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Activity 1, Evolutionary vs. non-evolutionary change<br>
 
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|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 21|| Natural Selection on Phenotypes || Ch 2, 8 ||  
 
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|Jan 26|| Natural Selection II || Ch 8 ||  
 
|Jan 26|| Natural Selection II || Ch 8 ||  
 
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|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>
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|Jan 28|| Quantitative Genetics || Ch 7 ||  
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[http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/molecules/prions/ More about kuru and prions]<br>
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{{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_Activity3.pdf}} Activity 3, assortative mating vs inbreeding<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'''
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|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>
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|Feb 2|| Sexual Selection || Ch 11 ||  
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/Evolution_Problemset1_S2014_rev2.pdf}}'''Problem Set 1'''<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity4_Results.pdf}} Activity 4 results<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity5_IslandIsolation.pdf}}'''Activity 5-due Thurs. Feb. 5 at 9:15 am'''<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity5_Answers.pdf}} Activity 5 answers<br>
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|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>
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|Feb 4|| Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium || Ch 6.1-6.3 ||
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity6_NatureReserveDesign.pdf}}Activity 6
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|Feb 9|| Selection on genotypes || Ch 6.6 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_5_-_Feb_5th_2015 Study Questions]<br>
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|Feb 9|| Selection on genotypes || Ch 6.6 ||
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity6_NatureReserveDesign.pdf}}Activity 6
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|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>
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|Feb 11|| Genetic Drift || Ch 6.4-6.5 ||
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity7.pdf}}Activity 7
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|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>
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|Feb 16|| Mutation, migration &nonrandom mating || Ch 6.7-6.8 ||
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{{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 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>
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|Feb 18|| Applications of population genetics I: conservation || TBA ||
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{{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 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]
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|Feb 23|| Applications II: variation within and between populations || TBA ||
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{{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 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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|Feb 25|| Speciation I || Ch 13 ||
 
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|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]
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<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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|<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 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_13_-_Mar_10th_2015 Study Questions]
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|Mar 10 || The tree of life and inferring phylogenies|| Ch 4, 9.3 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_14_-_Mar_12th_2015 Discussion Questions]<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S15_Dr.Wade_12Mar15.pdf}} '''Lecture 14'''
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|Mar 10 || The tree of life and inferring phylogenies|| Ch 4, 9.3 ||
 
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|Mar 22|| Molecular evolution I || Ch 5.1, 9 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_15_-_Mar_24th_2015 Discussion Questions] <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/EEB%202245%20Speciation%20Mechanisms%20Spring%2015.pdf}} '''Lecture 15'''
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|Mar 22|| Molecular evolution I || Ch 5.1, 9 ||  
 
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|Mar 24|| Molecular evolution II|| Ch 9 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_16_-_Mar_26th_2015 Discussion Questions]<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect%2016.%20Part%20I.%20EEB%202245%20Speciation%20Mechanisms%20Spring%2015.pdf}} '''Lecture 16 part I'''<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect%2016.%20Part%202.%20%20Systematics-Tree%20thinking%20EEB%202245%20S%202015.pdf}} '''Lecture 16 part II'''
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|Mar 24|| Molecular evolution II|| Ch 9 ||  
 
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|Mar 29|| Genome evolution ||Ch 9||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_17_-_Mar_31st_2015 Discussion Questions]<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect17EEB2245_small.pdf}} '''Lecture 17''' <br>
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|Mar 29|| Genome evolution ||Ch 9||  
 
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|Mar 31 || The origin of life ||Web sources|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_18_-_Apr_02nd_2015 Discussion Questions]<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect%2018.%20F15%20EEB2245%20Tree%20building%20to%20post%20corrected%202%20Apr%2015.pdf}} '''Lecture 18 corrected'''
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|Mar 31 || The origin of life ||Web sources||  
 
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|Apr 5||Macroevolution, the fossil records, and biogeography I || Ch 13, 14||
 
|Apr 5||Macroevolution, the fossil records, and biogeography I || Ch 13, 14||
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|Apr 12|| Evolution of morphological variation (Evo-Devo) I ||Ch 10.5-10.11 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_19_-_Apr_07th_2015 Discussion Questions] <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect%2019.%20F15%20EEB2245%20Tree%20building%20part%202.%20Clock%20part%201%20revised%207Apr15%20.pdf}} '''Lecture 19 revised'''
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|Apr 12|| Evolution of morphological variation (Evo-Devo) I ||Ch 10.5-10.11 ||
 
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|Apr 14||Evolution of morphological variation (Evo-Devo) II || Ch 10.5-10.11 ||
 
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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_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_21_-_Apr_14th_2015 Discussion Questions] <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect21.pdf}} '''Lecture 21'''
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|Apr 21|| Evolution of social behavior|| Ch 16.6-16.10 ||  
 
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|Apr 26|| Evolutionary Medicine : Epidemiology || Ch 18 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_22_-_Apr_16th_2015 Discussion Questions] <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect22.pdf}} '''Lecture 22'''
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|Apr 26|| Evolutionary Medicine : Epidemiology || Ch 18 ||
 
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|Apr 28|| Evolutionary Medicine: Cancer || Ch 18||
 
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Revision as of 15:13, 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
Part I: Jan 19 - Mar 3, Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch
Jan 19 Class organization; Introduction to the study of evolutionary biology Ch 1 Study Questions

Activity 1, Evolutionary vs. non-evolutionary change

Jan 21 Natural Selection on Phenotypes Ch 2, 8
Jan 26 Natural Selection II Ch 8
Jan 28 Quantitative Genetics Ch 7
Feb 2 Sexual Selection Ch 11
Feb 4 Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium Ch 6.1-6.3
Feb 9 Selection on genotypes Ch 6.6
Feb 11 Genetic Drift Ch 6.4-6.5
Feb 16 Mutation, migration &nonrandom mating Ch 6.7-6.8
Feb 18 Applications of population genetics I: conservation TBA
Feb 23 Applications II: variation within and between populations TBA
Feb 25 Speciation I Ch 13
Mar 1 Speciation II Ch 13
Mar 3 MIDTERM EXAM (100 pts)
Part II: Mar 8 - May 7, Dr. Yaowu Yuan
Mar 8 Phylogenetics: concepts and forensic applications Ch 4
Mar 10 The tree of life and inferring phylogenies Ch 4, 9.3
Mar 15 SPRING BREAK
Mar 17 SPRING BREAK
Mar 22 Molecular evolution I Ch 5.1, 9
Mar 24 Molecular evolution II Ch 9
Mar 29 Genome evolution Ch 9
Mar 31 The origin of life Web sources
Apr 5 Macroevolution, the fossil records, and biogeography I Ch 13, 14
Apr 7 Macroevolution, the fossil records, and biogeography II Ch 13, 14
Apr 12 Evolution of morphological variation (Evo-Devo) I Ch 10.5-10.11
Apr 14 Evolution of morphological variation (Evo-Devo) II Ch 10.5-10.11
Apr 19 Species interactions and coevolution Ch 15
Apr 21 Evolution of social behavior Ch 16.6-16.10
Apr 26 Evolutionary Medicine : Epidemiology Ch 18
Apr 28 Evolutionary Medicine: Cancer Ch 18
May 7 COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM (150 pts) 8 - 10am TLS 154
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