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<span style="font-size: small">'''Textbook:''' Futuyma, D.J. 2013. ''Evolution''. 3rd ed. Sinauer Associates, Inc. (ISBN 978-1-60535-115-5) <br><br> | <span style="font-size: small">'''Textbook:''' Futuyma, D.J. 2013. ''Evolution''. 3rd ed. Sinauer Associates, Inc. (ISBN 978-1-60535-115-5) <br><br> | ||
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+ | <font color="#CC0000">'''This website contains information for the lecture portion of the course only. For the W portion of the course, click [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=EEB2245W_Spring_2014 here]'''</font color="#CC0000"><br/><br/> | ||
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==Instructors== | ==Instructors== | ||
'''First half of the course, 21 January - 6 March'''<br> | '''First half of the course, 21 January - 6 March'''<br> | ||
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==Teaching Assistants== | ==Teaching Assistants== | ||
[mailto:james.bernot@uconn.edu James Bernot]<br> | [mailto:james.bernot@uconn.edu James Bernot]<br> | ||
− | Office: | + | Office: TLS 478<br> |
Phone: 486-1882<br> | Phone: 486-1882<br> | ||
Email: james.bernot@uconn.edu<br> | Email: james.bernot@uconn.edu<br> | ||
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'''''EEB 2245W:''''' Your final grade in the '''lecture''' portion of the course will be calculated as above. | '''''EEB 2245W:''''' Your final grade in the '''lecture''' portion of the course will be calculated as above. | ||
This grade will constitute 75% of your final course grade. Your grade in the '''W part''' of | This 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 | + | 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 (http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_Spring_2014) for further information. '''Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch''' (BioPharm 305B; tel: 486–4452; elizabeth.jockusch@uconn.edu) is the coordinator of the W part of the course. <br><br> |
− | 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 | + | |
− | (http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_Spring_2014) for | + | |
− | further information. '''Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch''' (BioPharm 305B; tel: 486–4452; | + | |
− | elizabeth.jockusch@uconn.edu) is the coordinator of the W part of the course. | + | |
− | <br><br> | + | |
==Course Resources== | ==Course Resources== | ||
− | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/ | + | |
+ | A useful Nature Education article on [http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/estimating-trait-heritability-46889 '''heritability'''] | ||
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+ | |||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/File:EEB_2245_S14_syllab.pdf}} EEB2245 syllabus | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/File:Fossil_Record_mnemonics.pdf}} Fossil Record Mnemonics | ||
+ | <br><br> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Exam Resources== | ||
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+ | <font color="#CC0000">'''*NOTE* SECOND EXAM: The second exam will be on '''''Thursday Mar. 6th'''''. The exam will be based on material covered from Feb. 11th through Mar. 4th (see syllabus below). </font color="#CC0000"><br/><br/> | ||
+ | <font color="#00CC00">'''''Review sessions FOR EXAM 3''''' will be held on Monday Apr. 7rd (BPB 131), and Tuesday Apr. 8th (PBB 131) from 7-9 PM. Please attempt the problem set (see below) before attending one of these sessions.'''</font color="#00CC00"> | ||
+ | <br><br> | ||
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+ | <font color="#00CC00">'''''Review sessions FOR EXAM 4''''' will be held on Monday May 5th (BPB 131), and Tuesday May 6th (PBB 131) from 7-9 PM. Please go over the sample exam (see below) before attending one of these sessions.'''</font color="#00CC00"> | ||
+ | <br><br> | ||
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+ | <font color="#CC0000">'''PROBLEM SET FOR EXAM 3'''</font color="#CC0000"> | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/File:Practice_Questions.pdf}} PROBLEM SET EXAM 3 | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/File:Practice_Questions_solutions.pdf}} PROBLEM SET SOLUTIONS EXAM 3 | ||
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+ | <font color="#CC0000">'''STUDY GUIDES'''</font color="#CC0000"> | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/File:Study_Guide_Exam_1_S2014.pdf}} STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM 1 | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/File:Revised_Study_Guide_Exam_2_2014.pdf}} REVISED STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM 2 | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/Exam_Studyguide_2245_hour3_2014.pdf}} STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM 3 | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/Exam_Studyguide_incl_guests_2245_hour2_2014.pdf}} STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM 4 | ||
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+ | <br><br> | ||
