| Unit 1 - Organelles & Coadapted Gene Complexes |
- Margulis, L. 1970. The symbiotic theory. In Origin of Eukaryotic Cells. Yale University Press. [Available from EBIO copy room or Yan or Susan]
- P. Lopez-Garcia and D. Moreira. 1999. Metabolic symbiosis at the origin of eukaryotes. Trends in Biochemical Sciences 24:88-93.
- R. G. Herrmann, R. M. Maier, and C. Schmitz-Linneweber. 2002. Eukaryotic genome evolution: rearrangement and coevolution of compartmentalized genetic information. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 358:87-97.
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| Unit 2 - Symbiotic Bacteria |
Please read at least 3 of the following papers:
- Ruby, E. G., and M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1992. A squid that glows in the night: development of an animal-bacterial mutualism. Journal of Bacteriology 174:4865-4870.
- Bandi, C., A. M. Dunn, G. D. D. Hurst, and T. Rigaud. 2001. Inherited microorganisms, sex-specific virulence, and reproductive parasitism. Trends in Parasitology 17:88-94.
- Hooper, L. V. and J. I. Gordon. 2001. Commensal host-bacterial relationships in the gut. Science 292:1115-1118.
- Hirsch, A. M., M. R. Lum, and J. A. Downie. 2001. What makes the Rhizobia-legume symbiosis so special? Plant Physiology 127:1482-1492.
- Zientz, E., F. J. Silva, and R. Gross. 2001. Genome interdependence in insect-bacterium symbioses. Genome Biology 2:1032.1-1032.6
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| Unit 3 - Frugivory
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| Unit 4 - Pollination
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| Unit 5 - Herbivory
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| Unit 6 - Hosts & Parasites: Microevolutionary
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| Unit 7 - Hosts & Parasites: Macroevolutionary
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| Unit 8 - Predator-Prey Interactions
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| Unit 9 - Mimicry
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