Evolutionary Biology Spring 2016
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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 | |
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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 | |
Jan 21 | Natural Selection on Phenotypes | Ch 2, 8 | Creative Machines | ||
Jan 26 | Natural Selection II | Ch 8 | A2 | ||
Jan 28 | Quantitative Genetics | Ch 7 | Q1 | ||
Feb 2 | Sexual Selection | Ch 11 | A3 | ||
Feb 4 | Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium | Ch 6.1-6.3 | A4 | ||
Feb 9 | Selection on genotypes | Ch 6.6 | |||
Feb 11 | Genetic Drift | Ch 6.4-6.5 | Q2 | ||
Feb 16 | Mutation, migration &nonrandom mating | Ch 6.7-6.8 | A5 online: due before class | ||
Feb 18 | Applications of population genetics I: conservation | TBA | A6 | ||
Feb 23 | Applications II: variation within and between populations | TBA | |||
Feb 25 | Speciation I | Ch 13 | Q3 | ||
Mar 1 | Speciation II | Ch 13 | A7 | ||
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 | ||
Mar 10 | The tree of life and inferring phylogenies | Ch 4, 9.3 | Q4 | ||
Mar 15 | SPRING BREAK | ||||
Mar 17 | SPRING BREAK | ||||
Mar 22 | Molecular evolution I | Ch 5.1, 9 | A9 | ||
Mar 24 | Molecular evolution II | Ch 9 | |||
Mar 29 | Genome evolution | Ch 9 | A10 | ||
Mar 31 | The origin of life | Web sources | Q5 | ||
Apr 5 | Macroevolution, the fossil records, and biogeography I | Ch 13, 14 | A11 | ||
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 | A12 | ||
Apr 14 | Evolution of morphological variation (Evo-Devo) II | Ch 10.5-10.11 | Q6 | ||
Apr 19 | Species interactions and coevolution | Ch 15 | A13 | ||
Apr 21 | Evolution of social behavior | Ch 16.6-16.10 | |||
Apr 26 | Evolutionary Medicine : Epidemiology | Ch 18 | A14 | ||
Apr 28 | Evolutionary Medicine: Cancer | Ch 18 | Q7 | ||
May 5 | COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM (150 pts) CHECK OFFICIAL FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE FOR FINAL SCHEDULING 8 - 10am TLS 154 |