Evolutionary Biology

EEB 245

Date	Topic	Homework	Discussion/Activities	Testing	Readings
Jan. 23	Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium	Problem Set 1	Violations of Random Mating		pp. 141-154
Jan. 30	Deviations from Hardy-Weinberg	Problem Set 2	Simulations of Drift and Migration		pp. 195-224, 236-250
Feb. 6	Natural Selection	Problem Set 3	Simulation of selection		Ch. 3, pp. 154-182
Feb. 13	Natural Selection II	Problem Set 4	NONE	Exam 1 (weeks 1-2) Study Guide Answer Key	pp. 154-182, pp. 317-324
Feb. 20	Quantitative Traits	Problem Set 5	Selection in Darwin's finches Finch data set		Ch. 8
Feb. 27	Sexual Selection/Kin Selection	Problem Set 6 Reading for PS 6	The Evolution of Cooperation		Ch. 10, 11
March 6	SPRING BREAK
March 13	Speciation	Problem Set 7	Sexual selection and speciation		Ch. 15
March 20	Phylogenetic Trees and Character Evolution	Problem Set 8	NONE	Exam 2 (weeks 3-6) Study Guide	pp. 47-49
March 27	Using Phylogenies	Problem Set 9	Independent contrasts		pp. 344-358, 567-582
April 3	Inferring Phylogenies	Problem Set 10	Phylogeny of mammal skulls		pp. 50-56, 549-566
April 10	Molecular Evolution	Problem Set 11	Molecular clocks		pp. 221-227
April 17	History of Life	Problem Set 12	NONE	Exam 3 (weeks 7-10) Study Guide	Ch. 16, 17
April 24	Human Evolution	No Problem Set	Human Evolution		Ch. 19
May 1	FINAL EXAM (6-8 pm)			Final Exam (comprehensive) Study Guide