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<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 2245/2245W</span><br>
 
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<span style="font-size: large">''Evolutionary Biology''</span><br>
 
<span style="font-size: large">''Evolutionary Biology''</span><br>
==Course Overview ==
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==Course Overview & Syllabus==
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<span style="font-size: small">'''Meeting Time:''' Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-10:45 am in TLS154<br>
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<span style="font-size: medium">'''Meeting Time:''' Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-10:45 am in '''TLS 154'''<br>
<span style="font-size: small">'''Textbook:''' Futuyma, D.J. 2013. ''Evolution''. 3rd ed. Sinauer Associates, Inc. (ISBN 978-1-60535-115-5)<br>
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<span style="font-size: medium">'''Textbook:''' Futuyma, D.J. 2013. ''Evolution''. 3rd ed. Sinauer Associates, Inc. (ISBN 978-1-60535-115-5)<br>
<span style="font-size: small">'''Objectives:''' The objectives of this course are to familiarize students with the mechanisms of evolutionary change (processes of evolution), major patterns of evolution, and the history of the diversity of life.<br>
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'''Assigned readings are indicated below. Please read assigned chapters prior to coming to class.'''<br>
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<span style="font-size: medium">'''Goal:'''The goal of this class is to teach the basic principles of evolutionary biology and the history of life on earth.<br>
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<span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#0000FF">'''This website contains information for the lecture portion of the course only.'''</font color="#0000FF"></span><br/>
 
<span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#0000FF">'''This website contains information for the lecture portion of the course only.'''</font color="#0000FF"></span><br/>
 
<span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#0000FF">'''Please see [http://learn.uconn.edu HuskyCT] for materials for the W portion of the course.'''</font color="#0000FF"></span><br/><br/>
 
<span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#0000FF">'''Please see [http://learn.uconn.edu HuskyCT] for materials for the W portion of the course.'''</font color="#0000FF"></span><br/><br/>
 
==Announcements ==
 
 
 
  
 
==Lecture Instructors==
 
==Lecture Instructors==
 
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'''Part I, 20 January - 5 March'''<br>
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[mailto:janine.caira@uconn.edu Dr. Janine N. Caira] (Lectures 1–12)<br>
[mailto:elizabeth.jockusch@uconn.edu Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch]<br>
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Office: TLS 483 <br>
Office: PBB 305B<br>
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Phone: 486-4060 <br>
Phone: 486-4452<br>
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Office hours: by arrangement <br><br>
Office hours: 11-12 Tuesdays or by appointment<br><br>
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'''Part II, 10 March - 7 May'''<br>
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[mailto:chris.simon@uconn.edu Dr. Chris Simon] (Lectures 13–25)<br>
[mailto:chris.simon@uconn.edu Dr. Chris Simon ]<br>
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Office: Biopharm 305D<br>
Office: PBB 305D<br>
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Phone: 486-4640<br>
 
Phone: 486-4640<br>
Office hours: Anytime by appointment<br>
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|width="300"|[mailto:veronica.m.bueno@uconn.edu Veronica Bueno]
|width="200"|[mailto:veronica.m.bueno@uconn.edu Veronica Bueno]
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|width="300"|[mailto:katherine.nazario@uconn.edu Katherine Nazario]
|width="200"|[mailto:geert.goemans@uconn.edu Geert Goemans]
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==Grading==
 
==Grading==
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'''Lecture Grading:'''  
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'''EEB 2245''': Each half of the course counts for 50% of your lecture grade. Your grade in the first half of
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the course will be based on your performance on two lecture exams (for a total of 200 points). Your grade in the second half of the course will be based on your performance on three lecture exams (180 points total) and weekly, short on-line quizzes (20 points) (for a total of 200 points). However, your lowest grade for Exams1–4 will be dropped. '''Please note: because you are allowed to drop one of these grades, <i>we will not give make-up exams</i>.'''
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<td>Activities</td><td>  30 points</td>
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<td>Exam 1</td><td>  50 points</td>
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<td>Exam 2</td><td>100 points</td>
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<td>Exam 3</td><td>  50 points</td>
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<td>Exam 4</td><td>100 points</td>
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<td>Comprehensive Final Exam</td><td>  70 points</td>
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<td>'''Total Lecture Points'''</td><td>  '''400 points'''</td>
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'''EEB 2245W Grading:''' Your 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.'''<br><br>
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==Course Policies==
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'''EEB 2245W''': For W students 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. The W portion of the course, as determined by your “W” instructor, will constitute the remaining 25% of your final course grade. '''<i>Please note that an F in either the W or lecture portion of the course will result in an F for the entire course.</i>''' Dr. Paul Lewis (TLS 162; tel: 486–2069; paul.lewis@uconn.edu) is the coordinator of the W portion of the course. Refer to HuskyCT for further information on the W portion of the course. You will be assigned your W instructor at the mandatory library session you attend for the W portion of the course. You must sign up for a library session in HuskyCT by January 19th.
'''Lecture Expectations:'''
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*Arrive on time and stay until the end.   If you must come late or leave early, sit by a door and leave as quietly as possible.
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*Turn cell phones OFF and store them out of sight.
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*Use laptops only for taking notes or other activity directly related to class.
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*Recording is prohibited without the written permission of instructors.  
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*Course materials are the intellectual property of the course instructors. Students may not make these materials (including handouts, exams and activities) available electronically.
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==Announcements ==
  
