EEB 2245/2245W Lecture topics (Spring 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) |
