Difference between revisions of "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
Jan 23	Kurt & Elizabeth	Paley (1802) Lamarck (1809)	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: Wright (1932)—includes adaptive landscape metaphor Also: Fisher (1918)—Mendelian inheritance, pp. 399-401, 432(end)-433 Haldane (1924) —mathematical theory of selection, pp. 19, 37(end)-39	Wright's (1960) perspective on the history of genetics James Crow's obituary of Wright Fisher Retrospective
Feb. 13	Snow Day
Feb. 20	Austin	Excerpt from Dobzhansky (1937) Genetics and the Origin of Species Chapter 8-Isolating Mechanisms Also have a look at Dobzhansky's work on isolating mechanisms in Drosophila Dobzhansky (1936); read "The Problem" and "Discussion" Dobzhansky (1937); read "Introduction" and "Summary"	Bateson (1909) includes statement of Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibility model of speciation H. J. Muller (1942) on the genetics of isolating mechanisms Emerson's (1938) review of Genetics and the Origin of Species Ayala's (1985) Dobzhansky Memoir Orr (1996) reflections on Dobzhansky and the genetics of speciation
Feb. 27	Kristen	G. G. Simpson (excerpt from The Major Features of Evolution, 1953)	Whittington's (1986) Simpson memoir
March 6	Eliza	E. Mayr (excerpt from Animal Species and Evolution) if short on time, skip pp. 535-546 Excerpts from Mayr (1963) Animal Species and Evolution
March 13		SPRING BREAK
March 20	Vandana	Botanical synthesizers: G. L. Stebbins (Variation and Evolution in Plants) and E. Anderson (Introgressive Hybridization)	Review (co-authored by our own Carl Schlichting) of the critical contributions of Clausen, Keck and Heisey that Anderson and Stebbins draw heavily from; nevertheless their work was not fully appreciated by, nor incorporated into, the Synthesis Núñez-Farfán & Schlichting (2001) This paper by Anderson and Stebbins is the most succinct version of their argument that hybridization is important in evolution Anderson and Stebbins (1954) Stebbins's reflections on Anderson Stebbins (1972)
March 27		THE HERETICS: GOLDSCHMIDT and WADDINGTON Richard Goldschmidt (1940) (The Material Basis of Evolution) C. H. Waddington (1940) (The Strategy of the Genes)	Several good references for an 'updated' history of evolutionary biology, including the role of development: Amundsen, R. (2005) The Changing Role of the Embryo in Evolutionary Thought. Roots of Evo-Devo. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge Richards, R. J. (1992) The Meaning of Evolution. The Morphological Construction and Ideological Reconstruction of Darwin's Theory. Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago Laublicher, M. D., & J. Maianschein (eds.) (2007) From Embryology to Evo-Devo: A History of Developmental Evolution. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
April 3	Austin Spence	Gould & Lewontin (1979), 'The spandrels of San Marco'
April 10	Annette Evans	Francois Jacob - Evolution and Tinkering (1977)
April 17	Kaitlin Gallagher	Alberch et al. (1979), Size and shape in ontogeny and phylogeny
April 24	Kate	Evolution at two levels in humans and chimpanzees King & Wilson (1975)

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-==Course Information==
+=='''Course Information'''==
 '''Instructors''': Kurt Schwenk and Elizabeth Jockusch<br/>
-'''Meeting time''': Mondays 9:05-10:00
+'''Meeting time''': Mondays 9:05-10:00<br/>
 '''Meeting place''': Bamford Room<br/>
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-==Resources==
+=='''Resources'''==
-'''Classic Works in Evolutionary Biology''' [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Classic_Works_in_Evolutionary_Biology—The_List_With_Links '''List''']<br/>
+'''Classic Works in Evolutionary Biology''' [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Classic_Works_in_Evolutionary_Biology—The_List_With_Links '''Complete List''']<br/>
-'''Ned Friedman's page on early Evolutionists''' [http://spot.colorado.edu/~friedmaw/Early_Evolution/Homepage.html link]<br/>
+'''Ned Friedman's page on early evolutionists''' [http://spot.colorado.edu/~friedmaw/Early_Evolution/Homepage.html Link]<br/>
