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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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|Introduction to the Geological Time Scale; the Fossil Record | |Introduction to the Geological Time Scale; the Fossil Record | ||
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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 | ||
|Ch. 4 (73-77) | |Ch. 4 (73-77) | ||
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| '''Covering material from February 9th through March 2nd''' | | '''Covering material from February 9th through March 2nd''' | ||
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| '''Spring break''' | | '''Spring break''' | ||
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| '''Spring break''' | | '''Spring break''' | ||
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− | | | + | |Genetic variation |
− | + | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/9/9e/Hardy-weinberg.pdf}}Notes on Hardy-Weinberg calculations | |
+ | |Ch. 9 (pp. 215-232) | ||
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− | |[http:// | + | |Genetic drift |
− | | | + | [http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/drift.html Simulation of genetic drift] |
+ | |Ch. 10 | ||
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− | |[http:// | + | |Migration and non-random mating |
− | | | + | [http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/drift-migration.html Genetic drift and migration]<br /> |
+ | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/b/b9/Migration.pdf}}Notes on migration | ||
+ | |Ch. 9 (pp. 241-254) | ||
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− | | Mar | + | | Mar 25 |
− | |[http:// | + | |Natural selection and adaptation |
− | | | + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppered_moth_evolution More information on natural selection in the peppered moth (<em>Biston betularia</em>)] |
+ | |Ch. 11 | ||
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− | | | + | |The genetics of natural selection |
− | + | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/8/8f/Selection.pdf}}Notes on genetics of natural selection<br /> | |
+ | [http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/selection.html Natural selection]<br /> | ||
+ | [http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/wbar.html Mean fitness of populations]<br /> | ||
+ | [http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/selection-drift.html Natural selection and genetic drift] | ||
+ | |Ch. 12 | ||
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− | | | + | |Examples of natural selection |
− | | | + | |Ch. 11 |
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− | | Apr | + | | Apr 6 |
− | | | + | |'''Exam #3''' |
− | | | + | |'''Covering material from March 16th through April 1st''' |
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− | | | + | |Evolution of phenotypic traits |
− | | | + | [http://www.genetics.org/cgi/reprint/147/1/1 "Birth defects, jimson weed, and bell curves," by James F. Crow] |
+ | |Ch. 9 (pp. 236-241), Ch. 13 | ||
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− | |[http:// | + | | Sex and evolution |
− | | | + | [http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2354190/7364247 Birds of paradise]<br /> |
+ | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPbWJPsBPdA Australian bower bird] | ||
+ | |Ch. 15 | ||
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− | | | + | | Evolution of behavior |
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+ | | Ecotypes and adaptive variation | ||
+ | Supplemental readings for April 20<br /> | ||
+ | [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/298/5602/2381 Genetic structure of human populations]<br /> | ||
+ | [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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− | | | + | | Species and speciation (guest lecture: R. Prunier) |
+ | | Ch. 17 | ||
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− | |[http:// | + | | Speciation mechanisms |
− | + | [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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− | |[http:// | + | | Evolution and society |
− | | | + | [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 /> |
+ | [http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/uncommon-ground/2009/12/evolution-rap.html Evolution rap] | ||
+ | | Ch. 23 | ||
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− | | ''' | + | | May 6 <br />8:00am-10:00am |
− | + | | '''Exam #4''' | |
− | | ''' | + | '''IMPORTANT''' Exam #4 will be given in the BioPharm building <strong><em>NOT</em></strong> in our usual lecture room.<br /> |
+ | Rooms: BPB 129 and 131 | ||
+ | | '''Covering material from April 8th through April 29th''' | ||
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB_2245/2245W_Evolutionary_Biology_(Spring_2009) Return to main course page] | [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB_2245/2245W_Evolutionary_Biology_(Spring_2009) Return to main course page] |
Latest revision as of 12:29, 29 April 2010
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 (pp. 215-232) |
Mar 18 | Genetic drift | Ch. 10 |
Mar 23 | Migration and non-random mating
Genetic drift and 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
Notes on genetics of natural selection |
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 | Ch. 15 |
Apr 15 | Evolution of behavior | Ch. 16 |
Apr 20 | Ecotypes and adaptive variation
Supplemental readings for April 20 |
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Apr 22 | Species and speciation (guest lecture: R. Prunier) | Ch. 17 |
Apr 27 | Speciation mechanisms | Ch. 18 |
Apr 29 | Evolution and society
Final words of On the origin of species, by Charles Darwin |
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. |
Covering material from April 8th through April 29th |