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Evaluations from teaching assistants (about evaluations) |
| Darwin
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On the Origin of Species - Ch 2-4 |
Variation, survival of the fittest, natural
selection |
Evaluation
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| Woozleology |
The Blind Watchmaker - Ch 3 |
POPULUS woozle exercise |
Relative roles of selection and chance in
the evolutionary process |
Evaluation
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| Genetic
Drift
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A defense of beanbag genetics (Haldane).
Genetic drift exercise using dried beans |
POPULUS genetic drift exercise |
Importance of models in evolutionary biology,
sampling error, effects of population size, and initial allele frequency
on genetic drift. |
Evaluation
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| Gene Duplication
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The genes for color vision (Nathans) |
Mechanisms and importance of gene duplication |
Evaluation
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| Quantitative
Genetics
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Measuring butterfly wing traits |
Calculate heritability |
Mechanics of quantitative genetics, eugenics |
Evaluation
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| Levels
of selection
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Genemanship (Dawkins) Selfish genetic elements (Werren et al.) |
POPULUS interdemic group selection |
Kin vs. interdemic selection; selfish genes,
examples of meiotic drive, transposable elements, organelle competition |
Evaluation
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| Sympatric
speciation
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Darwin's Finches (Grant & Grant) Drosophila Expt (Rice & Salt) |
Examples of sympatric speciation, conditions
for sympatric speciation |
Evaluation
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| Phylogenetics
I
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Wagner Trees |
GenBank, phylogeny of cartoons |
Introduction to the mechanics of phylogeny
reconstruction, introduction to GenBank |
Evaluation
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| Phylogenetics
II
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PAUP |
Computer programs which use parsimony to
create phylogenies |
Evaluation
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