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==Midterm Preparation Resources==
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[https://lms.uconn.edu/bbcswebdav/courses/M1163-EEB-2245-2245W-SEC001/EEB2245_MidtermExamStudyGuide_S2016.pdf Study Guide] for Midterm Exam now on HuskyCT<br>
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[https://lms.uconn.edu/bbcswebdav/courses/M1163-EEB-2245-2245W-SEC001/FitnessLandscape.pdf Fitness landscapes explained]<br>
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[https://lms.uconn.edu/bbcswebdav/courses/M1163-EEB-2245-2245W-SEC001/PracticeProblems.pdf Practice problems] (mostly from the study questions)<br>
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==Lecture Schedule==
 
==Lecture Schedule==
  
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|Jan 28|| Natural Selection, cont.: HIV ||  ||  Q1  ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_4_-_Jan_28th_2016 Study Questions]<br>
 
|Jan 28|| Natural Selection, cont.: HIV ||  ||  Q1  ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_4_-_Jan_28th_2016 Study Questions]<br>
 
[http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/hiv-life-cycle HIV life cycle video]<br>
 
[http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/hiv-life-cycle HIV life cycle video]<br>
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-wU9Sg5MrvhZWxsSkRPS1drV1U/view?usp=sharing Quiz 1 Answer Key]
 
 
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|Feb 2|| Quantitative Genetics & Sexual Selection || Ch 7, Ch 11 ||A3 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_5_-_Feb_2nd_2016 Study Questions] <br>
 
|Feb 2|| Quantitative Genetics & Sexual Selection || Ch 7, Ch 11 ||A3 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_5_-_Feb_2nd_2016 Study Questions] <br>
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|Feb 11|| Selection on genotypes || Ch 6.6 ||  Q2  || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_8_-_Feb_11th_2016 Study Questions]<br>
 
|Feb 11|| Selection on genotypes || Ch 6.6 ||  Q2  || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_8_-_Feb_11th_2016 Study Questions]<br>
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-wU9Sg5MrvhaEx0OUtlZTZ0TmM/view?usp=sharing Quiz 2 Answer key]<br>
 
 
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|Feb 16|| Selection on genotypes & Genetic Drift || Ch 6.4-6.5 ||A5 online: due before class  || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_9_-_Feb_16th_2016 Study Questions]  
 
|Feb 16|| Selection on genotypes & Genetic Drift || Ch 6.4-6.5 ||A5 online: due before class  || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_9_-_Feb_16th_2016 Study Questions]  
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|Feb 18|| Genetic drift, continued || Ch 6.4-6.5 ||  ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_10_-_Feb_18th_2016 Study Questions]<br>[http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/sexual-reproduction-and-the-evolution-of-sex-824 More about the evolution of sex]
 
|Feb 18|| Genetic drift, continued || Ch 6.4-6.5 ||  ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_10_-_Feb_18th_2016 Study Questions]<br>[http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/sexual-reproduction-and-the-evolution-of-sex-824 More about the evolution of sex]
 
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|Feb 23|| Migration, applications of population genetics || Ch 6.7-6.8 <br> note: 6.8 is only in the 2nd edition||  A6  ||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">[https://lms.uconn.edu/bbcswebdav/courses/M1163-EEB-2245-2245W-SEC001/EEB2245_MidtermExamStudyGuide_S2016.pdf Study Guide] for Midterm Exam now on HuskyCT</font></span>
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|Feb 23|| Migration, applications of population genetics || Ch 6.7-6.8 <br> note: 6.8 is only in the 2nd edition||  A6  ||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">[https://lms.uconn.edu/bbcswebdav/courses/M1163-EEB-2245-2245W-SEC001/EEB2245_MidtermExamStudyGuide_S2016.pdf Study Guide] for Midterm Exam now on HuskyCT</font></span> <br>
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_11_-_Feb_23rd_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Feb 25|| nonrandom mating & Speciation I || Ch 13 || Q3  ||
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|Feb 25|| Nonrandom mating & Speciation I || Ch 13 || Q3  || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_12_-_Feb_25th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Mar 1|| Speciation II || Ch 13 || A7  ||
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|Mar 1|| Speciation II || Ch 13 || A7  || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_13_-_Mar_1st_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> '''Mar 3'''</font></span>|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''MIDTERM EXAM (100 pts)'''</font></span> ||||  ||  
 
