Classic Works in Evolutionary Biology Seminar
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Course Information
Instructors: Kurt Schwenk and Elizabeth Jockusch
Meeting time: Mondays 9:05-10:00
Meeting place: Bamford Room
Resources
Classic Works in Evolutionary Biology Complete List
Ned Friedman's page on early evolutionists Link
Discussion Schedule
Date | Discussion Leader(s) | Readings | Additional Resources |
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Jan 23 | Kurt & Elizabeth | Paley (1802) ![]() ![]() |
Elliot (1914) introduction to Lamarck ![]() |
Jan. 30 | Elizabeth & Kurt | Darwin & Wallace (1858); With new introduction by Michael Ghiselin ![]() |
Original, published version of Darwin & Wallace (1858) ![]() |
Feb. 6 | Andrew & Annette | Population Genetic Groundwork for the Modern Synthesis
Focus of Discussion: Also: |
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Feb. 13 | Snow Day | ||
Feb. 20 | Austin | Excerpt from Dobzhansky (1937) Genetics and the Origin of Species
Also have a look at Dobzhansky's work on isolating mechanisms in Drosophila |
Bateson (1909) includes statement of Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibility model of speciation |
Feb. 27 | Kristen | ||
March 6 | Eliza | E. Mayr (excerpt from Animal Species and Evolution) if short on time, skip pp. 535-546 | |
March 13 | SPRING BREAK | ||
March 20 | Botanical synthesizers: G. L. Stebbins (Variation and Evolution in Plants) and E. Anderson (Introgressive Hybridization) | ||
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April 24 | Kate | Evolution at two levels in humans and chimpanzees (http://www.jstor.org/stable/1739875) |