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Chapter and page references below refer to Futuyma, ''Evolution.''
 
Chapter and page references below refer to Futuyma, ''Evolution.''
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| Jan 20
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| Jan 19
|Class organization; Introduction to evolutionary biology
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|Introduction to the Geological Time Scale; the Fossil Record
|Chapter 1
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/parasitology/EEB_2245_syllab_Spr_2010_final.pdf}}Syllabus 
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/parasitology/Geological_Time_Scale%26Ext.pdf}}Geological Time Scale
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|Ch. 4 (73-77)
 
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| Jan 22
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| Jan 21
|Hardy-Weinberg and mutation
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|Life in the Precambrian; evolution of the Metazoa
|Chapter 9, pp. 190-199
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|Ch. 5 (101-108)
 
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| Jan 27
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| Jan 26
|Genetic drift
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|Cambrian explosion & Life in the Paleozoic
|Chapter 10, pp. 226-235
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|Ch. 5 (108-115)
 
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| Jan 28
|[http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/drift.html Genetic drift simulator]
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|Life in the Mesozoic
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|Ch. 5 (115-121)
 
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| Jan 29
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| Feb 2
|Migration and non-random mating
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|Life in the Cenozoic
|Chapter 10, pp. 241-244
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|Ch. 5 (121-131)
 
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| Feb 4
|[http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/drift-migration.html Genetic drift and migration]
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|Evolution of primates
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|Ch. 4 (88-91)
 
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| Feb 3
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| Feb 9
|Natural selection and adaptation
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|Evolution of biodiversity & extinction (guest lecture: ''R. Prunier'')
|Chapter 11, pp. 247-252
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|Ch. 7
 
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| Feb 11
|[http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=3040 ''Biston betularia'']
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| Feb 5
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|Examples of natural selection
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|Chapter 11, pp. 252-257
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|Supplementary reading, [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v432/n7016/full/nature03039.html Losos et al. ''Nature'' 432:505-508; 2004]
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| Feb 10
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| '''Exam 1'''
 
| '''Exam 1'''
| '''Covering material from January 20th through February 5th'''
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| '''Covering material from January 19th through February 4th'''
 
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| Feb 12
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| Feb 16
|The genetics of natural selection
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|Characters, homology & homoplasy
|Chapter 12, pp. 269-280
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|Ch. 3
 
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| Feb 17
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| Feb 18
|Modes of natural selection
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|Systematics & reconstructing evolutionary history
|Chapter 12, pp. 280-288
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|Ch. 2
 
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| Feb 23
|[http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/wbar.html Mean fitness]
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|Evolution and development
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|Ch. 21
 
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| Feb 25
|[http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/selection.html Dynamics of natural selection]
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|Biogeography & major patterns of distribution
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|Ch. 6
 
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| Mar 2
|[http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/selection-drift.html Natural selection and genetic drift]
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|Continental Drift & Historical Biogeography
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|Ch. 6
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|'''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.
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| Feb 19
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|Evolution of quantitative traits
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|Chapter 13
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|[http://www.genetics.org/cgi/reprint/147/1/1 Article from ''Genetics'']
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|[http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/quant-response.html Response to selection]
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| Feb 24
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|Sexual selection and female choice
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|Chapter 14, pp. 329-39
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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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| Feb 26
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|Conflict, cooperation, and the evolution of altruism ('''Change from original syllabus''')
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|Chapter 14, pp. 326-329
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| Mar 3
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|Ecotypes and adaptive variation
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|Chapter 9, pp. 212-222
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|[http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sci;298/5602/2381 Genetic structure of human populations]
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|[http://www.jstor.org/stable/2409729 Ecotypic differentiation in ''Polemonium viscosum'']
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| Mar 5
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| Mar 4
 
| '''Exam 2'''
 
| '''Exam 2'''
| '''Covering material from February 12th through March 3rd'''
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| '''Covering material from February 9th through March 2nd'''
 
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| Mar 10
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| Mar 9
 
| '''Spring break'''
 
| '''Spring break'''
 
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| Mar 12
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| Mar 11
 
| '''Spring break'''
 
| '''Spring break'''
 
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| Mar 17
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| Mar 16
|[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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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/9/9e/Hardy-weinberg.pdf}}Notes on Hardy-Weinberg calculations
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|Ch. 9 (pp. 215-232)
 
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| Mar 19
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| Mar 18
|[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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[http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/drift.html Simulation of genetic drift]
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|Ch. 10
 
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| Mar 24
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| Mar 23
|[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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[http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/drift-migration.html Genetic drift and migration]<br />
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/b/b9/Migration.pdf}}Notes on migration
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|Ch. 9 (pp. 241-254)
 
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| Mar 26
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| Mar 25
|[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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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppered_moth_evolution More information on natural selection in the peppered moth (<em>Biston betularia</em>)]
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|Ch. 11
 