-course pdf upload [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/upload.html link]
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-Class email list {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/EEB6485_ClassEmailList.pdf}}
-==Discussion Schedule==
+=='''Discussion Schedule'''==
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-|Jan 21||  || <br>'''SNOW DAY'''<br><br> ||
+|Jan 23|| Kurt & Elizabeth || Paley (1802) {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/PaleyNaturalTheology1802EXCERPT.pdf}} Lamarck (1809) {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Lamarck_1809_Ch7.pdf}}  ||  Elliot (1914) introduction to Lamarck {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/ElliotIntroToLamarck1809.1914.pdf}}
 |-
-|Jan. 28||Kurt and Elizabeth||Excerpts from William Paley's "Natural Theology"<br>
+|Jan. 30|| Elizabeth & Kurt || Darwin & Wallace (1858); With new introduction by Michael Ghiselin {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/DarwinWallaceGhiselinPreface1858.pdf}}   || Original, published version of Darwin & Wallace (1858) {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/DarwinWallaceORIG1858.pdf}}
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/PaleyNaturalTheology1824%20EXCERPT.pdf}} Design Argument<br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Paley2.pdf}} Paley on Selection<br>
-Excerpts from William Whewell's 1845 "Indications of the Creator" <br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/WhewellIndicationsOfTheCreator1845EXCERPT.pdf}} Final Causes<br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Whewell_Transmutation.pdf}} Transmutation of Species
-||
 |-
-|Feb. 4||Bill ||Lamarck's Physiological Zoology (1809)<br>
+||Feb. 6   || Andrew & Annette  || '''Population Genetic Groundwork for the Modern Synthesis'''
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Lamarck_1809_Ch7.pdf}} Ch. 7-Influence of the Environment<br>
+''Focus of Discussion:''
-Excerpts from Owen on Homology and Types<br>
+:Wright (1932){{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/WrightAdaptiveLandscape1932.pdf}}—includes adaptive landscape metaphor
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Owen1846.pdf}} 1846 {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Owen1848.pdf}} 1848 {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Owen1849.pdf}} 1849
+''Also:''
+:Fisher (1918){{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/FisherMendelianInheritance1918.pdf}}—Mendelian inheritance, pp. 399-401, 432(end)-433
+:Haldane (1924) {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/HaldaneMathTheorySelection.I.1924.pdf}}—mathematical theory of selection, pp. 19, 37(end)-39
 ||
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Wright_20thCenturyGeneticsReviewMayrCritique_AJHG1960.pdf}} Wright's (1960) perspective on the history of genetics
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Wright_Obituary_Crow1988.pdf}} James Crow's obituary of Wright
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Fisher_Retrospective1963.pdf}} Fisher Retrospective
 |-
-|Feb. 11||Veronica||Darwin's and Wallace's 1858 Linnean Society Texts <br>
+|Feb. 13||  Snow Day ||   ||
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Darwin_Wallace_1858.pdf}}  Text with Ghiselin commentary <br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/DarwinWallace_ProcLinSoc1858.pdf}} Original
-|| [http://benfry.com/traces/ Visualization: The Preservation of Favored Traces] <br> -- a graphic representation of the changes to *On the Origin of Species* through its six editions. <br>
-Owen's (anonymous) review of the Origin [http://www.victorianweb.org/science/science_texts/owen_review_of_origin.html link]<br>
-Wallace Appreciations
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Evolution%E2%80%99s%20red-hot%20radical.pdf}} Red-hot radical {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Knapp_WallaceBiogeographyFounder_Science2013.pdf}} Biogeographer<br>
-Wallace-Darwin similarities: more than a coincidence?
