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                                             Lecture  Schedule


 REVISED 1/10/05

 PLEASE NOTE:  This list is tentative and subject to change during the semester

DATE   TOPIC

Jan  13   Scientific Hypotheses

       18   Genetic Variation 
       20   Quantifying Genetic Variation and the Hardy-Weinberg Law

       25   Natural Selection 1
       27   Natural Selection 2

Feb   1   Natural Selection 3
         3   Genetic Drift 1

         8    NO CLASS
       10    Genetic Drift 2

       15    Genetic Drift 3 
       17    EXAM 1

       22    Altruism and Kin Selection
       24    Altruism and Kin Selection (Continued)

Mar  1    Evolution of Quantitative Traits (Drift vs. Selection)
          3   Evolution of Quantitative Traits: Multivariate Evolution

         8    Molecular Evolution--Neutralist vs. Selectionist debate
       10    Molecular Evolution--N. vs. S. debate continued

        15   SPRING BREAK
        17   SPRING BREAK

        22   Molecular Evolution--N. vs. S. debate resolution; Inferring Past Evolutionary Processes
        24   Molecular Evolution: Balancing selection

        29   EXAM 2
        31   Lineage Splitting 1

Apr    5   Lineage Splitting 2
          7   Speciation Genetics: Haldane's Rule and Speciation Genes

        12    Phylogeny and Ancestral State Reconstruction
        14    Inferring Evolutionary Processes with Phylogenetic Methods

  Evolutionary Applications

        19    The Evolution of Aging
        21    The IQ Controversy

        26     Evolutionary Engineering of Plant Resistance to Enemies
 

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