discriminant analysis of principal components: a new method for the analysis of genetically structured populations. BMC Genetics 11: 94
22 Nov	Academic Laurence Clarke	Theme 2 Aguilar R, Quesada M, Ashworth L, Herrerias-Diego Y, Lobo J (2008) Genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation in plant populations: susceptible signals in plant traits and methodological approaches. Molecular Ecology 17: 5177-5188
8 Nov	Academic Mike Gardner Student Martin Breed	Theme 2 Fox CW & Reed DH (2010). Inbreeding depression increases with environmental stress: an experimental study and meta-analysis. Evolution
Nominated papers
tba	Academic tba Student Martin Breed	Theme 2 Verhoeven KJF, Macel M, Wolfe LM, Biere A (2011) Population admixture, biological invasions and the balance between local adaptation and inbreeding depression. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278: 2-8.