'''Activities:''' During the first half of the semester, there will be opportunities to earn points from a mixture of in-class and out-of-class activities.  Each will be worth 3 points.  A minimum of 13 opportunities will be available and the best 10 will count towards the final grade.  Out-of-class activities must be submitted by the specified deadline for credit.  No late assignments will be accepted.  In-class activities must be submitted during the class period in which they take place.  '''No make-ups will be given'''.<br><br>
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Review Session Exam 1: Monday, February 6th 7:00-9:00 pm in BPB 130<br>
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Review Sessions Exam 2: Tuesday, February 28th 7:00-9:00 pm in BPB 131AND Wednesday, March 1st 7:00-9:00 pm in BPB 131
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Review Sessions Exam 3: Monday April 3rd 7:00-9:00 pm in BPB 130 AND Wednesday, April 5th 7:00-9:00 pm in BPB 130
  
'''Missed exams:''' Any student who misses an exam without <U>advance permission</U> will receive a 0 for the exam.  Permission to miss an exam requires, <U>but is not guaranteed by</U>, verifiable written documentation of the reason.  A student who receives permission to miss an exam will have his or her grade for the missed work prorated based on his or her performance on the remainder of the exams.  '''''We will not give make-ups'''''.  Every student must take the final exam (and exam 4) during the scheduled final exam period unless permission to reschedule is obtained through the [http://www.dos.uconn.edu Dean of Students Office] <br><br>
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<span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#f6990a">'''Review Sessions Exam 4 and Final:''' </font color="#f6990a">
  
'''Academic integrity:''' Plagiarism and cheating are violations of the student conduct code, and may be punished by failure in the course or, in severe cases, dismissal from the University. For more information, see Appendix A of the [http://community.uconn.edu/the-student-code-appendix-a/ Student Conduct Code] <br><br>
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'''Wednesday April 26th 7pm - 9pm BPB 130''' - material covered: Lectures 13-18 (Exam 3 and Final)<br>
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'''Thursday April 27th 7pm - 9pm BPB 130''' - material covered: Lectures 19-25 (Exam 4 and Final)<br>
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'''Saturday April 29th 1:30pm - 3:30pm TLS 154''' - material covered: Lectures 19-25 (Exam 4 and Final)
  
