Simberloff Article Featured in TN Today
Dan Simberloff’s critique of the ‘novel ecosystem’ concept, recently published as an opinion piece in TREE, has been featured in Tennessee Today. Congratulations, Dan!
Molecular Ecology Cover Article for Gavrilets
Sergey Gavrilets and collaborators have a new paper out in Molecular Ecology that made the cover of the journal. Congratulations!
“The genomic signature of parallel adaptation from shared genetic variation” Mol Ecol 23(16):3944-3956.
The abstract can be viewed at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.12720/abstract.
The Biology of Same-Sex Attraction
Sergey Gavrilets and two colleagues published a study in the Quarterly Review of Biology on the biology of same-sex attraction, that has sparked considerable coverage in both scientific and popular media. Publications and websites as diverse as Time, US News & World Report, Popular Science, Cosmos, and the New York Daily News have reported the findings.
Read the UT Quest story that summarizes the study, or read the full article (citation below).
Homosexuality as a Consequence of Epigenetically Canalized Sexual Development. William R. Rice, Urban Friberg and Sergey Gavrilets. The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 87, No. 4 (December 2012), pp. 343-368. Article DOI: 10.1086/668167
Press Release for Williams, O’Meara Article
EEB faculty Joe Williams and Brian O’Meara, together with former grad student Mackenzie Taylor, have a new article out in the American Journal of Botany that has been getting attention in the press. Read the EurekAlert press release, “Which came first, bi- or tricellular pollen? New research updates a classic debate.” Or, read the original, open-access article:
New Trillium Species Discovered
Dr. Edward Schilling, Dr. Susan B. Farmer and graduate student Aaron Floden, have identified a brand-new species of trillium, Trillium tennesseense, known to grow in only three locations in eastern Tennessee. The research was published in June 2013 in The Castanea. The Appalachian Voice Online has a story summarizing the discovery.
Zenni et al. Article
Graduate Student Rafael Zenni has a new paper in Ecology Letters, entitled “Rapid evolution and range expansion of an invasive plant are driven by provenance–environment interactions” (pdf available here). Ecology Letters is the top journal in the ecological sciences.
Rafael D. Zenni, Joseph K. Bailey, and Daniel Simberloff. 2014. “Rapid evolution and range expansion of an invasive plant are driven by provenance–environment interactions.” Ecology Letters. doi: 10.1111/ele.12278.
Gavrilets Paper in Nature Communications
Sergey Gavrilets recently had paper on “altruistic bullies” come out in Nature Communications:
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/140326/ncomms4526/full/ncomms4526.html
The work has been discussed in Time Magazine: “Science Proves It: Greed Is Good”
http://time.com/41680/greed-is-good-science-proves/
and in Science Daily: “Altruistic side of aggressive greed”
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140326092600.htm
as well as in several international venues. Congrats Sergey!
Hollingsworth et al. Article
A new paper by Hollingsworth et al. has come out in BMC Evolutionary Biology that provides the most complete phylogeny to date of North American minnows.
Hollingsworth, P.R. Jr., A.M. Simons, J.A. Fordyce, and C.D. Hulsey. 2013. Explosive diversification following a benthic to pelagic shift in freshwater fishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13:272.
The article is open access:
Update: New Grad/ Undergrad Publication
A new paper by Gorman et al. has come out in AoB Plants, with 11 graduate and undergraduate student authors from EEB!
AoB PLANTS Chief Editor has designated this paper as an ‘Editor’s Choice’ article. The ‘Editor’s Choice’ section of AoB PLANTS highlights articles that the Chief Editor finds especially impressive and of broad interest to the scientific community. The article will be featured prominently on the website as one of a select group that have achieved this recognition.
This paper was the result of a class project in Field Ecology and is entitled “Species identity influences belowground arthropod assemblages via functional traits.” Click here to view the pdf.
Van Nuland et al. article in PLos One
Michael Van Nuland, along with other EEB grad students and undergrads just published a paper in PLoS One resulting from a Field Ecology Project. View the paper here!
Title: Fire Promotes Pollinator Visitation: Implications for Ameliorating Declines of Pollination Services.
Authors: Michael E. Van Nuland, Elliot N. Haag, Jessica A. M. Bryant, Quentin D. Read, Robert N. Klein, Morgan J. Douglas, Courtney E. Gorman, Trey D. Greenwell, Mark W. Busby, Jonathan Collins, Joseph T. LeRoy, George Schuchmann, Jennifer A. Schweitzer, Joseph K. Bailey.