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| 1 || T || Jan 22 || Populations, variation, & the Hardy-Weinberg principle | | 1 || T || Jan 22 || Populations, variation, & the Hardy-Weinberg principle | ||
− | + | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB2245_12_lec1_variation.pdf}} '''Populations, Variation, and H-W Lecture''' | |
|| Ch. 1 (pgs 7-11), 9 | || Ch. 1 (pgs 7-11), 9 | ||
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− | | 2 || Th || Jan 24 || Agents of evolutionary change: Migration and genetic drift || Ch. 9 & 10 | + | | 2 || Th || Jan 24 || Agents of evolutionary change: Migration and genetic drift |
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB2245_12_lec2_popgen_muta%26migra.pdf}} '''Migration and Genetic Drift Lecture''' | ||
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− | | || '''''M''''' || '''''Feb 11''''' || '''''Review Session for Exam 1 <br>6-8 PM''''' || '''''BioPhysics Building Rm | + | | || '''''M''''' || '''''Feb 11''''' || '''''Review Session for Exam 1 <br>6-8 PM''''' || '''''BioPhysics Building Rm 130''''' |
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− | |<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''8'''</font></span>||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Th'''</font></span>||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Feb 14'''</font></span>||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> '''EXAM #1'''<br>'''You may bring a calculator (NO iphone/smartphone)'''</font></span><br><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/Exam%20I%20S10%20version%201.pdf}} Example of Exam 1 (from 2012)</font></span><br><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/Study_Guide_exam_1_2012_final.pdf}} Study Guide for Exam 1</font></span>||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Covers Lectures 1-6'''</font></span> | + | |<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''8'''</font></span>||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Th'''</font></span>||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Feb 14'''</font></span>||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> '''EXAM #1'''<br>'''You may bring a calculator (NO iphone/smartphone)'''</font></span><br><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"><!--{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/Exam%20I%20S10%20version%201.pdf}}--> Example of Exam 1 (from 2012)</font></span><br><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"><!--{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/Study_Guide_exam_1_2012_final.pdf}}--> Study Guide for Exam 1</font></span>||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Covers Lectures 1-6'''</font></span> |
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− | | <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''14'''</font></span> ||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Th''' </font></span>||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> '''Mar 7''' </font></span>|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''EXAM #2'''</font></span><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"><br><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/Exam%202%20S2010.pdf}} Example of Exam 2 (from 2012)</font></span><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"><br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/Study%20Guide%20Exam%202_2012_final.pdf}} Study Guide for Exam 2</font></span><br><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Covers Lectures 7-12'''</font></span> | + | | <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''14'''</font></span> ||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Th''' </font></span>||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> '''Mar 7''' </font></span>|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''EXAM #2'''</font></span><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"><br><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"><!--{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/Exam%202%20S2010.pdf}}--> Example of Exam 2 (from 2012)</font></span><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"><br><!--{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/Study%20Guide%20Exam%202_2012_final.pdf}}--> Study Guide for Exam 2</font></span><br><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Covers Lectures 7-12'''</font></span> |
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− | | <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''22'''</font></span> || <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Th'''</font></span> || <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Apr 11'''</font></span> || <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''EXAM #3'''</font></span><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"><br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/Exam_Studyguide1_Henry_2245.pdf}} Study Guide for Exam 3 </font></span><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"><br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB%202245_W_S12_tree_exercises_rev.pdf}} Tree Exercises for Exam 3 (with answers)</font></span>|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Covers Lectures 13-18'''</font></span> | + | | <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''22'''</font></span> || <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Th'''</font></span> || <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Apr 11'''</font></span> || <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''EXAM #3'''</font></span><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"><br><!--{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/Exam_Studyguide1_Henry_2245.pdf}}--> Study Guide for Exam 3 </font></span><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"><br><!--{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB%202245_W_S12_tree_exercises_rev.pdf}}--> Tree Exercises for Exam 3 (with answers)</font></span>|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Covers Lectures 13-18'''</font></span> |
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Revision as of 18:00, 28 January 2013
EEB 2245
Evolutionary Biology
Meeting Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-10:45 in TLS154
Textbook: Futuyma, D.J. 2009. Evolution. 2nd ed. Sinauer Associates, Inc. (ISBN 978-0-87893-223-8)
Contents
Instructors
First half of the course, 22 January - 7 March
Dr. Charles Henry
Office: TLS 479/481
Phone: 486-4450
E-mail: charles.henry@uconn.edu
Office hours: By arrangement
Second half of the course, 12 March - 2 May
Dr. Chris Simon
Office: BioPharm 305D
Phone: 486-4640
Email: chris.simon@uconn.edu
Office hours: By arrangement
Teaching Assistants
Geert Goemans
Office: BioPharm 323
Phone: 486-3947
Email: geert.goemans@uconn.edu
Students A-K
Office hours: By arrangement
Brigette Zacharczenko
Office: TLS 471
Phone: 486-5503
Email: brigette.zacharczenko@uconn.edu
Students L-Z
Office hours: By arrangement
Grading
EEB 2245: Your grade will be based on your performance in 4 lecture exams and a 1-hour final exam (cumulative). Your lowest score on the 4 lecture exams will be dropped. Your 3 remaining scores and your score on the final exam will each constitute one quarter of your final grade. University regulations require that students who miss the final exam without an excuse from the Dean of Students receive an F for that exam. Thus, you are required to take the final exam.
Note: because you are allowed to drop your lowest score, we will not give make-up exams.