'''Disabilities:''' If you have a disability for which you may be requesting an accommodation, you should contact a course instructor and the [www.csd.uconn.edu Center for Students with Disabilities] (Wilbur Cross Building, Room 201) within the first two weeks of the semester.<br><br>
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==Past Exams, Study Guides & Other Documents==
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'''PART I'''<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/b/be/Example_Exam_1_EEB2245_2245W.pdf}} Example Exam 1 EEB 2245
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/a/a8/Study_Guide_exam_1_2017_updated.pdf}} Updated Study Guide Exam 1
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/2/23/Systematics_terminology_EEB_2245_S17.pdf}} Systematics Terminology handout
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/d1/Tree_exercises_EEB_2245_W_S17.pdf}} Tree Building Exercise
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/a/a1/Study_Guide_Exam_2_2017_final.pdf}} Updated Study Guide Exam 2
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/9/9f/Example_Exam_2.pdf}} Example Exam 2 EEB 2245
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'''PART II'''<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/03/Five_most_serious_threats_2017.pdf}} Five Most Serious Threats to the World<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/b/bb/Study_Guide_Week_I_EEB_2245_F_17.pdf}} Study Guide Lectures 13-14<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c7/Study_Guide_week_2%2C_Lectures_15_-_16_Variation%2C_inbreeding%2C_drift.pdf}} Study Guide Lectures 15-16 - Variation, inbreeding, drift <br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/9/90/Enhanced_Study_Guide_weeks_2_and_3%2C_Lectures_15_-_18_Variation%2C_inbreeding%2C_drift%2C_gene_flow%2C_neutral_theory.pdf}}  Enhanced Study Guide Weeks 2 and 3 (Lectures 15 - 18)<br>
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<span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#0000FF"><i>'''NEW'''</i></font color="#0000FF"></span style="font-size: medium"> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/0f/Study_guide_Lectures_19_20_and_21.pdf}} '''Study Guide Lectures 19, 20 and 21'''<br>
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<span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#0000FF"><i>'''NEW'''</i></font color="#0000FF"></span style="font-size: medium">
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/ff/Study_Guide_Lectures_22_and_23_Species_Concepts%2C_Speciation_Mechanisms_Sp_17.pdf}} '''Study Guide Lectures 22 and 23''' <br>
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<span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#0000FF"><i>'''NEW'''</i></font color="#0000FF"></span style="font-size: medium">
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/76/StudyGuideLectures_24_and_25_ParapatricSympatricSpeciationHybridizationSp17.pdf}} '''Study Guide Lectures 24 and 25'''
  
 
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<span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#0000FF">'''''Please read assigned chapters, as indicated below, prior to class'''''</font color="#0000FF"></span><br>
 
This schedule is subject to change.  Check regularly for updates!
 
This schedule is subject to change.  Check regularly for updates!
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|style="text-align:center;"|1|| T Jan 17  || Introduction to the Geological Time Scale; the Fossil Record  || Ch. 4 (pp. 77–81)
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|Jan 20|| 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]
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|style="text-align:center;"|2|| Th Jan 19 || Life in the Precambrian; evolution of the Metazoa  || Ch. 5 (pp. 103–110)
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/EEB2245_S2015_Activity1.pdf}} Activity 1, Evolutionary vs. non-evolutionary change<br>
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[http://www.birdsofparadiseproject.org/content.php?page=88 Bird-of-paradise courtship]
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|Jan 22|| Variation and the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium || pp 217-228 || [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 29|| Mutation and non-random mating || pp 189-208, 229-35, 247-8 || [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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|style="text-align:center;"|3|| T Jan 24 || Cambrian explosion & Life in the Paleozoic  || Ch. 5 (pp. 111–119)
[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 3|| Sampling effects and migration|| Ch 10 || [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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{{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 5|| Conservation applications of population genetics ||--||[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
 
 
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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 ||  
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|Feb 12|| Evidence for natural selection || Ch 11 ||[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
 
 
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|Feb 17|| Genetics of natural selection || Ch 12 ||[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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|style="text-align:center;"|5|| T Jan 31  || Life in the Cenozoic  || Ch. 5 (pp. 125–132)
{{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 19|| Modes of natural selection || Ch 12 & 13 ||[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'''
 
 
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|Feb 24|| Sexual selection and female choice || Ch 15 ||[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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|style="text-align:center;"|6|| Th Feb 2  || Evolution of primates  || Ch. 4 (pp. 90–95)
{{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 26|| Genetic conflict and levels of selection || Ch 16 ||[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 3|| Geographic variation and speciation || pp 483-491 ||[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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|style="text-align:center;"|7||  Th Feb 9  || Evolution of biodiversity & extinction - '''SNOW DAY'''  || Ch. 7
 
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|Mar 10 || Mechanisms of Speciation: Reproductive Isolation. (taught by Dr. Jockusch) || Ch 17 & 18 || [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 12 || Species Concepts; Hybridization (taught by Dr. Wade)|| Ch 17 & 18 ||[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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|style="text-align:center;"|8|| T Feb 14  || Characters, homology & homoplasy  || Ch. 3 (pp. 51–63)
 
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|Mar 24|| Speciation Mechanisms. Spatial, temporal, chromosomal with and without hybridization|| Ch 17, 18 & 531-533pp (ch 19) || [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 26|| Systematics, the study of biodiversity and its origins.<br> Problems in constructing relationships: polymorphisms and homoplasy.<br> Tree thinking.|| Ch 2 & 3 || [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 26||'''Discussion Session''' 7-8pm BPB 131|| Discussion questions<br> Lectures 14, 15 & 16||
 
