Text: Evolutionary Analysis, Freeman and Herron
(Discussion sessions are in bold-face)
| Week 1 | Evidence for evolution chapts 1, 2 | |
| Week 2 | Evolutionary analysis chapt 3 | Grant papers - finches |
| Week 3 | Hardy-Weinberg chapt 5 | Freq. dependent selection |
| Week 4 | Drift, migration, mutation chapt 5 | Evolution of sex |
| Week 5 | Quantitative genetics chapt 6 | |
| Week 6 | Molecular evolution, selection and adaptation; chapt 7 | Neutral theory of evolution |
| Week 7 | Speciation chapt 9 | Speciation in fish, finches |
| Week 8 | Sexual selection chapt 15 | Studies of sexual selection |
| Week 9 | Social interactions, kin selection chapt 16 | Kin selection, altruism |
| Week 10 | Life history evolution chapt 17 | How often to copulate |
| Week 11 |
Phylogenetic reconstruction chapt 10 |
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| Week 12 | Extinction, Cambrian explosion chapt 13 | |
| Week 13 | Student presentations |
| Exams 1 and 2 |
24 |
| Final exam |
16
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| Term paper |
16
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| Oral presentation |
15
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| Leader of discussion |
9
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| Discussion participant |
13
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| Response papers |
7
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