Readings:

    1.  Read excerpts from S. C. H. Barrett (1983)  Crop mimicry in weeds.  Economic Botany
                37: 255-282.

    2.  R. Dorit.  (1997).  Review of Darwin's Black Box.  American Scientist.  Sept-Oct. 1997.

            (NOTE:  This link takes you directly to the American Scientist web site.  In order to
                            successfully connect to this link, you may have to be using a computer
                            on the Duke network.)

Come to discussion section prepared to discuss Dorit's criticism of Behe's arguments.
 

Assignment:

    Write a 1-page essay on the following topic:

        What implications do the studies reviewd by Barrett have for the idea that adaptation
            requires some sort of intelligent design?

NOTE:  essay is due at beginning of class
 
 

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