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|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_S2009_Review_Questions Geographic variation and speciation]
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|Genetic variation
|Chapter 9, pp. 212-220, Chapter 16, pp. 379-388
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|Ch. 9 (215-241)
 
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|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_S2009_Review_Questions Mechanisms of speciation]
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|Genetic drift
|Chapter 15, pp. 366-371, 388-403
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|Ch. 10
 
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|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_S2009_Review_Questions Sympatric speciation and the structure of evolutionary trees]
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|Migration and non-random mating
|Chapter 2, pp. 17-22, Chapter 3, pp. 45-46
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|Ch. 9 (241-254)
 
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|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_S2009_Review_Questions Using trees to answer evolutionary questions]
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|Natural selection and adaptation
|Chapter 3, pp. 46-63
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|Ch. 11
 
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|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_S2009_Review_Questions Using phylogenies to study trait evolution]
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|Examples of natural selection
|Chapter 3, pp.43-45
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|Ch. 11
 
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|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_S2009_Review_Questions Inferring evolutionary relationships]
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|The genetics of natural selection
|Chapter 2, pp. 22-41
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|Ch. 12
 
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|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_S2009_Review_Questions Inferring evolutionary relationships, con't.]
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|'''Exam #3'''
|Chapter 2, pp. 22-41
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|'''Covering material from March 16th through April 1st'''
 
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| Apr 9
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| Evolution of genomes
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|Ch. 20
 
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|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_S2009_Review_Questions The neutral theory of molecular evolution]
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|Evolution of phenotypic traits
|Chapter 10, pp. 235-240
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|Ch. 13
 
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|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_S2009_Review_Questions Applications of the neutral theory]
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|Evolution of behavior
|Chapter 19, pp. 449-461
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|Ch. 16
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|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_S2009_Review_Questions Phylogenetic perspective on the history of life]
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|Chapter 5, pp. 92-115
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|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_S2009_Review_Questions The Cambrian explosion]
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|Chapter 5, pp. 97-98
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|Ecotypes and adaptive variation
 
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|[http://paleobiology.si.edu/burgess/burgessSpecimens.html Burgess Shale Fossils]
 
 
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|[http://evolution-textbook.org/content/free/figures/10_EVOW_Art/16_EVOW_CH10.jpg Fossil Record of Metazoa Phyla]
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|Species and speciation (guest lecture: R. Prunier)
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|Ch. 17
 
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|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_S2009_Review_Questions Human evolution]
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|Speciation mechanisms
|Chapter 4, pp. 79-82, Chapter 6, pp. 130-132, Chapter 10, pp. 243-244
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|Ch. 18
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|Read about [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/science/28hobbit.html?ref=science the controversy surrounding ''Homo floresiensis'']
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|[http://anthropology.si.edu/humanorigins/faq/Encarta/encarta.htm Smithsonian Guide to Human Origins]
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|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_S2009_Review_Questions Human impacts on evolution]
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|Evolution and society
|Chapter 5, pp. 112-115, Chapter 7, 156-158
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Ch. 23
 
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| '''Exam 4 (covering material from April 8th to April 29th)'''
| '''Exam 4 (covering material from April 14th to April 30th)''' and '''Final Exam (comprehensive)'''
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Revision as of 17:16, 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 9 Spring break
Mar 11 Spring break
Mar 16 Genetic variation Ch. 9 (215-241)
Mar 18 Genetic drift Ch. 10
Mar 23 Migration and non-random mating Ch. 9 (241-254)
Mar 25 Natural selection and adaptation Ch. 11
Mar 30 Examples of natural selection Ch. 11
Apr 1 The genetics of natural selection Ch. 12
Apr 6 Exam #3 Covering material from March 16th through April 1st
Apr 9 Evolution of genomes Ch. 20
Apr 13 Evolution of phenotypic traits Ch. 13
Apr 15 Evolution of behavior Ch. 16
Apr 20 Ecotypes and adaptive variation
Apr 22 Species and speciation (guest lecture: R. Prunier) Ch. 17
Apr 27 Speciation mechanisms Ch. 18
Apr 29 Evolution and society

Ch. 23

Date not set yet Exam 4 (covering material from April 8th to April 29th)

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