News
02.03.2010
A paper entitled "Complete mitochondrial genome of a Pleistocene jawbone unveils the origin of polar bear", authored by several NCB members, gets acceptance in PNAS. Abstract
27.11.2009
We congratulate Jan T. Lifjeld with the research grant from the Research Council of Norway! The title for the project is: “Sperm, speciation and promiscuity – an integrated analysis of evolution in passerine birds”
27.10.2009
The yearly NCB progress seminar will take place 3-4 March 2010.
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27.10.2009
Mika Bendiksby will talk about Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of subfamiliy Lamioideae (Lamiaceae) and selected subgroups, including a survey of allopolyploid speciation in the small lamioid genus, Galeopsis.
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Time and place: Oct. 28. 2009 12:00, at the lunch room, ZM
22.10.2009
Publication list was updated. In this regard we ask the centre members to keep the webmasters informed of about new publications.
25.6.2009
Kristofer H. Bentz successfully defended his master thesis "Mutation rate in the microsatellite HrU10 in tree swallows in an area with high PAH pollution". Congratulations!
24.6.2009
Centre leader Christian Brochmann recieves the University's scientific award 2009. Press here (external link in Norwegian) for more information.
16.6.2009
Many of the centre members are these days performing field work. We encourage people to send us photos. Some of the "bird people" recently came back from their trip to Heimdalen and Røros. Some of the Heimdalen photos can be seen here, and some of the Røros photos can be seen here.
04.5.2009
Dr. Tomas Albrecht and PhD student Jakub Kreisinger from the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic will visit NHM May 5-13th. They collaborate with several centre members and will work on "the passerine sperm project".
15.4.2009
Kleven O, Fossøy F, Laskemoen T, Robertson RJ, Rudolfsen G, Lifjeld JT, got the manuscript "Comparative evidence for the evolution of sperm swimming speed by sperm competition and female sperm storage duration in passerine birds" accepted in Evolution.
Anker-Nilssen T, Kleven O, Aarvak T, Lifjeld JT, got the manuscript "Low or no occurrence of extra-pair paternity in the Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle" accepted in Journal of Ornithology.
06.4.2009
Fjellheim S, Jørgensen MH, Kjos M, Borgen L, got the manuscript "A molecular study of hybridization and homoploid hybrid speciation in Argyranthemum (Asteraceae) on Tenerife, The Canary Islands" accepted in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.
Skrede I, Borgen L, Brochmann C, got the manuscript "Genetic structuring of three closely related circumpolar plant species: AFLP versus microsatellite markers and high-arctic versus arctic-alpine distributions" accepted in Heredity.
Zeyl E, Aars J, Ehrich D, Wiig, Ø. got the manuscript "Families in space: relatedness in the Barents Sea population of polar bears (Ursus maritimus)" accepted in Molecular Ecology.
02.4.2009
Press here for information regarding potential master projects (in norwegian only) connected to NCB.
30.3.2009
Kleven O, Laskemoen T, Lifjeld JT, got the manuscript "Sperm length in sand martins: a comment on Helfenstein et al." accepted in Journal of Avian Biology. (Abstract)
26.3.2009
AFLPdat is now linked from the main menu- a collection of R functions that facilitates the handling of dominant genotypic data.
12-13.3.2009
01.3.2009
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