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BIO 345 — Organic Evolution

Updated 1 March 2010

Course Information

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Description: Processes of adaptive change and speciation in sexual populations. Prerequisites: BIO 187, 188.

Current (Spring 2010) Section:
Lecture: Tue/Thu 4:30-5:45 — CLCC L1-74

The Instructor: Udo M. Savalli

Required Supplies: 3 Scantron Forms 882-E

Text: D. J. Futuyma 2009. Evolution, 2nd ed. Sinauer.

Announcements & Upcoming

  • Mar 11 — Population Genetics Homework Due
  • Mar 16-18 — NO CLASS — SPRING BREAK
  • Apr 6 — Exam 2
  • Apr 11 — Last day to withdraw
  • May 11 — Final Exam, 2:30 - 4:20 pm

Lecture Schedule
(Spring 2010)

Week of:
Topic:
Chapter:
Jan 19-21 —Introduction; Overview & History of Evolution1
Jan 26-28 —Video; Reconstructing Evolutionary Trees2
Feb 2-4 —Phylogenetics; Macroevolutionary Patterns2-3, 22
Feb 9-11 —History of Life; Biodiversity4-5, 7
Feb 16-18 —Evolutionary Biogeography6
Feb 23-25 —Exam 1 Feb 23
Mutations; Allele Frequencies
8
Mar 2-4 —Population genetics: Hardy-Weinberg9
Mar 9-11 —Population genetics: drift10, 12
Mar 16-18 —Spring Break
Mar 23-25 —Population genetics: selection11-12
Mar 30-Apr 1 —Quantitative genetics9, 13
Apr 6-8 —Exam 2 Apr 6
Adaptations
11
Apr 13-15 —Life histories; Evolution of Sex14-15
Apr 20-22 —Sexual Selection; Coevolution15, 19
Apr 27-29 —Species & Speciation17-18
May 4 — Evolutionary Development21
May 11 —Final Exam: 2:20 - 4:20

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General Handouts
Lecture Notes
Lecture Notes Part 1 54 pages; 3.8 MB
Lecture Notes Part 2 13 pages; 1.2 MB
Lecture Notes Part 3 47 pages; 1.5 MB

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