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| Mar 31
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| Mar 30
|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_S2009_Review_Questions Using phylogenies to study trait evolution]
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|The genetics of natural selection
|Chapter 3, pp.43-45
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/8/8f/Selection.pdf}}Notes on genetics of natural selection<br />
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[http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/selection.html Natural selection]<br />
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[http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/wbar.html Mean fitness of populations]<br />
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[http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/selection-drift.html Natural selection and genetic drift]
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|Ch. 12
 
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| Apr 2
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| Apr 1
|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_S2009_Review_Questions Inferring evolutionary relationships]
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|Examples of natural selection
|Chapter 2, pp. 22-41
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|Ch. 11
 
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| Apr 7
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| Apr 6
|[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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| Apr 8
| '''Exam 3'''
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|Evolution of phenotypic traits
| '''Covering material from March 17th through April 7th'''
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[http://www.genetics.org/cgi/reprint/147/1/1 "Birth defects, jimson weed, and bell curves," by James F. Crow]
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|Ch. 9 (pp. 236-241), Ch. 13
 
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| Apr 14
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| Apr 13
|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_S2009_Review_Questions The neutral theory of molecular evolution]
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| Sex and evolution
|Chapter 10, pp. 235-240
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[http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2354190/7364247 Birds of paradise]<br />
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPbWJPsBPdA Australian bower bird]
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|Ch. 15
 
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| Apr 16
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| Apr 15
|[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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| Apr 21
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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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| Apr 23
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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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| Apr 20
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| Ecotypes and adaptive variation
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Supplemental readings for April 20<br />
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[http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/298/5602/2381 Genetic structure of human populations]<br />
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[http://www.jstor.org/stable/2409729 Ecotypic Divergence in Alpine <em>Polemonium viscosum</em>: Genetic Structure, Quantitative Variation, and Local Adaptation]
 
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|[http://paleobiology.si.edu/burgess/burgessSpecimens.html Burgess Shale Fossils]
 
 
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| Apr 22
|[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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| Apr 28
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| Apr 27
|[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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[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/05/2/l_052_05.html "Ring species" in <em>Ensatina</em> (California salamanders)]
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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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| Apr 30
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| Apr 29
|[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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[http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/uncommon-ground/2009/11/there-is-grandeur-in-this-view-of-life.html Final words of ''On the origin of species,'' by Charles Darwin]<br />
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[http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/uncommon-ground/2009/12/evolution-rap.html Evolution rap]
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| Ch. 23
 
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| '''May 4'''
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| May 6 <br />8:00am-10:00am
| '''Monday, 8:00-10:00am'''
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| '''Exam #4'''
| '''Exam 4 (covering material from April 14th to April 30th)''' and '''Final Exam (comprehensive)'''
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'''IMPORTANT''' Exam #4 will be given in the BioPharm building <strong><em>NOT</em></strong> in our usual lecture room.<br />
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Rooms: BPB 129 and 131
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| '''Covering material from April 8th through April 29th'''
 
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Chapter and page references below refer to Futuyma, Evolution.


Jan 19 Introduction to the Geological Time Scale; the Fossil Record

Pdficon small.gifSyllabus

Pdficon small.gifGeological Time Scale

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

Pdficon small.gifNotes on Hardy-Weinberg calculations

Ch. 9 (pp. 215-232)
Mar 18 Genetic drift

Simulation of genetic drift

Ch. 10
Mar 23 Migration and non-random mating

Genetic drift and migration
Pdficon small.gifNotes on migration

Ch. 9 (pp. 241-254)
Mar 25 Natural selection and adaptation

More information on natural selection in the peppered moth (Biston betularia)

Ch. 11
Mar 30 The genetics of natural selection

Pdficon small.gifNotes on genetics of natural selection
Natural selection
Mean fitness of populations
Natural selection and genetic drift

Ch. 12
Apr 1 Examples of natural selection Ch. 11
Apr 6 Exam #3 Covering material from March 16th through April 1st
Apr 8 Evolution of phenotypic traits

"Birth defects, jimson weed, and bell curves," by James F. Crow

Ch. 9 (pp. 236-241), Ch. 13
Apr 13 Sex and evolution

Birds of paradise
Australian bower bird

Ch. 15
Apr 15 Evolution of behavior Ch. 16
Apr 20 Ecotypes and adaptive variation

Supplemental readings for April 20
Genetic structure of human populations
Ecotypic Divergence in Alpine Polemonium viscosum: Genetic Structure, Quantitative Variation, and Local Adaptation

Apr 22 Species and speciation (guest lecture: R. Prunier) Ch. 17
Apr 27 Speciation mechanisms

"Ring species" in Ensatina (California salamanders)

Ch. 18
Apr 29 Evolution and society

Final words of On the origin of species, by Charles Darwin
Evolution rap

Ch. 23
May 6
8:00am-10:00am
Exam #4

IMPORTANT Exam #4 will be given in the BioPharm building NOT in our usual lecture room.
Rooms: BPB 129 and 131

Covering material from April 8th through April 29th

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