|<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> '''Mar 3'''</font></span>|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''MIDTERM EXAM (100 pts)'''</font></span> ||||  ||  
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|Mar 8 || Phylogenetics: concepts and forensic applications || Ch 4 || A8    ||
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|Mar 8 || Phylogenetics: concepts and forensic applications || Ch 4 || A8    || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_14_-_Mar_8th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Mar 10 || The tree of life and inferring phylogenies|| Ch 4, 9.3 ||  Q4  ||
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|Mar 10 || The tree of life and inferring phylogenies|| Ch 4, 9.3 ||  Q4  || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_15_-_Mar_10th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Mar 15|| '''SPRING BREAK''' ||||    ||
 
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|Mar 22|| Molecular evolution I || Ch 5.1, 9 || A9  ||
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|Mar 22|| Molecular evolution I || Ch 5.1, 9 || A9  || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_16_-_Mar_22nd_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Mar 24|| Molecular evolution II|| Ch 9 ||  ||
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|Mar 24|| Molecular evolution II|| Ch 9 ||  || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_17_-_Mar_24th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Mar 29|| Genome evolution ||Ch 9|| A10    ||
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|Mar 29|| Genome evolution ||Ch 9|| A10    || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_18_-_Mar_29th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Mar 31 || The origin of life ||Web sources||      Q5 ||
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|Mar 31 || The origin of life ||Web sources||      Q5 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_19_-_Mar_31st_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Apr 5||Macroevolution, the fossil records, and biogeography I || Ch 13, 14||A11    ||
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|Apr 5||Macroevolution, the fossil records, and biogeography I || Ch 13, 14||A11    || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_20_-_Apr_5th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Apr 7||Macroevolution, the fossil records, and biogeography II|| Ch 13, 14 ||    ||
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|Apr 7||Macroevolution, the fossil records, and biogeography II|| Ch 13, 14 ||    || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_21_-_Apr_7th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Apr 12|| Evolution of morphological variation (Evo-Devo) I ||Ch 10.5-10.11 ||A12    ||
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|Apr 12|| Evolution of morphological variation (Evo-Devo) I ||Ch 10.5-10.11 ||A12    || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_22_-_Apr_12th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Apr 14||Evolution of morphological variation (Evo-Devo) II || Ch 10.5-10.11 ||    Q6 ||
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|Apr 14||Evolution of morphological variation (Evo-Devo) II || Ch 10.5-10.11 ||    Q6 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_23_-_Apr_14th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Apr 19||Species interactions and coevolution|| Ch 15|| A13    ||
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|Apr 19||Species interactions and coevolution|| Ch 15|| A13    || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_24_-_Apr_19th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Apr 21|| Evolution of social behavior|| Ch 16.6-16.10 ||    ||
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|Apr 21|| Evolution of social behavior|| Ch 16.6-16.10 ||    || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_25_-_Apr_21st_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Apr 26|| Evolutionary Medicine : Epidemiology || Ch 18 ||A14  ||
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|Apr 26|| Evolutionary Medicine : Epidemiology || Ch 18 ||A14  ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_26_-_Apr_26th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|Apr 28|| Evolutionary Medicine: Cancer || Ch 18||  Q7  ||
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|Apr 28|| Evolutionary Medicine: Cancer || Ch 18||  Q7  ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2016_Study_Questions#Lecture_27_-_Apr_28th_2016 Study Questions]
 