 
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|Mar 30||'''Discussion Session''' 8-9pm BPB 131|| Discussion questions<br> Lectures 14, 15 & 16||
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|Apr 2|| Reconstructing evolutionary trees from morphological and molecular data. ||Ch 2 & 3|| [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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|Apr 2||'''Discussion Session''' 7-9pm BPB 131|| Discussion questions<br> Lectures 17 & 18 + Exam review||
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|Apr 7||'''Discussion Session''' 7-9pm BPB 131|| Discussion questions<br> Lectures 17, 18 & 19 + Exam review|| 
 
 
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|Apr 7|| Reconstructing evolutionary trees from morphological and molecular data.<br> How molecules evolve. Is there a molecular clock?  ||Ch 2 & 3||[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 13||'''Discussion Session''' 8-9pm BPB 131|| Discussion questions<br> Lectures 19 & 20||
 
 
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|Apr 14|| An overview of life|| This is mostly review from intro-biology || [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 16|| Introduction and overview of the fossil record.  The origin of life.<br> The RNA world.  Prokaryote world.  The origin of animals; the Ediacaran Fauna. Mass extinctions. || Ch 4 & 5, pp 168-171, Box 7A ||[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 20||'''Discussion Session''' 8-9pm BPB 130|| Discussion questions<br> 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 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_23_-_Apr_21st_2015  Discussion Questions]<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect23.pdf}} '''Lecture 23 Paleozoic''' <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect23_mesozoic.pdf}} '''Lecture 23 Mesozoic''' <br> [http://www.pbs.org/your-inner-fish/home/ Your Inner Fish] '''PBS 3-episode show on the evolution of tetrapods.''' Very cool animations! First episode is all about Tiktaalik.
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|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 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_24_-_Apr_23rd_2015 Discussion Questions] <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect24.pdf}} '''Lecture 24 Mesozoic continued'''<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect24_25_cenozoic}} '''Lecture 24 and 25 Cenozoic'''<br>
 
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|Apr 27||'''Discussion Session''' 8-9pm BPB 130|| Lectures 23 & 24||
 
 
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|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 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_25_-_Apr_28th_2015 Discussion Questions] <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect25_cenozoic_part2.pdf}} '''Lecture 25 Cenozoic part 2''' <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect26_human_evolution.pdf}} '''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|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolutionary_Biology_Spring_2015_Study_Questions#Lecture_26_-_Apr_30th_2015 Discussion Questions] <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect26b_human_evol_cont.pdf}} '''Lecture 26b Human Evolution continued'''<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Lect%2026c_Biogeography_Biodiversity.pdf}} '''Lecture 26c Biogeography and Biodiversity'''
 
 
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|Apr 30||'''Discussion Session''' 7-8pm BPB 130|| Lectures 25 & 26 + Final review ||{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/eeb245W/csimon/Recommended_videos_evolution.pdf}} Short videos about evolution. This can help you study for the exam.
 
 
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|<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''May 7''' </font></span>|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''EXAM 4 (100 pts) & COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM (70 pts)''' </font></span> '''8 - 10am TLS 154''' ||||
 
 
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EEB 2245/2245W
Evolutionary Biology

Course Overview & Syllabus

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Meeting Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-10:45 am in TLS 154
Textbook: Futuyma, D.J. 2013. Evolution. 3rd ed. Sinauer Associates, Inc. (ISBN 978-1-60535-115-5)
Assigned readings are indicated below. Please read assigned chapters prior to coming to class.
Goal:The goal of this class is to teach the basic principles of evolutionary biology and the history of life on earth.



This website contains information for the lecture portion of the course only.
Please see HuskyCT for materials for the W portion of the course.

Lecture Instructors

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Dr. Janine N. Caira (Lectures 1–12)
Office: TLS 483
Phone: 486-4060
Office hours: by arrangement

Dr. Chris Simon (Lectures 13–25)
Office: Biopharm 305D
Phone: 486-4640
Office hours: by arrangement

Note: All emails must contain "EEB2245" in the subject line to avoid being filtered out and deleted

Teaching Assistants

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Veronica Bueno Katherine Nazario
Office: TLS 478 Office: BioPharm 323A
Phone: 486-1882 Phone: 486-3947
Students with last names A–K Students with last name L–Z
office hours: by arrangement office hours: by arrangement




Grading

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EEB 2245: Each half of the course counts for 50% of your lecture grade. Your grade in the first half of the course will be based on your performance on two lecture exams (for a total of 200 points). Your grade in the second half of the course will be based on your performance on three lecture exams (180 points total) and weekly, short on-line quizzes (20 points) (for a total of 200 points). However, your lowest grade for Exams1–4 will be dropped. Please note: because you are allowed to drop one of these grades, we will not give make-up exams.

