EEB 2245/2245W lecture
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, Fall 2008 updated 30Aug08
EEB 2245/2245W Tu-Th 12:30-1:45 Braun 124
Instructor:
Chris Simon, Professor EEB Department
Office: Biopharm 305D, phone 6-4640
Lab: Biopharm 323 & 325, phone 6-3947
e-mail: chris.simon@uconn.edu
e-mail is the best place to leave messages. Please put the phrase "EEB 2245" in the subject line. For questions about the W section, email Chuck Smith.
Office hours:
Anytime (including nights or weekends if necessary) except in the morning before our class. See me after class or send me an e-mail to arrange a meeting. I encourage quick questions by electronic mail. With longer questions or many questions, please come to see me. Don’t wait until the day before an exam!
Grade:
EEB 245: There will be two one hour exams covering each half of the course (listed on the syllabus) and a comprehensive one hour synthetic final exam. The second one-hour exam will be given in the same two-hour time block as the synthetic final. The first exam will count 40% and the second hour exam plus the final will count 60%.
EEB 245W: If you are registered for EEB 245W, 75% of the final course grade will be determined by your lecture exams (as above) and 25% by your term paper. As usual, an F in the W part of the course will result in an F for the entire course. At least two drafts of your writing assignment must be successfully completed to pass the course. A detailed set of instructions will be provided and W students will be assigned a W instructor during the first week of class.
Text:
Futuyma, D. J. 2005. Evolutionary Biology. Sinauer Publications, Sunderland, Mass. http://www.sinauer.com/detail.php?id=1872 The UCONN coop should have lots of used copies. Please read assigned chapters prior to the class for which they are scheduled. Additional supplementary readings may be assigned during the semester.
The syllabus always evolves. I will periodically send updated versions which track our true progress and introduce late breaking topics.
EEB 2245 Syllabus_CS_26Aug08.2.pdf
Lect. 1 EEB 245 C. Simon 26Aug08.pdf
EEB 2245 Lecture 1 figures sm.pdf
Five most important problems 26Aug08.pdf
Lect 2. Creationism vs Evol 28Aug08.pdf
Lect. 2. Evidence 4 Evolution28Aug08 sm.pdf
Lect 3. History Evol.pdf
Lect 3 figs EEB2245.pdf
Lect 4. Illustrations sm.pdf
Study Guide I EEB 2245 F 08.pdf
Lect. 5 & 6 Inbreeding and Drift.pdf
EEB 2245 Lect 5. Selection, Inbreeding 9Sep08 sm.pdf
EEB 2245 Lect 6 Inbreeding, Genetic Drift sm.pdf
Lect. 7. Genetic Drift (cont) & Gene flow.pdf
Lect. 7 figures small.pdf
Lect. 8. Selection 1 EEB 2245.pdf
Lect 8. Figures Selection-I small.pdf
EEB_245_Studyguide_2-F08.pdf
Lect. 9 EEB 2245 Natural Selection II.pdf
Lect 9. Figures Selection II figures sm.pdf
Lect 10 Genetic_load_neutral_theory_races_ringspecies.pdf
Review of Directional Selection.pdf
Lect 10. figures selection, load, variation sm.pdf
Syllabus EEB 2245 27Sep08.pdf
Lect. 11.Factors.inhibit.gene.flow.pdf
Lect.11.Figs.Factors reducing geneflow.sm.pdf
Lect 12.post.zygotic,species.definition,speciation.pdf
Lect 12.Figs.Species & Speciation.sm.pdf
Lect 13. Speciation Mechanisms 12.pdf
Lect. 13. FIgs Speciation mechanisms sm.pdf
Lect 14 Speciation & Hybridization 12.pdf
Lect 14. figs. hybridization sm.pdf
StudyGuide_3_Fall_08_EEB 2245.pdf
Lect 15. Systematics I.pdf
Lect.15. Figures Char displacement_Tree Thinking.pdf
Lect 16 Systematics II convergence 12 pt.pdf
Lect. 16. Figs. Systematics II 21Oct08.pdf
Constructing Evolutionary Trees (morphology).pdf
Syllabus EEB 2245 20 Oct 08.pdf
Lect. 17 figures EEB2245 Molecular clock neutral evolution.pdf
Lect. 18. Review of Life & Animal Phylogenies.pdf
Lect 19. Evolutionary Novelties revised.pdf
Study guide 4 Fall 08 EEB2245.pdf
Lect. 20. Evo Devo.pdf
Syllabus EEB 2245 10 Nov 08.pdf
Lect. 21. Fossil Record Overview.pdf
Lect. 22. Paleozoic.pdf