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|<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''TBD''' </font></span>|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM (150 pts)''' CHECK OFFICIAL FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE FOR FINAL SCHEDULING</font></span>  ||||    ||
 
|<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''TBD''' </font></span>|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM (150 pts)''' CHECK OFFICIAL FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE FOR FINAL SCHEDULING</font></span>  ||||    ||

Latest revision as of 01:03, 23 January 2018

Midterm Preparation Resources

Study Guide for Midterm Exam now on HuskyCT
Fitness landscapes explained
Practice problems (mostly from the study questions)

Lecture Schedule

Please read assigned chapters, as indicated below, prior to class
This schedule is subject to change. Check regularly for updates!


Date Topic Readings Activity or Quiz? Supplemental Materials
Part I: Jan 19 - Mar 3, Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch
Jan 19 Class organization; Introduction to the study of evolutionary biology Ch 1 A1 Study Questions

Bird-of-paradise courtship
Jumping spider courtship

Jan 21 Natural Selection on Phenotypes Ch 2, 8 Study Questions
Evolving robots
Jan 26 Natural Selection II Ch 8 A2 Study Questions

Salmon conservation in the news

Jan 28 Natural Selection, cont.: HIV Q1 Study Questions

HIV life cycle video

Feb 2 Quantitative Genetics & Sexual Selection Ch 7, Ch 11 A3 Study Questions

Widowbird courtship

Feb 4 Sexual Selection & Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium intro. Ch. 11, Ch 6.1-6.3

Study Questions

Feb 9 Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Ch 6.1-6.3 A4 Study Questions

Hardy-Weinberg derivation for mating between individuals More about kuru and prions

Feb 11 Selection on genotypes Ch 6.6 Q2 Study Questions
Feb 16 Selection on genotypes & Genetic Drift Ch 6.4-6.5 A5 online: due before class Study Questions
Feb 18 Genetic drift, continued Ch 6.4-6.5 Study Questions
More about the evolution of sex
Feb 23 Migration, applications of population genetics Ch 6.7-6.8
note: 6.8 is only in the 2nd edition
A6 Study Guide for Midterm Exam now on HuskyCT

Study Questions

Feb 25 Nonrandom mating & Speciation I Ch 13 Q3 Study Questions
Mar 1 Speciation II Ch 13 A7 Study Questions
Mar 3 MIDTERM EXAM (100 pts)
Part II: Mar 8 - May 7, Dr. Yaowu Yuan
Mar 8 Phylogenetics: concepts and forensic applications Ch 4 A8 Study Questions
Mar 10 The tree of life and inferring phylogenies Ch 4, 9.3 Q4 Study Questions
Mar 15 SPRING BREAK
Mar 17 SPRING BREAK
Mar 22 Molecular evolution I Ch 5.1, 9 A9 Study Questions
Mar 24 Molecular evolution II Ch 9 Study Questions
Mar 29 Genome evolution Ch 9 A10 Study Questions
Mar 31 The origin of life Web sources Q5 Study Questions
Apr 5 Macroevolution, the fossil records, and biogeography I Ch 13, 14 A11 Study Questions
Apr 7 Macroevolution, the fossil records, and biogeography II Ch 13, 14 Study Questions
Apr 12 Evolution of morphological variation (Evo-Devo) I Ch 10.5-10.11 A12 Study Questions
Apr 14 Evolution of morphological variation (Evo-Devo) II Ch 10.5-10.11 Q6 Study Questions
Apr 19 Species interactions and coevolution Ch 15 A13 Study Questions
Apr 21 Evolution of social behavior Ch 16.6-16.10 Study Questions
Apr 26 Evolutionary Medicine : Epidemiology Ch 18 A14 Study Questions
Apr 28 Evolutionary Medicine: Cancer Ch 18 Q7 Study Questions
TBD COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM (150 pts) CHECK OFFICIAL FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE FOR FINAL SCHEDULING