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Davies_DarwinWallaceNonidenpendence_BiolJLinnSoc2013.pdf}} Davies {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Smith_Wallace-DarwinMail_BiolJLinnSoc2013.pdf}} Smith
 |-
-|Feb. 18||  || <br>'''SNOW DAY'''<br><br>||
+|Feb. 20|| Austin  || Excerpt from Dobzhansky (1937) Genetics and the Origin of Species
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Dobzhansky_1937_Ch8_IsolatingMechanisms.pdf}} Chapter 8-Isolating Mechanisms
+Also have a look at Dobzhansky's work on isolating mechanisms in Drosophila
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Dobzhansky_HybridSterilityII_Genetics1936.pdf}} Dobzhansky (1936); read "The Problem" and "Discussion"
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Dobzhansky_GeneticNatureSpeciesDiffs_AmNat1937.pdf}} Dobzhansky (1937); read "Introduction" and "Summary"
+||[http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/modern-science/chapter05.html Bateson (1909)] includes statement of Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibility model of speciation
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Muller_IsolatingMechanisms_BiolSymp1942.pdf}} H. J. Muller (1942) on the genetics of isolating mechanisms<br>
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Dobzhansky1937Review_Emerson1938.pdf}} Emerson's (1938) review of Genetics and the Origin of Species<br>
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/DobzhanskyMemoir_Ayala1985.pdf}} Ayala's (1985) Dobzhansky Memoir<br>
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Orr_Perspective_DobzhanskyMullerSpeciation_Genetics1996.pdf}} Orr (1996) reflections on Dobzhansky and the genetics of speciation<br>
 |-
-|Feb. 25||Cera ||Heredity and Variation
+|Feb. 27|| Kristen ||
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Weismann_1893_GermPlasm_Introduction.pdf}} Weismann (1893) Introduction to the Germ-Plasm--Read part B, Descriptive part (p. 20-end)
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/SimpsonMajorFeatures1953WithNoteOPT.pdf}}  G. G. Simpson (excerpt from ''The Major Features of Evolution'', 1953)
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Bateson_1899_Crossbreeding.pdf}} Bateson (1899)
+|| {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Simpson_FRSMemoir1986.pdf}} Whittington's (1986) Simpson memoir
-Also worth a look, to see how rapidly genetics progressed
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Morgan_1915_HereditaryMaterial.pdf}} Morgan (1915)
-||Classic Literature in Genetics [http://www.esp.org/foundations/genetics/classical/browse/date.html link]<br>
-Morgan, T.H. (1916) ''A Critique of the Theory of Evolution''—Morgan reviews evolution and theories of heredity to that time: [http://books.google.com/books?id=N3RIAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=morgan+a+critique+of+the+theory+of+evolution&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yB4NU6fXCYfV0QGl9oHgAg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=morgan%20a%20critique%20of%20the%20theory%20of%20evolution&f=false Morgan (1916) link]<br>
-{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Grant1900_HeredityReviewForPublic.pdf}} Grant (1900)-Overview of the heredity debate for general public
 |-
-|March 4|| Brigette || Population Genetic Groundwork for the Modern Synthesis
+|March 6|| Eliza ||   E. Mayr (excerpt from Animal Species and Evolution)  '''if short on time''', skip pp. 535-546
-Focus of Discussion
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Mayr1963_GeneticRevolutions.pdf}} Excerpts from Mayr (1963) Animal Species and Evolution
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Wright_1932_GeneticCongress.pdf}} Wright (1932)-includes adaptive landscape metaphor
+ ||
-Also have a look at the beginning and end of these (but skip the math in between)
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Haldane_1924_SelectionPart1.pdf}} Haldane (1924)-mathematical theory of selection, pp. 19, 37 (end)-39
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Fisher_1918_MendelianCorrBetweenRelsANOVA.pdf}} Fisher (1918)-Mendelian inheritance, pp. 399-401, 432 (end)-433
-||
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Wright_20thCenturyGeneticsReviewMayrCritique_AJHG1960.pdf}} Wright's (1960) perspective on the history of genetics
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Wright_Obituary_Crow1988.pdf}} James Crow's obituary of Wright
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Fisher_Retrospective1963.pdf}} Fisher Retrospective
 |-
-|March 11|| Suman  || Excerpt from Dobzhansky (1937) Genetics and the Origin of Species
+|March 13||   || '''''SPRING BREAK'''''||
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Dobzhansky_1937_Ch8_IsolatingMechanisms.pdf}} Chapter 8-Isolating Mechanisms
-Also have a look at Dobzhansky's work on isolating mechanisms in Drosophila
