PBIO699k/CBMG670 -- Molecular Systematics

Homework 2002

The Sports Balls:

Homework Assignment #1, due 2/19/02

Prepare a review, not to exceed 2-3 pages of the following paper:

Oris I. Sanjur, Dolores R. Piperno, Thomas C. Andres, and Linda Wessel-Beaver, 2002. Phylogenetic relationships among domesticated and wild species of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae) inferred from a mitochondrial gene: Implications for crop plant evolution and areas of origin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99: 535-540.

It is available on line at: http://www.pnas.org/content/vol99/issue1/#EVOLUTION

For advice on how to write a review, see http://www.life.umd.edu/labs/delwiche/MSyst/misc/review.html

Homework Assignment #2, due

Prepare a review, not to exceed 2-3 pages of the following paper:

C.L. Morrison, A.W. Harvey, S. Lavery, K. Tieu, Y. Huang, and C.W. Cunningham. 2002. Mitochondrial gene rearrangements confirm the parallel evolution of the crab-like form. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 269: 345-350.

It is available online at: http://www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/proc_bio/proc_bio_main.htm

For advice on how to write a review, see http://www.life.umd.edu/labs/delwiche/MSyst/misc/review.html