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|Class organization; Introduction to evolutionary biology
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|Introduction to the Geological Time Scale; the Fossil Record
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|Hardy-Weinberg and mutation
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|Life in the Precambrian; evolution of the Metazoa
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|Genetic drift
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|[http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/drift.html Genetic drift simulator]
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|Migration and non-random mating
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|[http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/drift-migration.html Genetic drift and migration]
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|Natural selection and adaptation
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|Evolution of biodiversity & extinction (guest lecture: ''R. Prunier'')
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|The genetics of natural selection
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|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P85LoHftEKs Birds of paradise]
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|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPbWJPsBPdA Australian bowerbird]
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|Characters, homology & homoplasy
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|Conflict, cooperation, and the evolution of altruism ('''Change from original syllabus''')
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|Systematics & reconstructing evolutionary history
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|Ecotypes and adaptive variation
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|Evolution and development
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|[http://www.jstor.org/stable/2409729 Ecotypic differentiation in ''Polemonium viscosum'']
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|Continental Drift & Historical Biogeography
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Revision as of 13:44, 3 January 2010

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Chapter and page references below refer to Futuyma, Evolution.

Jan 19 Introduction to the Geological Time Scale; the Fossil Record Ch. 4 (73-77)
Jan 21 Life in the Precambrian; evolution of the Metazoa Ch. 5 (101-108)
Jan 26 Cambrian explosion & Life in the Paleozoic Ch. 5 (108-115)
Jan 28 Life in the Mesozoic Ch. 5 (115-121)
Feb 2 Life in the Cenozoic Ch. 5 (121-131)
Feb 4 Evolution of primates Ch. 4 (88-91)
Feb 9 Evolution of biodiversity & extinction (guest lecture: R. Prunier) Ch. 7
Feb 11 Exam 1 Covering material from January 19th through February 4th
Feb 16 Characters, homology & homoplasy Ch. 3
Feb 18 Systematics & reconstructing evolutionary history Ch. 2
Feb 23 Evolution and development Ch. 21
Feb 25 Biogeography & major patterns of distribution Ch. 6
Mar 2 Continental Drift & Historical Biogeography Ch. 6
Mar 4 Exam 2 Covering material from February 9th through March 2nd
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 Exam 4 (covering material from April 14th to April 30th) and Final Exam (comprehensive)

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