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Dobzhansky_HybridSterilityII_Genetics1936.pdf}} Dobzhansky (1936); read "The Problem" and "Discussion"
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Dobzhansky_GeneticNatureSpeciesDiffs_AmNat1937.pdf}} Dobzhansky (1937); read "Introduction" and "Summary"
-||[http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/modern-science/chapter05.html Bateson (1909)] includes statement of Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibility model of speciation
-{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Muller_IsolatingMechanisms_BiolSymp1942.pdf}} H. J. Muller (1942) on the genetics of isolating mechanisms<br>
-{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Dobzhansky1937Review_Emerson1938.pdf}} Emerson's (1938) review of Genetics and the Origin of Species<br>
-{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/DobzhanskyMemoir_Ayala1985.pdf}} Ayala's (1985) Dobzhansky Memoir<br>
-{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Orr_Perspective_DobzhanskyMullerSpeciation_Genetics1996.pdf}} Orr (1996) reflections on Dobzhansky and the genetics of speciation<br>
 |-
-|March 18|| || SPRING BREAK ||
+|March 20|| Vandana ||  Botanical synthesizers:
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/StebbinsExcerpts1950.pdf}} G. L. Stebbins  (Variation and Evolution in Plants) and
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/AndersonIntrogressiveHybridizationREV1953.pdf}} E. Anderson (Introgressive Hybridization)
+|| Review (co-authored by our own Carl Schlichting) of the critical contributions of Clausen, Keck and Heisey that Anderson and Stebbins draw heavily from; nevertheless their work was not fully appreciated by, nor incorporated into, the Synthesis
+::{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Nunez-FarfanSchlichtingClausenKeckHeisyQRB01.pdf}} Núñez-Farfán & Schlichting (2001)
+This paper by Anderson and Stebbins is the most succinct version of their argument that hybridization is important in evolution <br>
+:[http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2395149.pdf Anderson and Stebbins (1954)]<br>
+Stebbins's reflections on Anderson<br>
+:[http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2395149.pdf Stebbins (1972)]
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-|March 25|| Velotta, Michael||<br>
+|March 27||    ||  THE HERETICS:  GOLDSCHMIDT and WADDINGTON
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/SimpsonMajorFeatures1953WithNoteOPT.pdf}} Excerpt from George Gaylord Simpson's (1953) ''Major Features of Evolution''
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Goldschmidt1940EXCERPTS.pdf}} Richard Goldschmidt (1940)  (''The Material Basis of Evolution'')
- || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Simpson_FRSMemoir1986.pdf}} Whittington's (1986) Simpson memoir<br>
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Waddington1957EXCERPTSopt.pdf}} C. H. Waddington (1940)  (''The Strategy of the Genes'')
+|| Several good references for an 'updated' history of evolutionary biology, including the role of development:
+:Amundsen, R. (2005) ''The Changing Role of the Embryo in Evolutionary Thought. Roots of Evo-Devo''. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge
+:Richards, R. J. (1992) ''The Meaning of Evolution. The Morphological Construction and Ideological Reconstruction of Darwin's Theory''. Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago
+:Laublicher, M. D., & J. Maianschein (eds.) (2007) ''From Embryology to Evo-Devo: A History of Developmental Evolution''. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
 |-
-|April 1|| Katie, Sara ||Speciation and hybridization
+|April 3|| Austin Spence || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/GouldLewontinSpandrels79.pdf}} Gould & Lewontin (1979), 'The spandrels of San Marco'  ||
-Zoological perspective--Mayr on genetic revolutions; also includes his historical perspective and a bit on hybridization<br>
-'''if short on time''', skip pp. 535-546
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Mayr1963_GeneticRevolutions.pdf}} Excerpts from Mayr (1963) Animal Species and Evolution
-Botanical perspective--focused on hybridization
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Stebbins1950Excerpts.pdf}} Excerpts from Stebbins (1950) Variation and Evolution in Plants
-|| Some biographical information on Stebbins:<br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/StebbinsBioNAS04.pdf}} By the National Academy of Sciences<br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/StebbinBiobyPHRaven00.pdf}} By Peter Raven<br>
-<br>
-Although not 'officially' accepted into the Synthesis fold (i.e., approved by Ernst Mayr), another important botanist contributor is Verne Grant, member of the National Academy of Sciences, who wrote a significant, early book called, ''The Origin of Adaptations'' (Columbia Univ. Press, 1963).  You can still buy used copies inexpensively.
