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|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}}  
 
|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}}  
 
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||Feb. 6  || Andrew & Annette  || '''Population Genetic Groundwork for the Modern Synthesis'''
 
''Focus of Discussion:''
 
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:Wright (1932){{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/WrightAdaptiveLandscape1932.pdf}}—includes adaptive landscape metaphor
 
:Wright (1932){{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/WrightAdaptiveLandscape1932.pdf}}—includes adaptive landscape metaphor
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:Haldane (1924) {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/HaldaneMathTheorySelection.I.1924.pdf}}—mathematical theory of selection, pp. 19, 37(end)-39
 
:Haldane (1924) {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/HaldaneMathTheorySelection.I.1924.pdf}}—mathematical theory of selection, pp. 19, 37(end)-39
 
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Wright_20thCenturyGeneticsReviewMayrCritique_AJHG1960.pdf}} Wright's (1960) perspective on the history of genetics
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Wright_Obituary_Crow1988.pdf}} James Crow's obituary of Wright
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Fisher_Retrospective1963.pdf}} Fisher Retrospective
 
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|Feb. 13||  || Excerpt from Dobzhansky (1937) Genetics and the Origin of Species
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Dobzhansky_1937_Ch8_IsolatingMechanisms.pdf}} Chapter 8-Isolating Mechanisms
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Also have a look at Dobzhansky's work on isolating mechanisms in Drosophila
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Dobzhansky_HybridSterilityII_Genetics1936.pdf}} Dobzhansky (1936); read "The Problem" and "Discussion"
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Dobzhansky_GeneticNatureSpeciesDiffs_AmNat1937.pdf}} Dobzhansky (1937); read "Introduction" and "Summary"
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||[http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/modern-science/chapter05.html Bateson (1909)] includes statement of Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibility model of speciation
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Muller_IsolatingMechanisms_BiolSymp1942.pdf}} H. J. Muller (1942) on the genetics of isolating mechanisms<br>
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Dobzhansky1937Review_Emerson1938.pdf}} Emerson's (1938) review of Genetics and the Origin of Species<br>
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/DobzhanskyMemoir_Ayala1985.pdf}} Ayala's (1985) Dobzhansky Memoir<br>
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:{{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>
 
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Revision as of 05:02, 12 February 2017

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) Pdficon small.gif Lamarck (1809) Pdficon small.gif Elliot (1914) introduction to Lamarck Pdficon small.gif
Jan. 30 Elizabeth & Kurt Darwin & Wallace (1858); With new introduction by Michael Ghiselin Pdficon small.gif Original, published version of Darwin & Wallace (1858) Pdficon small.gif
Feb. 6 Andrew & Annette Population Genetic Groundwork for the Modern Synthesis

Focus of Discussion:

Wright (1932)Pdficon small.gif—includes adaptive landscape metaphor

Also:

Fisher (1918)Pdficon small.gif—Mendelian inheritance, pp. 399-401, 432(end)-433
Haldane (1924) Pdficon small.gif—mathematical theory of selection, pp. 19, 37(end)-39
Pdficon small.gif Wright's (1960) perspective on the history of genetics
Pdficon small.gif James Crow's obituary of Wright
Pdficon small.gif Fisher Retrospective
Feb. 13 Excerpt from Dobzhansky (1937) Genetics and the Origin of Species
Pdficon small.gif Chapter 8-Isolating Mechanisms

Also have a look at Dobzhansky's work on isolating mechanisms in Drosophila

Pdficon small.gif Dobzhansky (1936); read "The Problem" and "Discussion"
Pdficon small.gif Dobzhansky (1937); read "Introduction" and "Summary"
 Bateson (1909) includes statement of Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibility model of speciation
Pdficon small.gif H. J. Muller (1942) on the genetics of isolating mechanisms
Pdficon small.gif Emerson's (1938) review of Genetics and the Origin of Species
Pdficon small.gif Ayala's (1985) Dobzhansky Memoir
Pdficon small.gif Orr (1996) reflections on Dobzhansky and the genetics of speciation
Feb. 20
Feb. 27
March 6
March 13 SPRING BREAK
March 20
March 27
April 3
April 10
April 17
April 24
Kate Evolution at two levels in humans and chimpanzees (http://www.jstor.org/stable/1739875)
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