Biology 399 - EVOLUTION - Fall 2004

LECTURE AND EXAM SCHEDULE

Professor Doug Rayner; RMSC, Room 203G

Textbook: Evolution (2004 edition) by Mark Ridley

Supplementary Readings: Ever Since Darwin (1973) by Stephen J. Gould

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Date Lecture Topic Assigned Reading – Ridley, Gould

(Chapter; Pages)

Sept. 6 Introduction, Review of Syllabus Introduction

Sept. 8 History of Evolutionary Biology Ch. 1 (All)

The Panda’s Thumb Handout

Sept. 10 Molecular and Mendelian Genetics Ch. 2 (All)

Sept. 13 Evidence for Evolution Ch. 3 (All)

A Matter of Degree Gould (Ch. 5)

Sept. 15 Natural Selection and Variation Ch. 4 (All)

Sept. 17 Adaptive Explanation Ch. 10 (255-270)

Organic Wisdom Gould (Ch. 10)

Sept. 20 Adapative Explanation Ch. 10 (270-291)

The Misnamed, Mistreated, Misunderstood Irish ElkGould (9)

Sept. 22 NO Class- Do Readings:Units of Selection Ch. 11 (All)

So Cleverly Kind an Animal Gould (Ch. 33)

Sept. 24 Adaptations in Sexual Reproduction Ch. 12 (313-327)

Sept. 27 Adaptations in Sexual Reproduction Ch. 12 (327-342)

The Problem of Perfection Gould (Ch. 12)

Sept. 29 Species Concepts and Review for Exam 1 Ch. 13 (347-363)

Oct. 1 Exam 1 (Does not include Sept. 29 material)

Oct. 4 Species Concepts Ch. 13 (363-380)

Oct. 6 Speciation Ch. 14 (381-399)

Oct. 8 Speciation Ch. 14 (399-422)

An Unsung Single-Celled Hero Gould (Ch. 14)

Oct. 11 Reconstruction of Phylogeny Ch. 15 (423-449)

Chain Letters and Evolutionary History Handout

Oct. 13 The Reconstruction of Phylogeny Ch. 15 (449-470)

Oct. 15 Classification and Evolution Ch. 16 (All)

The Pentagon of Life Gould (Ch. 13)

Oct. 18 Evolutionary Biogeography Ch. 17 (All)

Validation of Continental Drift Gould (Ch. 20)

Oct. 20 The History of Life Ch. 18 (523-540)

Oct. 22 Fall Academic Holiday

Oct. 25 Vertebrate and Human Evolution Ch. 18 (540-555)

Posture Maketh the Man Gould (26)

Great Mysteries of Human Evolution Handout

Oct. 27 Exam II (Does not include Oct. 22 or Oct. 24 material.)

Oct. 29 Evolutionary Genomics Ch. 19 (All)

Nov. 1 Evolutionary Developmental Biology Ch. 20 (All)

The Child As Man’s Real Father Gould (Ch. 7)

Nov. 3 Rates of Evolution Ch. 21 (All)

Nov. 5 NO Class – Do Reading: Coevolution Ch. 22 (615-632)

Nov. 8 Coevolution Ch. 22 (632-642)

The History of the Vertebrate Brain Gould (Ch. 23)

Nov. 10 Extinction and Radiation Ch. 23 (643-658)

Nov. 12 Extinction and Radiation Ch. 23 (658-681)

The Great Dying Gould (Ch. 16)

Nov. 15 The Theory of Natural Selection; Review for Exam Ch. 5 (95-115)

Nov. 17 Exam III (Not including material from Nov. 15)

Nov. 19 The Theory of Natural Selection Ch. 5 (115-136)

Nov. 22. Random Events in Population Genetics Ch. 6 (All)

Nov. 24 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

Nov. 26 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

Nov. 29 Natural Selection and Random Drift Ch. 7 (155-175)

Racism and Recapitulation Gould (Ch. 27)

Dec. 1 Natural Selection and Random Drift Ch. 7 (175-193)

Dec. 3 Two-locus and Multi-locus Population Genetics Ch. 8 (194-206)

Dec. 6 Two-locus and Multi-locus Population Genetics Ch. 8 (206-222)

Dec. 8 Quantitative Genetics Ch. 9 (All)

Dec. 10 15 Answers to Creationists; Review for Final Exam Handout

Racest Arguments and IQ Gould (31)

Dec. 15 FINAL EXAM - 9:00 am – 12:00 pm