EEB 2245W: For W students 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. The W portion of the course, as determined by your “W” instructor, will constitute the remaining 25% of your final course grade. Please note that an F in either the W or lecture portion of the course will result in an F for the entire course. Dr. Paul Lewis (TLS 162; tel: 486–2069; paul.lewis@uconn.edu) is the coordinator of the W portion of the course. Refer to HuskyCT for further information on the W portion of the course. You will be assigned your W instructor at the mandatory library session you attend for the W portion of the course. You must sign up for a library session in HuskyCT by January 19th.

Announcements

Review Session Exam 1: Monday, February 6th 7:00-9:00 pm in BPB 130
Review Sessions Exam 2: Tuesday, February 28th 7:00-9:00 pm in BPB 131AND Wednesday, March 1st 7:00-9:00 pm in BPB 131 Review Sessions Exam 3: Monday April 3rd 7:00-9:00 pm in BPB 130 AND Wednesday, April 5th 7:00-9:00 pm in BPB 130


Review Sessions Exam 4 and Final:

Wednesday April 26th 7pm - 9pm BPB 130 - material covered: Lectures 13-18 (Exam 3 and Final)
Thursday April 27th 7pm - 9pm BPB 130 - material covered: Lectures 19-25 (Exam 4 and Final)
Saturday April 29th 1:30pm - 3:30pm TLS 154 - material covered: Lectures 19-25 (Exam 4 and Final)

Past Exams, Study Guides & Other Documents

PART I
Pdficon small.gif Example Exam 1 EEB 2245
Pdficon small.gif Updated Study Guide Exam 1
Pdficon small.gif Systematics Terminology handout
Pdficon small.gif Tree Building Exercise
Pdficon small.gif Updated Study Guide Exam 2
Pdficon small.gif Example Exam 2 EEB 2245

PART II
Pdficon small.gif Five Most Serious Threats to the World
Pdficon small.gif Study Guide Lectures 13-14
Pdficon small.gif Study Guide Lectures 15-16 - Variation, inbreeding, drift
Pdficon small.gif Enhanced Study Guide Weeks 2 and 3 (Lectures 15 - 18)
NEW Pdficon small.gif Study Guide Lectures 19, 20 and 21
NEW Pdficon small.gif Study Guide Lectures 22 and 23
NEW Pdficon small.gif Study Guide Lectures 24 and 25

