Discussion Topic Readings Fall 2004

Th. September 2, 2004:

Bruggemann, H., A. Henne, F. Hoster, H. Liesegang, A. Wiezer, A. Strittmatter, S. Hujer, P. Durre, and G. Gottschalk. 2004. The Complete Genome Sequence of Propionibacterium Acnes, a Commensal of Human Skin. Science 305: 671-673.

Tu. September 14, 2004:

Platt, J. R. 1964. Strong Inference - Certain Systematic Methods of Scientific Thinking May Produce Much More Rapid Progress Than Others. Science 146: 347-&. Available from JSTOR.

Th. September 30, 2004:

Altschul, S. F., T. L. Madden, A. A. Schaffer, J. H. Zhang, Z. Zhang, W. Miller, and D. J. Lipman. 1997. Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLAST: a new generation of protein database search programs. Nucleic Acids Research 25: 3389-3402.

Th. October 7, 2004 (Optional!):

Altschul, S. F., T. L. Madden, A. A. Schaffer, J. H. Zhang, Z. Zhang, W. Miller, and D. J. Lipman. 1997. Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLAST: a new generation of protein database search programs. Nucleic Acids Research 25: 3389-3402.

Zuckerkandl, E., and L. Pauling. 1965. Molecules as Documents of Evolutionary History. Journal of Theoretical Biology 8: 357-

Elena, S. F., and R. E. Lenski. 2003. Evolution experiments with microorganisms: The dynamics and genetic bases of adaptation. Nature Reviews Genetics 4: 457-469.

Cooper, T. F., D. E. Rozen, and R. E. Lenski. 2003. Parallel changes in qene expression after 20,000 generations of evolution in Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100: 1072-1077.