Difference between revisions of "EEB 2245/2245W Lecture topics (Spring 2010)"
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Revision as of 19:50, 28 April 2009
Chapter and page references below refer to Futuyma, Evolution.
| Jan 20 | Class organization; Introduction to evolutionary biology | Chapter 1 |
| Jan 22 | Hardy-Weinberg and mutation | Chapter 9, pp. 190-199 |
| Jan 27 | Genetic drift | Chapter 10, pp. 226-235 |
| Genetic drift simulator | ||
| Jan 29 | Migration and non-random mating | Chapter 10, pp. 241-244 |
| Genetic drift and migration | ||
| Feb 3 | Natural selection and adaptation | Chapter 11, pp. 247-252 |
| Biston betularia | ||
| Feb 5 | Examples of natural selection | Chapter 11, pp. 252-257 |
| Supplementary reading, Losos et al. Nature 432:505-508; 2004 | ||
| Feb 10 | Exam 1 | Covering material from January 20th through February 5th |
| Feb 12 | The genetics of natural selection | Chapter 12, pp. 269-280 |
| Feb 17 | Modes of natural selection | Chapter 12, pp. 280-288 |
| Mean fitness | ||
| Dynamics of natural selection | ||
| Natural selection and genetic drift | ||
| Note: The last two simulations don't seem to work on Macs. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find a similar version that does. | ||
| Feb 19 | Evolution of quantitative traits | Chapter 13 |
| Article from Genetics | ||
| Response to selection | ||
| Feb 24 | Sexual selection and female choice | Chapter 14, pp. 329-39 |
| Birds of paradise | ||
| Australian bowerbird | ||
| Feb 26 | Conflict, cooperation, and the evolution of altruism (Change from original syllabus) | Chapter 14, pp. 326-329 |
| Mar 3 | Ecotypes and adaptive variation | Chapter 9, pp. 212-222 |
| Genetic structure of human populations | ||
| Ecotypic differentiation in Polemonium viscosum | ||
| Mar 5 | Exam 2 | Covering material from February 12th through March 3rd |
| Mar 10 | Spring break | |
| Mar 12 | Spring break | |
| Mar 17 | Geographic variation and speciation | Chapter 9, pp. 212-220, Chapter 16, pp. 379-388 |
| Mar 19 | Mechanisms of speciation | Chapter 15, pp. 366-371, 388-403 |
| Mar 24 | Sympatric speciation and the structure of evolutionary trees | Chapter 2, pp. 17-22, Chapter 3, pp. 45-46 |
| Mar 26 | Using trees to answer evolutionary questions | Chapter 3, pp. 46-63 |
| Mar 31 | Using phylogenies to study trait evolution | Chapter 3, pp.43-45 |
| Apr 2 | Inferring evolutionary relationships | Chapter 2, pp. 22-41 |
| Apr 7 | Inferring evolutionary relationships, con't. | Chapter 2, pp. 22-41 |
| Apr 9 | Exam 3 | Covering material from March 17th through April 7th |
| Apr 14 | The neutral theory of molecular evolution | Chapter 10, pp. 235-240 |
| Apr 16 | Applications of the neutral theory | Chapter 19, pp. 449-461 |
| Apr 21 | Phylogenetic perspective on the history of life | Chapter 5, pp. 92-115 |
| Apr 23 | The Cambrian explosion | Chapter 5, pp. 97-98 |
| Burgess Shale Fossils | ||
| Fossil Record of Metazoa Phyla | ||
| Apr 28 | Human evolution | Chapter 4, pp. 79-82, Chapter 6, pp. 130-132, Chapter 10, pp. 243-244 |
| Read about the controversy surrounding Homo floresiensis | ||
| Smithsonian Guide to Human Origins | ||
| Apr 30 | Human impacts on evolution | Chapter 5, pp. 112-115, Chapter 7, 156-158 |
| May 4 | Monday, 8:00-10:00am (tentative) | Exam 4 (covering material from April 14th to April 30th) and Final Exam (comprehensive) |
