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| − | |Jan | + | |Jan 19|| Class organization; Introduction to the study of evolutionary biology || Ch 1 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_1_-_Jan_20th_2015 Study Questions] |
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity1.pdf}} Activity 1, Evolutionary vs. non-evolutionary change<br> | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity1.pdf}} Activity 1, Evolutionary vs. non-evolutionary change<br> | ||
[http://www.birdsofparadiseproject.org/content.php?page=88 Bird-of-paradise courtship] | [http://www.birdsofparadiseproject.org/content.php?page=88 Bird-of-paradise courtship] | ||
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| − | |Jan | + | |Jan 21|| Natural Selection on Phenotypes || Ch 2, 8 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_2_-_Jan_22nd_2015 Study Questions]<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity2.pdf}} Activity 2, testing for HWE |
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| − | |Jan | + | |Jan 26|| Natural Selection II || Ch 8 || |
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| − | |Jan | + | |Jan 28|| Quantitative Genetics || Ch 7 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_3_-_Jan_29th_2015 Study Questions] <br> |
[http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/molecules/prions/ More about kuru and prions]<br> | [http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/molecules/prions/ More about kuru and prions]<br> | ||
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/HardyWeinbergDerivation.pdf}} The math behind the HWE<br> | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/HardyWeinbergDerivation.pdf}} The math behind the HWE<br> | ||
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity4_Drift.pdf}}'''Activity 4-due Mon. Feb. 2 by 11pm''' | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity4_Drift.pdf}}'''Activity 4-due Mon. Feb. 2 by 11pm''' | ||
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| − | |Feb | + | |Feb 2|| Sexual Selection || Ch 11 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_4_-_Feb_3rd_2015 Study Questions] <br> |
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/Evolution_Problemset1_S2014_rev2.pdf}}'''Problem Set 1'''<br> | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/Evolution_Problemset1_S2014_rev2.pdf}}'''Problem Set 1'''<br> | ||
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity4_Results.pdf}} Activity 4 results<br> | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity4_Results.pdf}} Activity 4 results<br> | ||
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| − | |Feb | + | |Feb 4|| Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium || Ch 6.1-6.3 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_5_-_Feb_5th_2015 Study Questions]<br> |
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity6_NatureReserveDesign.pdf}}Activity 6 | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity6_NatureReserveDesign.pdf}}Activity 6 | ||
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|<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Feb 10'''</font></span>||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''EXAM 1 (50 pts)'''</font></span> & Natural selection || Ch 11 || | |<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Feb 10'''</font></span>||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''EXAM 1 (50 pts)'''</font></span> & Natural selection || Ch 11 || | ||
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| − | |Feb | + | |Feb 11|| Genetic Drift || Ch 6.4-6.5 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lectures_6_.26_7_-_Feb_10th_and_12th_2015 Study Questions]<br> |
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity7.pdf}}Activity 7 | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity7.pdf}}Activity 7 | ||
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| − | |Feb | + | |Feb 16|| Mutation, migration &nonrandom mating || Ch 6.7-6.8 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_8_-_Feb_17th_2015 Study Questions]<br> |
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity8_SelectionSimulations.pdf}}'''Activity 8-due Tues. Feb. 17 at 9:15 am'''<br> | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity8_SelectionSimulations.pdf}}'''Activity 8-due Tues. Feb. 17 at 9:15 am'''<br> | ||
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| − | |Feb | + | |Feb 18|| Applications of population genetics I: conservation || TBA ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_9_-_Feb_19th_2015 Study Questions]<br> |
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity8_SelectionSimulations.pdf}}'''Activity 9-Mean fitness table at end of Activity 8 due in class today''' | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity8_SelectionSimulations.pdf}}'''Activity 9-Mean fitness table at end of Activity 8 due in class today''' | ||
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| − | |Feb | + | |Feb 23|| Applications II: variation within and between populations || TBA ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_10_-_Feb_24th_2015 Study Questions] |
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity10_RecessiveDominantSelection.pdf}}'''Activity 10-Selection on dominant vs. recessive alleles ''': online portion due before class; bring your graphs to class | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity10_RecessiveDominantSelection.pdf}}'''Activity 10-Selection on dominant vs. recessive alleles ''': online portion due before class; bring your graphs to class | ||
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| − | |Feb | + | |Feb 25|| Speciation I || Ch 13 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_11_-_Feb_26th_2015 Study Questions] |
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| − | |Mar | + | |Mar 1|| Speciation II || Ch 13 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_12_-_Mar_03rd_2015 Study Questions] |
<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> '''Review Session tonight 7-9pm BPP 130'''</font></span> <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> | <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> '''Review Session tonight 7-9pm BPP 130'''</font></span> <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> | ||
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Revision as of 14:47, 20 January 2016
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 | Study Questions / Problem Sets | |
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| Part I: Jan 20 - Mar 6, Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch | ||||
| Jan 19 | Class organization; Introduction to the study of evolutionary biology | Ch 1 | Study Questions