+ | <font color="#CC0000">'''PRACTICE EXAMS'''</font color="#CC0000"> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <font color="#CC0000">Dr Caira</font color="#CC0000"> | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/File:EEB_2245_Exam1_S12.pdf}} PRACTICE EXAM 1 | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/File:EEB_2245_Exam2_S12.pdf}} PRACTICE EXAM 2 | ||
+ | |||
+ | <font color="#CC0000">Dr Henry</font color="#CC0000"> | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/File:EEB2245_2012.pdf}} PRACTICE EXAM 3 | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB2245_Exam4a_2012.pdf}} PRACTICE EXAM 4 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Evolution in the News== | ||
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+ | |||
+ | An interesting Nature article on [http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/estimating-trait-heritability-46889 heritability] | ||
+ | |||
+ | [http://www.johnkyrk.com/evolution.html '''Evolution timeline animation'''] | ||
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+ | [http://10000birds.com/bird-eating-catfish.htm '''Bird-eating catfish'''] | ||
+ | <br><br> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Lecture Syllabus== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | '''''Please read assigned chapters, as indicated below, prior to class''''' | ||
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+ | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" | ||
+ | !width="40"| | ||
+ | !width="40"|Day | ||
+ | !width="150"|Date | ||
+ | !width="380"|Topic | ||
+ | !width=''450''|Text Readings | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | '''Part I''' || ||'''Jan 21 - Mar 6''' || <span style="font-size: large">'''Patterns of Evolution'''</span> || '''Dr. Janine Caira''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1 || T || Jan 21 || Introduction to the Geological Time Scale; the Fossil Record || Ch. 4 (pgs 77-81) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2 || Th || Jan 23 || Life in the Precambrian; Evolution of the Metazoa || Ch. 5 (pgs 103-110) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 3 || T || Jan 28 || Cambrian explosion & Life in the Paleozoic || Ch. 5 (pgs 111-119) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 4 || Th || Jan 30 || Life in the Mesozoic || Ch. 5 (pgs 119-125) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 5 || T || Feb 4 || Life in the Cenozoic || Ch. 5 (pgs 125-132) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 6 || Th || Feb 6 || Evolution of primates || Ch. 4 (pgs 90-95) <br> | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 7 || T || Feb 11 || Evolution of biodiversity & extinction || Ch. 7 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 8 || '''Th''' || '''Feb 13''' || '''EXAM #1''' (covers lecture 1-6) || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 9 || T || Feb 18 || Characters, homology & homoplasy || Ch. 3 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 10 || Th || Feb 20 || Systematics & reconstructing evolutionary history || Ch. 2 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 11 || T || Feb 25 || Evolution and Development || Ch. 21 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 12 || Th || Feb 27 || Biogeography and major patterns of distribution || Ch. 6 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 13 || T || Mar 4 || Continental drift & historical biogeography || Ch. 6 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 14 || '''Th''' || '''Mar 6''' || '''EXAM #2''' (covers lecture 7 & 9-13) || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | '''Part II''' || || '''Mar 11 - May 1''' || <span style="font-size: large">'''Processes of Evolution'''</span> || '''Dr. Charles Henry''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 15 || T || Mar 11 || <!--{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB2245_12_lec1_variation.pdf}}--> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB2245_14_lec1_variation.pdf}} Populations, variation, & the Hardy-Weinberg principle | ||
+ | |||
+ | || Ch. 1 (7-12), 9, 13 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 16 || Th || Mar 13 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB2245_14_lec2_popgen_muta%26migra.pdf}} Agents of evolutionary change: mutation & gene flow | ||
+ | |||
+ | || Ch. 9 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> </font></span> ||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''T''' </font></span>||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> '''Mar 18''' </font></span>|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''SPRING BREAK- no class'''</font></span><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"><br><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"></font></span><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> </font></span> ||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Th''' </font></span>||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> '''Mar 20''' </font></span>|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''SPRING BREAK- no class'''</font></span><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"><br><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"></font></span><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 17 || T || Mar 25 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB2245_14_lec3_genetic_drift.pdf}} Sampling error:genetic drift and the bottleneck/founder effects | ||
