EEB 2245/2245W Lecture topics (Spring 2010)
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Chapter and page references below refer to Futuyma, Evolution.
| Jan 19 | Introduction to the Geological Time Scale; the Fossil Record
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Ch. 4 (73-77) |
| Jan 21 | Life in the Precambrian; evolution of the Metazoa | Ch. 5 (101-108) |
| Jan 26 | Cambrian explosion & Life in the Paleozoic | Ch. 5 (108-115) |
| Jan 28 | Life in the Mesozoic | Ch. 5 (115-121) |
| Feb 2 | Life in the Cenozoic | Ch. 5 (121-131) |
| Feb 4 | Evolution of primates | Ch. 4 (88-91) |
| Feb 9 | Evolution of biodiversity & extinction (guest lecture: R. Prunier) | Ch. 7 |
| Feb 11 | Exam 1 | Covering material from January 19th through February 4th |
| Feb 16 | Characters, homology & homoplasy | Ch. 3 |
| Feb 18 | Systematics & reconstructing evolutionary history | Ch. 2 |
| Feb 23 | Evolution and development | Ch. 21 |
| Feb 25 | Biogeography & major patterns of distribution | Ch. 6 |
| Mar 2 | Continental Drift & Historical Biogeography | Ch. 6 |
| Mar 4 | Exam 2 | Covering material from February 9th through March 2nd |
| Mar 9 | Spring break | |
| Mar 11 | Spring break | |
| Mar 16 | Genetic variation
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Ch. 9 (pp. 215-232) |
| Mar 18 | Genetic drift | Ch. 10 |
| Mar 23 | Migration and non-random mating
Genetic drift and migration |
Ch. 9 (pp. 241-254) |
| Mar 25 | Natural selection and adaptation
More information on natural selection in the peppered moth (Biston betularia) |
Ch. 11 |
| Mar 30 | The genetics of natural selection
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Ch. 12 |
| Apr 1 | Examples of natural selection | Ch. 11 |
| Apr 6 | Exam #3 | Covering material from March 16th through April 1st |
| Apr 8 | Evolution of phenotypic traits
"Birth defects, jimson weed, and bell curves," by James F. Crow |
Ch. 9 (pp. 236-241), Ch. 13 |
| Apr 13 | Sex and evolution | Ch. 15 |
| Apr 15 | Evolution of behavior | Ch. 16 |
| Apr 20 | Ecotypes and adaptive variation
Supplemental readings for April 20 |
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| Apr 22 | Species and speciation (guest lecture: R. Prunier) | Ch. 17 |
| Apr 27 | Speciation mechanisms | Ch. 18 |
| Apr 29 | Evolution and society
Final words of On the origin of species, by Charles Darwin |
Ch. 23 |
| May 6 8:00am-10:00am |
Exam #4
IMPORTANT Exam #4 will be given in the BioPharm building NOT in our usual lecture room. |
Covering material from April 8th through April 29th |