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-|April 8|| Ellen, Bill  ||  Evo-Devo: outside the synthesis:<br>
+|April 10|| Annette Evans  ||  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/JacobEvolTinkering77.pdf}} Francois Jacob - ''Evolution and Tinkering'' (1977)  ||
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Goldschmidt1940EXCERPTSb.pdf}}  Richard Goldschmidt's (1940) ''Material Basis of Evolution'' ('hopeful monsters')<br><br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Waddington1957EXCERPTS.pdf}} '''Waddington (1957) Excerpts'''<br>
-||'''You can get a free (probably illegal) full-text copy of Goldschmidt's book''' [http://www.evolocus.com/Textbooks/Goldschmidt1960.pdf '''HERE''']<br>
-'''Some interesting papers about Goldschmidt and his work:'''<br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/GoldschmidtMemoir_Stern1967.pdf}} Goldschmidt Biographical Memoir (Stern 1967)
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/GoldschmidtIntegrEvoDevoGenet00.pdf}} Goldschmidt and Evo-Devo (2000)<br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/GoldschmidtOverview03.pdf}} Overview of Goldschmidt and his work (2003)<br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/GoldschmidtUseOfMetaphors08.pdf}} Goldschmidt's use of metaphors (2008)<br>
-'''Waddington was an experimental biologist as well as a theorist.  Here are a few of his papers, all pertinent to what is contained in his book:'''<br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/oWaddingtonBaldwinEffectGenAssim1953.pdf}} oWaddingtonBaldwinEffectGenAssim1953.pdf<br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/oWaddingtonCanalGenAssimAcquiredChar1959.pdf}} oWaddingtonCanalGenAssimAcquiredChar1959.pdf<br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/oWaddingtonGenAssimBithorax1956.pdf}} oWaddingtonGenAssimBithorax1956.pdf<br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/oWaddingtonGenetAssimAcquiredChar53.pdf}} oWaddingtonGenetAssimAcquiredChar53.pdf<br>
-'''Here are some papers ABOUT Waddington and his work:'''<br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Waddington%27sLegacyHall92.pdf}} Waddington'sLegacyHall92.pdf<br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/WaddingtonOverviewGilbert00.pdf}} WaddingtonOverviewGilbert00.pdf<br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/WaddingtonBioOverview02.pdf}} WaddingtonBioOverview02.pdf<br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/WaddingtonCanalizationRevisited02.pdf}} WaddingtonCanalizationRevisited02.pdf<br>
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/GeneticAssimBaldwinEffectPlasticity07.pdf}} GeneticAssimBaldwinEffectPlasticity07.pdf<br>
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-|April 15|| Johana, Manette ||
+|April 17||  Kaitlin Gallagher  ||  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/AlberchEASizeShapeOntogPhylog79.pdf}} Alberch et al. (1979), ''Size and shape in ontogeny and phylogeny'' ||
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/GouldLewontinSpandrels79.pdf}} '''Gould and Lewontin (1979), Spandrels''' <br>
-[Whatever you think of this paper, there is no denying that it was absolutely seminal; probably the most critiqued paper ever published in terms of its cross-disciplinary appeal - including an entire edited volume analyzing it from a rhetorical perspective! It marks the beginning of the modern era of constraint theory.  Also, if you've wondered about the reference to the "Panglossian paradigm", this refers to Dr. Pangloss, a character in Voltaire's book 'Candide' (1759) who, even in the worst of circumstances, continues to explain why everything is just as it must be and that this is the most perfect of all worlds.  It's a hilarious story and biting social commentary, with a great deal of relevance to biology and especially academics, generally (e.g., "what a great genius this Pococurante must be! Nothing can please him" and "but still, there must certainly be a pleasure in criticising everything, and in seeing faults where others think they see beauties."  And for grad students regarding their advisors: "...but when I realized that he had doubts about everything, I figured I knew as much as himself, and had no need of a guide to learn ignorance."  Finally, who can beat, "I have grown old in misery and disgrace, living with only one buttock..."?).  But I digress... (KS)]<br/>
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-'''One of many critiques published about G & L – an indication of its seminal influence'''
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/QuellerSpanielsSt.Marx95.pdf}} Queller, D. C. 1995.
-'''Example of extreme adaptationist thinking'''
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/CainPerfectionOfAnimals89.pdf}} Cain (1964)<br/>
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-|April 22|| Jimmy, Jessie ||
+|April 24||  Kate   ||  Evolution at two levels in humans and chimpanzees
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/VanValen_RedQueen_EvolTheory1973.pdf}} '''Van Valen, Red Queen'''
+:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/KingWilsonHumansChimps75.pdf}}  King & Wilson (1975)
-||'''Comment on the Red Queen'''
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/MaynardSmith_VanValenComment_AmNat1976.pdf}} Maynard Smith (1980)
-Think we make you read too much?  You could take Van Valen's class instead!
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/VanValen_EvolutionaryProcessesSyllabus.pdf}} Van Valen's Reading List
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-|April 29||Nora, Tim  ||'''Classic Demonstrations of Natural Selection in the Wild'''
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Endler_GuppyNaturalSelection_Evolution1980.pdf}} Endler (1980) on Guppies
-:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Grant_DarwinFinchMicroevolution_Science2002.pdf}} Grant and Grant (2002) on Darwin's Finches
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