+ | || Ch. 10 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 18 || Th || Mar 27 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB2245_14_lec4_selection1.pdf}} Charles Darwin and natural selection, part 1 | ||
+ | || Ch. 1 & 11 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 19 || T || Apr 1 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB2245_14_lec5_selection2.pdf}} Natural selection part 2 | ||
+ | || Ch. 11,12,13 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 20 || Th || Apr 3 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB2245_14_lec6_adaptation.pdf}} Adaptation; Life history evolution, part 1 | ||
+ | || Ch. 13 & 14 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 21 || T || Apr 3 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB2245_14_lec7_lifehistory.pdf}} Life history evolution, part 2 | ||
+ | || Ch. 14 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 22 || '''Th''' || '''Apr 10''' || '''EXAM #3''' (covers lectures 15-21)|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 23 || T || Apr 15 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/Marta_sexual_selec_lecture.pdf}} Sexual selection ('''''lecture by Dr. Marta Wells''''') | ||
+ | || Ch. 15 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 24 || Th || Apr 17 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB2245_14_lec9_Levels_of_Selection_reduced4.pdf}} Levels of selection ('''''lecture by Jimmy Bernot''''') | ||
+ | || Ch. 16 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 25 || T || Apr 22 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB2245_14_lec10_species.pdf}} Species and species concepts | ||
+ | || Ch. 17 & 18 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 26 || Th || Apr 24 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB2245_14_lec11_speciation1.pdf}} Geographic variation, clines, and allopatric speciation | ||
+ | || Ch. 17 & 18 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 27 || T || Apr 29 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB2245_14_lec12_speciation2.pdf}} Non-allopatric speciation | ||
+ | || Ch. 18 & 22 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 28 || Th || May 1 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/evolution/restricted/EEB2245_14_lec13_sex%26coevol.pdf}} Evolution of sexual reproduction; co-evolution | ||
+ | || Ch. 15 & 19 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || '''Th''' || '''May 8''', 8 am || '''EXAM #4''' (covers lectures 23-28)|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- |-]} | ||
+ | <br> |
Latest revision as of 22:50, 19 January 2015
EEB 2245
Evolutionary Biology
Meeting Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-10:45 in TLS154
Textbook: Futuyma, D.J. 2013. Evolution. 3rd ed. Sinauer Associates, Inc. (ISBN 978-1-60535-115-5)
This website contains information for the lecture portion of the course only. For the W portion of the course, click here
Contents
Instructors
First half of the course, 21 January - 6 March
Dr. Janine Caira
Office: TLS 479/481
Phone: 486-4060
E-mail: janine.caira@uconn.edu
Office hours: By arrangement
Second half of the course, 11 March - 1 May
Dr. Charles Henry
Office: TLS 479/481
Phone: 486-4450
E-mail: charles.henry@uconn.edu
Office hours: By arrangement
Teaching Assistants
James Bernot
Office: TLS 478
Phone: 486-1882
Email: james.bernot@uconn.edu
Students A-K
Office hours: By arrangement
Tim Moore
Office: TLS 363
Phone: 486-4638
Email: timothy.e.moore@uconn.edu
Students L-Z
Office hours: By arrangement
Grading
EEB 2245: Your grade will be based on your performance in four lecture exams. Your lowest
score on the first 3 exams will be dropped, and your scores on the two remaining exams and the final exam will each constitute one-third 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.
This 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 (http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB2245W_Spring_2014) for further information. Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch (BioPharm 305B; tel: 486–4452; elizabeth.jockusch@uconn.edu) is the coordinator of the W part of the course.
Course Resources
A useful Nature Education article on heritability
Exam Resources
*NOTE* SECOND EXAM: The second exam will be on Thursday Mar. 6th. The exam will be based on material covered from Feb. 11th through Mar. 4th (see syllabus below).
Review sessions FOR EXAM 3 will be held on Monday Apr. 7rd (BPB 131), and Tuesday Apr. 8th (PBB 131) from 7-9 PM. Please attempt the problem set (see below) before attending one of these sessions.
Review sessions FOR EXAM 4 will be held on Monday May 5th (BPB 131), and Tuesday May 6th (PBB 131) from 7-9 PM. Please go over the sample exam (see below) before attending one of these sessions.
PROBLEM SET FOR EXAM 3
STUDY GUIDES
PRACTICE EXAMS
Dr Caira
Dr Henry
Evolution in the News
An interesting Nature article on heritability
Lecture Syllabus
Please read assigned chapters, as indicated below, prior to class