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| Jan 21 | Natural Selection on Phenotypes | Ch 2, 8 | Study Questions Activity 2, testing for HWE
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| Jan 26 | Natural Selection II | Ch 8 | ||
| Jan 28 | Quantitative Genetics | Ch 7 | Study Questions More about kuru and prions | |
| Feb 2 | Sexual Selection | Ch 11 | Study Questions
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| Feb 4 | Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium | Ch 6.1-6.3 | Study Questions
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| Feb 10 | EXAM 1 (50 pts) & Natural selection | Ch 11 | ||
| Feb 11 | Genetic Drift | Ch 6.4-6.5 | Study Questions
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| Feb 16 | Mutation, migration &nonrandom mating | Ch 6.7-6.8 | Study Questions
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| Feb 18 | Applications of population genetics I: conservation | TBA | Study Questions
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| Feb 23 | Applications II: variation within and between populations | TBA | Study Questions
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| Feb 25 | Speciation I | Ch 13 | Study Questions | |
| Mar 1 | Speciation II | Ch 13 | Study Questions
Review Session tonight 7-9pm BPP 130 | |
| Mar 5 | EXAM 2 (100 pts, midterm covering all lectures) | |||
| Part II: Mar 10 - May 7, Dr. Chris Simon | ||||
| Mar 10 | Mechanisms of Speciation: Reproductive Isolation. (taught by Dr. Jockusch) | Ch 17 & 18 | Study Questions | |
| Mar 12 | Species Concepts; Hybridization (taught by Dr. Wade) | Ch 17 & 18 | Discussion Questions Lecture 14
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| Mar 17 | SPRING BREAK | |||
| Mar 19 | SPRING BREAK | |||
| Mar 24 | Speciation Mechanisms. Spatial, temporal, chromosomal with and without hybridization | Ch 17, 18 & 531-533pp (ch 19) | Discussion Questions Lecture 15
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| Mar 26 | Systematics, the study of biodiversity and its origins. Problems in constructing relationships: polymorphisms and homoplasy. Tree thinking. |
Ch 2 & 3 | Discussion Questions Lecture 16 part I Lecture 16 part II
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| Mar 26 | Discussion Session 7-8pm BPB 131 | Discussion questions Lectures 14, 15 & 16 |
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| Mar 30 | Discussion Session 8-9pm BPB 131 | Discussion questions Lectures 14, 15 & 16 |
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| Mar 31 | Homoplasy (continued): convergence, parallelisms, and reversals in evolution. | Ch 2 & 3 | Discussion Questions Lecture 17 | |
| Apr 2 | Reconstructing evolutionary trees from morphological and molecular data. | Ch 2 & 3 | Discussion Questions Lecture 18 corrected
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| Apr 2 | Discussion Session 7-9pm BPB 131 | Discussion questions Lectures 17 & 18 + Exam review |
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| Apr 7 | Discussion Session 7-9pm BPB 131 | Discussion questions Lectures 17, 18 & 19 + Exam review |
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| Apr 7 | Reconstructing evolutionary trees from morphological and molecular data. How molecules evolve. Is there a molecular clock? |
Ch 2 & 3 | Discussion Questions Lecture 19 revised
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| Apr 9 | Molecular Clock (continued) EXAM 3 (50 pts) |
Discussion Questions Lecture 20
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| Apr 9 | Discussion Session CANCELLED | |||
| Apr 13 | Discussion Session 8-9pm BPB 131 | Discussion questions Lectures 19 & 20 |
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| Apr 14 | An overview of life | This is mostly review from intro-biology | Discussion Questions Lecture 21
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| Apr 16 | Introduction and overview of the fossil record. The origin of life. The RNA world. Prokaryote world. The origin of animals; the Ediacaran Fauna. Mass extinctions. |
Ch 4 & 5, pp 168-171, Box 7A | Discussion Questions Lecture 22
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| Apr 16 | Discussion Session 7-8pm BPB 131 | Discussion questions Lectures 21 & 22 |
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| Apr 20 | Discussion Session 8-9pm BPB 130 | Discussion questions Lectures 21 & 22 |
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| Apr 21 | The Paleozoic: Cambrian explosion (or was it?). The origin of vertebrates and the invasion of land. Ordovician (the age of jawless vertebrates), Silurian (first life on land), Devonian (the age of fishes). Carboniferous (Dragonflies w/ 2 ft. wing span, clubmoss forests); Permian. The origin of mammals. The Permo-Triassic boundary mass extinction. | Ch 4 & 5, 168-171, box 7A | Discussion Questions Lecture 23 Paleozoic Lecture 23 Mesozoic Your Inner Fish PBS 3-episode show on the evolution of tetrapods. Very cool animations! First episode is all about Tiktaalik. | |
| Apr 23 | The Mesozoic: The age of reptiles. Pangea breaks up followed by Laurasia and Gondwanaland. The evolution of birds from dinosaurs, insects and angiosperms radiate. The K-T Boundary. The extinction of the dinosaurs. Birds and mammals cross the boundary. | Ch 4, 5 & 6 | Discussion Questions Lecture 24 Mesozoic continued Lecture 24 and 25 Cenozoic | |
| Apr 23 | Discussion Session 7-8pm BPB 131 | Lectures 23 & 24 | ||
| Apr 27 | Discussion Session 8-9pm BPB 130 | Lectures 23 & 24 | ||
| Apr 28 | The Cenozoic: Greenhouse to Icehouse. Continental drift, land bridges, mountain building. Modern biogeographic distributions take shape. The great American interchange. Primate evolution. | Ch 4, 5 & 6 | Discussion Questions Lecture 25 Cenozoic part 2 Lecture 26a Primate & Human Evolution
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| Apr 30 | Human evolution; Mitochondrial Eve and her relatives. Africa, our most diverse continent. Humans invade Asia and the Pacific and later North America. Biogeography and Biodiversity. | Ch 4, 5 & 6 | Discussion Questions Lecture 26b Human Evolution continued Lecture 26c Biogeography and Biodiversity
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| Apr 30 | Discussion Session 7-8pm BPB 130 | Lectures 25 & 26 + Final review | Short videos about evolution. This can help you study for the exam.
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| May 4 | Office hours BPB 130 2-4 pm | TA available for questions | Come ask any questions you may have on the material before the final. This is NOT a review session. Come prepared with questions | |
| May 7 | EXAM 4 (100 pts) & COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM (70 pts) 8 - 10am TLS 154 |
