The University of Arizona

ECOL 453/553
EVOLUTIONARY & FUNCTIONAL
GENOMICS
 

READING

FALL 2008

Some of the non-text readings for ECOL/MCB/BIOC 453/553 2008

Most readings must be downloaded by the student; some will be distributed. This list is incomplete, intended to provide a preview. Changes will be announced in lecture and on website. Text readings are listed on syllabus.

Go to NCBI PubMed
Go to Online journals via UA Library

Full text of T. A. Brown, Genomes (2nd Ed.), available through NCBI.

26 Aug  

28 Aug  Blanchette, M., E.D. Green, W. Miller, and D. Haussler, 2004. Reconstructing large regions of an ancestral mammalian genome in silico. Genome Research 14: 2412-2423. pdf

Pardi, F. and N. Goldman, 2005. Species choice for comparative genomics: Being greedy works. PLoS Genetics 1: 672-675. pdf

2 Sept    

4 Sept    

9 Sept    

11 Sept  

16 Sept   

18 Sept

23 Sept

25 Sept    Venter, J.C., M.C. Adams, E.W. Myers, P.W. Li , R.J. Mural. et numerous al. 2001. The sequence of the human genome. Science 291: 1304-1351  (only pages 1304-1321) pdf

Lander, E.S. et al (International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium) 2001. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome. Nature 409: 860-921 (only pages 860-874, 896-901) pdf

30 Sept

2 Oct     

7 Oct     

9 Oct    

14 Oct    

16 Oct - MIDTERM EXAM

21 Oct

23 Oct

28 Oct

30 Oct     

4 Nov     

6 Nov   Rocha, E.P.C., 2008. The organization of the bacterial genome. Ann. Rev. Genet. 42: 7.1-7.23. pdf

11 Nov - VETERANS DAY no class

13 Nov Raes, J., K.U. Foerstner, and R. Bork, 2007. Get the most out of your metagenome: computational analysis of environmental sequence data. Current Opinion Microbiol. 10: 490-498. pdf

McHardy, A.C., and I. Rigoutsos, 2007. What's in the mix: phylogenetic classification of metagenome sequence samples. Current Opinion Microbiol. 10: 498-503. pdf

Venter, J.C., et al., 2004. Environmental genome shotgun sequencing of the Sargasso Sea. Science 304: 66-74. pdf

Tringe, S.G., et al., 2005. Comparative metagenomics of microbial communities. Science 308: 554-557. pdf

18 Nov

20 Nov

25 Nov

27 Nov - THANKSGIVING no class

2 Dec

4 Dec

9 Dec

16 Dec - FINAL EXAM