Lecture Schedule

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

* Registrar’s office note: Students are required to be available for final exams during the time stated in the Registrar's Office Schedule. If you have a conflict with this time you must visit the Office of Student Services and Advocacy to discuss the possibility of rescheduling your final exam. Please note that vacations, previously purchased tickets or reservations, graduations, social events, misreading the assessment schedule and over-sleeping are not viable excuses for missing a final assessment. If you think that your situation warrants permission to reschedule, please contact the Office of Student Services and Advocacy to meet with a staff member.
Lecture Date Topic Readings
PART I: EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS (CAIRA)
1 T Jan 17 Introduction to the Geological Time Scale; the Fossil Record Ch. 4 (pp. 77–81)
2 Th Jan 19 Life in the Precambrian; evolution of the Metazoa Ch. 5 (pp. 103–110)
3 T Jan 24 Cambrian explosion & Life in the Paleozoic Ch. 5 (pp. 111–119)
4 Th Jan 26 Life in the Mesozoic Ch. 5 (pp. 119–125)
5 T Jan 31 Life in the Cenozoic Ch. 5 (pp. 125–132)
6 Th Feb 2 Evolution of primates Ch. 4 (pp. 90–95)
T Feb 7 EXAM #1 (COVERS LECTURES 1–6)
7 Th Feb 9 Evolution of biodiversity & extinction - SNOW DAY Ch. 7
8 T Feb 14 Characters, homology & homoplasy Ch. 3 (pp. 51–63)
9 Th Feb 16 Systematics & reconstructing evolutionary history Ch. 2
10 T Feb 21 Evolution and development Ch. 3 (pp. 63–66) & Ch. 21
11 Th Feb 23 Biogeography & major patterns of distribution Ch. 5 (pp. 129–132) & Ch. 6
12 T Feb 28 Continental drift & Historical Biogeography Ch. 6
Th Mar 2 EXAM #2 (COVERS LECTURES 7–12)
Part II: EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES (SIMON)
See HuskyCT for weekly quizzes, periodic updates that track progress & introduce late breaking topics.
13 T Mar 7 What is Evolution. Why is it useful? Pdficon small.gif Lecture 13 Notes
14 Th Mar 9 Evolution vs Creationism. What is science? Refuting Creationist arguments. The Monkey Trial Ch. 1 (pp. 1–3) and Ch. 23 (pp. 646–655)
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T Mar 14 SPRING BREAK
Th Mar 16 SPRING BREAK
15 T Mar 21 Deviation from Mendelian Ratios. Sources of phenotypic variation. Variation due to the environment,phenotypic plasticity, common gardens. Epigenetic inheritance, variation in natural populations, The Hardy-Weinberg equation: Why do we care? Ch. 9 (to p. 235); Review Chapter 8 (basic genetics) on your own, especially pp. 208–209, mutation as a random process.
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Pdficon small.gifHardy-Weinberg derivation
16 Th Mar 23 Is variability rare in natural populations? Lewontin & Hubby, understanding deviations from HW ratios, effects of non-random mating, Inbreeding. Conservation biology and purging.The Erosion of Genetic Variability by inbreeding. Genetic drift. CH. 10
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17 T Mar 28 Consequences for conservation biology, Effective population size. Bottlenecks, founder events, gene flow models; gene flow studies. Chs. 10 & 11
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18 Th Mar 30 Geneflow x selection x drift. The interaction of ecology, climate, gene flow, bottlenecks. Northern purity/southern richness. Neutral theory. Chs. 11
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19 T Apr 4 Selection at the molecular level, continued. Introduction to selection, directional selection and the environment. Competitive character displacement Chs. 11 & 12
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Th Apr 6 EXAM #3 (COVERS LECTURES 13–18)
20 T Apr 11 Selection (continued). Experimental character displacement, interaction of directional selection and the abiotic and biotic environment, runaway sexual selection, the importance of heritability, multiple niche polymorphisms, frequency dependent selection, balancing selection. Introduction to geographic variation. Character variation, parallel and perpendicular clines, geographic races of rat snakes and cicadas. Causes for clines. Human variation and the concept of Race. Chs. 9 (again), 17 & 18.
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21 Th Apr 13 Ring species. Factors that inhibit gene flow; pre-mating isolation: Mating colors & dances, aggressive mimicry. Mating songs.Post-mating and pre-zygotic: lock & key vs sexual selection and cryptic female choice, sperm-egg contact, natural selection at the molecular level. Post-mating and post-zygotic reproductive isolation, sterile hybrids. Post-mating and post-zygotic reproductive isolation (cont'd.), parasitic sterility, polyploids. Ch. 17
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22 T Apr 18 Speciation: The origin of biodiversity. Species concepts: typological, biological, phylogenetic, cohesion. Practical considerations: large biodiversity studies versus detailed studies of specific genera. Chs. 17 & 18
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23 Th Apr 20 Speciation Mechanisms: categories of speciation mechanisms. Butlin’s 2008 Table of speciation events over time. Allopatric, peripheral isolates, founder event speciation, reproductive character displacement, reinforcement. Periodical cicada case study. Allochronic speciation, contact zones, reproductive character displacement. Chs. 17, 18 & 19 pp. 531–533.
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24 T Apr 25 Speciation Mechanisms (cont.): Allochronic speciation, contact zones, reproductive character displacement (cont'd). Parapatric speciation, speciation with gene flow, North American chipmunk examples, sympatric speciation; host races. Translocations, polyploidy, polyphyletic species of Hyla. Pdficon small.gif Lecture 24 Notes
25 Th apr 27 Parallel speciation. Chromosomal speciation with hybridization; co-adapted allele complexes. Sunflowers. Chs. 17, 18 & 19 pp. 531–533.
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Mon May 1st
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Final Exam Week EXAM #4 (COVERS LECTURES 20–25) & EXAM #5* (COVERS LECTURES 13–25)