EEB 2245W: Your final grade in the lecture portion of the course will be calculated as above. If you are taking the W version of the course, that grade will constitute 75% of your final course grade. Your grade in the W part of the course, as determined by your “W” instructor, will constitute the remaining 25% of your final course grade, except that an F in the W part of the course will result in an F for the entire course. An F in the lecture part of the course will also result in an F for the entire course. Refer to the 2245W website for further information. Dr. Kristiina Hurme (TLS 379A; tel: 486-5434; kristiina.hurme@uconn.edu) is the coordinator of the W part of the course.
Course Resources
Review Sessions
Evolution in the News
Lecture Syllabus (syllabus)
Please read assigned chapters, as indicated below, prior to class
Class | Day | Date | Topic | Text Readings |
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Part I | Jan 22 - Mar 7 | Processes of Evolution | Dr. Charles Henry | |
1 | T | Jan 22 | Populations, variation, & the Hardy-Weinberg principle | Ch. 1 (pgs 7-11), 9 |
2 | Th | Jan 24 | Agents of evolutionary change: Migration and genetic drift | Ch. 9 & 10 |
3 | T | Jan 29 | Charles Darwin and natural selection | Ch. 1; 11 |
4 | Th | Jan 31 | Natural selection and the genetics of natural selection | Ch. 11 & 12 |
5 | T | Feb 5 | Adaptation; life-history evolution | Ch. 14 |
6 | Th | Feb 7 | Sexual selection | Ch. 15 |
M | Feb 11 | Review Session for Exam 1 6-8 PM |
BioPhysics Building Rm 130 | |
7 | T | Feb 12 | Levels of selection and conflict between levels | Ch. 16 |
T | Feb 12 | Review Session for Exam 1 6-8 PM |
BioPhysics Building Rm 131 | |
8 | Th | Feb 14 | EXAM #1 You may bring a calculator (NO iphone/smartphone) Example of Exam 1 (from 2012) Study Guide for Exam 1 |
Covers Lectures 1-6 |
9 | T | Feb 19 | Cooperation, altruism and sociality | Ch. 16 |
10 | Th | Feb 21 | Macroevolution: Speciation and species concepts | Ch. 17 & 18 |
11 | T | Feb 26 | Ecotypes, clines, and allopatric speciation | Ch. 17 & 18 |
12 | Th | Feb 28 | Allopatric & non-allopatric speciation | Ch. 18 |
M | Mar 4 | Review Session for Exam 2 6-8 PM |
BioPhysics Building Rm 130 | |
13 | T | Mar 5 | Evolution above the species level; class evaluations | Ch. 22 |
T | Mar 5 | Review Session for Exam 2 6-8 PM |
BioPhysics Building Rm 131 | |
14 | Th | Mar 7 | EXAM #2 Example of Exam 2 (from 2012) Study Guide for Exam 2 |
Covers Lectures 7-12 |
Part II | Mar 12 - May 2 | Patterns of Evolution | Dr. Chris Simon | |
15 | T | Mar 12 | Systematics: Tree-thinking, phylogeny, polymorphism, & homoplasy | Ch. 2 & 3 |
16 | Th | Mar 14 | Parallelism and reversals; molecular & morphological methods | Ch. 2 & 3 |
T | Mar 19 | SPRING BREAK - no class | ||
Th | Mar 21 | SPRING BREAK - no class | ||
17 | T | Mar 26 | Reconstructing trees from morphology; how molecules evolve | Ch. 2 & 3 |
18 | Th | Mar 28 | Molecular evolution and molecular clocks | Ch. 2 & 3 |
19 | T | Apr 2 | Overview of the Tree of Life; animal evolutionary innovations | IntroBio textbook |
20 | Th | Apr 4 | Evolutionary novelties: Body plans, constraints, gene regulation | Ch. 21 & 22 |
M | Apr 8 | Review Session for Exam 3 6-8 PM |
BioPhysics Building Rm 131 | |
21 | T | Apr 9 | Homeobox genes, ontogeny & phylogeny, allometry, & fossils | Ch. 4; 21 & 22 |
T | Apr 9 | Review Session for Exam 3 6-8 PM |
BioPhysics Building Rm 131 | |
22 | Th | Apr 11 | EXAM #3 Study Guide for Exam 3 Tree Exercises for Exam 3 (with answers) |
Covers Lectures 13-18 |
23 | T | Apr 16 | The Paleozoic: Origin of invertebrates, vertebrates, & land plants | Ch. 4 & 5; p 168-71 |
24 | Th | Apr 18 | Mesozoic I: Pangea, Laurasia, Gondwanaland; reptiles & birds | Ch. 4, 5, & 6 |
25 | T | Apr 23 | Mesozoic II: Insects & angiosperms, K-T extinction; Cenozoic I | Ch. 17 |
26 | Th | Apr 25 | Cenozoic II: Continental drift & dispersal; primates and humans | Ch. 17 |
M | Apr 29 | Review Session for Exam 4 6-8 PM |
BioPhysics Building Rm 131 | |
27 | T | Apr 30 | Biogeography and Biodiversity; class evaluations | Ch. 17 |
T | Apr 30 | Review Session for Exam 4 6-8 PM |
BioPhysics Building Rm 131 | |
28 | Th | May 2 | EXAM #4 Example of Exam 4 (from 2012) Study Guide for Exam 4 |
Covers Lectures 19-24 |
Th | May 9 | FINAL EXAM, 8-10 am (tentative time & date) | TLS 154; cumulative |