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) 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: 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 | : Whittington's (1986) Simpson memoir | |
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 | Vandana | Botanical synthesizers: | 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
This paper by Anderson and Stebbins is the most succinct version of their argument that hybridization is important in evolution Stebbins's reflections on Anderson |
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April 24 | Kate | Evolution at two levels in humans and chimpanzees |