EEB 2245/2245W Lecture topics (Spring 2010)
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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 | Exam 4 (covering material from April 14th to April 30th) and Final Exam (comprehensive) |