ZOOL 510, Seminar on Evolution, Index

• Course information and Syllabus
• ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Contents of Compact Disc accompanying the textbook.
• Class Notes
  • Definitions of "evolution".
  • Introductory sessions.
  • Chapter 1.  History of evolutionary ideas.
    • Part 1.  before Darwin.
    • Part 2.  Darwin, and after.
  • Chapter 2.  Molecular and Mendelian genetics.
  • Chapter 3, Evidence for evolution.
    • Part 1.  Introduction and section-by-section comments.
    • Part 2.   Additional comments; "consilience".
  • Chapter 4.  Natural selection and variation.
  • Chapter 5.  The Theory of Natural Selection.
    Chapter 5.  Equations.
  • Chapter 6.  Random Events in Population Genetics.
    Chapter 6.  Equations.
  • Chapter 7.  Molecular Evolution and Neutral Evolution.
  • Chapter 8.  Two-Locus and Multi-Locus Population Genetics.
  • Chapter 9.  Quantitative Genetics.
  • Overview of Part 3 (Chapters 11-13).  Adaptation and Natural Selection.
  • Chapter 10.  Genome Evolution.
  • Chapter 11.  The Analysis of Adaptation.
  • Chapter 12.  The Units of Selection.
  • Chapter 13.  Adaptive Explanation.
  • Chapter 14.  Evolution and Classification.
  • Chapter 15.  The Idea of Species.
  • Chapter 16.  Speciation.
  • Chapter 17.  The Reconstruction of Phylogeny.
• Exams
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