Schedule
We are meeting this semester (Spring 2026) on Fridays from 11:15-12:05 in TLS 171b (i.e. the Bamford Conference Room).
If you are a UConn graduate student interested in Systematics and would like to join us, please write to Paul Lewis for a permission number.
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January 23, 2026
Let’s begin with an easy read that will give us some perspective on the field of Systematics and also will allow time to discuss possible topics or themes for the semester:
FJ Rohlf. 2025. Too many numbers? Systematic Biology DOI:10.1093/sysbio/syaf076
January 30, 2026
Analisa chose this paper for discussion this week:
J Villamil, M Morando, LJ Avila, FM Lanna, EM Fonseca, JW Sites Jr, and A Camargo. 2025. Revisiting the multispecies coalescent model fit with an example from a complete molecular phylogeny of the Liolaemus wiegmannii species group (Squamata: Liolaemidae). Systematic Biology 75:72-87. DOI:10.1093/sysbio/syaf048
February 6, 2026
Crystal chose this paper for discussion this week;
D Díaz-Escandón, G Tagirdzhanova, D Vanderpool, CCG Allen, A Aptroot, O Češka, DL Hawksworth, A Huereca, K Knudsen, J Kocourková, R Lücking, P Resl, T Spribille. 2022. Genome-level analyses resolve an ancient lineage of symbiotic ascomycetes. Current Biology 32:5209-5218. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.014