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Organismal Evolution, Biology 315, Spring 2009

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Lecture notes listed in reverse chronological order:

(Note: Lecture notes posted the afternoon after class)

 


Final Grades - Friday, May 8, 2009

  • Final Exam Scores and Final Course Grades. Download Scores

Final Exam - Wednesday, May 6, 2009

  • 2:15-4:15 pm in 210 Bessey Hall. More info here

Friday, May 1, 2009

  • In-class Review Session for Final Exam
  • Quiz and Exam scores to date. Download Scores
    • Includes approximate letter grades

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

  • No class

Lecture 39 - Monday, April 27, 2009

  • Mass Extinction Events. Download Notes Slides
  • Reminder
    • No class on Wednesday, April 29
    • Review session for the Final Exam Friday, May 1, in class. More info here
    • Final Exam: Wednesday, May 6, 2:15-4:15 pm in 210 Bessey Hall. More info here

Lecture 38 - Friday, April 24, 2009

  • Endosymbiosis Theory. Cambrian Explosion. Download Notes Slides

Lecture 37 - Wednesday, April 22, 2009

  • The Universal Tree of Life. Download Notes Slides
  • Reminder: Take home assignment due Monday at beginning of class
    • See today's lecture notes for assignment details

Lecture 36 - Monday, April 20, 2009

  • Speciation in Herbivorous Insects (Nason Lab Research). Download Notes Slides

Lecture 35 - Friday, April 17, 2009

Lecture 34 - Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Lecture 33 - Monday, April 13, 2009

Lecture 32 - Friday, April 10, 2009

  • Optimal Offspring Size. Species Concepts. Download Notes Slides

Lecture 31 - Wednesday, April 8, 2009

  • Trade-off and Aging. Optimal Clutch Size. Download Notes Slides

  • Quiz and Exam scores to date. Download Scores
    • Includes Exam 3 and total course scores
    • Includes the Key to Exam 3

Exam 3 - Monday, April 6, 2009

  • 12:10-1 pm in Bessey Hall
    • Further information on Exam 3 here
  • Exam 3 Review Session 6-7 pm Sunday April 5 in Bessey Hall
    • Further information on the Exam 3 Review Session here

Lecture 30 - Friday, April 3, 2009

  • Evolutionary Theories of Aging II. Download Notes Slides

Lecture 29 - Wednesday, April 1, 2009

  • Evolutionary Theories of Aging I. Download Notes Slides

Lecture 28 - Monday, March 30, 2009

Lecture 27 - Friday, March 27, 2009

Lecture 26 - Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Lecture 25 - Monday, March 23, 2009

  • The Evolution of Altruism and Hamilton's Rule. Download Notes Slides

Spring Break!

  • No classes March 16-20

Lecture 24 - Friday, March 13, 2009

Lecture 23 - Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Lecture 22 - Monday, March 9, 2009

  • Trade-offs and Constraints. Sexual Selection I. Download Notes Slides

Lecture 21 - Friday, March 6, 2009

  • Studying Adaptation. Download Notes Slides

  • Quiz and Exam scores to date. Download Scores
    • Includes Exam 2, and total course scores
    • Includes the Key to Exam 2 

Exam 2 - Wednesday, March 4, 2009

  • 12:10-1 pm in Bessey Hall
  • Further information here

Lecture 20 - Monday, March 2, 2009

  • No lecture
  • The Exam 2 Review Session will be held in class today
  • Answers to Quiz 6 here

Lecture 19 - Friday, February 27, 2009

  • Quantitative Genetics II. Download Notes Slides
  • Reminder: Quiz 6 due Monday at beginning of class

Lecture 18 - Wednesday, February 25, 2009

  • Quantitative Genetics I. Download Notes Slides
  • Quiz 6 posted today
    • Take-home, due next Monday, March 2, at beginning of class
    • Quiz 6 and further information here

Lecture 17 - Monday, February 23, 2009

  • Adaptive Significance of Sex II. Download Notes Slides
  • Quiz and Exam scores to date. Download Scores
    • Includes Quiz 5 scores

Lecture 16 - Friday, February 20, 2009

  • Linkage D and the Adaptive Significance of Sex. Download Notes Slides

  • Answers to Quiz 5 here

Lecture 15 - Wednesday, February 18, 2009

  • Linkage Equilibrium and Disequilibrium. Download Notes Slides

  • Reminder - Quiz 5 due Friday. Further information here

Lecture 14 - Monday, February 16, 2009

  • Inbreeding. Inbreeding Depression. Conservation Genetics. Download Notes Slides

Lecture 13 - Friday, February 13, 2009

  • Founder Effects. Bottlenecks. Inbreeding. Download Notes Slides
  • Quiz 5 posted today
    • Take-home, due Friday Feb. 20 at beginning of class
    • Quiz 5 and further information here

Lecture 12 - Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Lecture 11 - Monday, February 9, 2009

  • Mutation-Selection and Migration-Selection Balance. Download Notes Slides
  • Quiz and Exam scores to date. Download Scores
    • Includes Quiz 4, Exam 1, and total course scores
    • Includes the Key to Exam 1

Exam 1 - Thursday, February 6, 2009

  • 12:10-1 pm in Bessey Hall
  • Further information here

Exam 1 Review Session - Thursday, February 5, 2009

  • 6-7 pm in 210 Bessey Hall
  • Further information here

Lecture 10 - Wednesday, February 4, 2009

  • Forms of Natural Selection II. Download Notes Slides
  • Quiz 4 due at beginning of class
    • Answers to Quiz 4 here (updated Feb. 9)
  • Answers to Quiz 3 here

Lecture 9 - Monday, February 2, 2009

  • Forms of Natural Selection I. Download Notes Slides
  • Reminder: Quiz 4 due at beginning of class this Wednesday, Feb. 4
  • Scores to date (including Quiz 3). Download Scores

Lecture 8 - Friday, January 30, 2009

  • The General Selection Model. Download Notes Slides
  • Quiz 4 posted today
    • Take-home, due Wednesday, Feb. 4, at beginning of class
    • Quiz 4 and further information here
  • Quiz 3 due at the beginning of class today
  • Answers to Quiz 2 here
  • Scores to date (including Quiz 2). Download Scores

Lecture 7 - Wednesday, January 28, 2009

  • The Hardy-Weinberg Principle. Download Notes Slides
  • Quiz 2 was due at the beginning of class today

Lecture 6 - Monday, January 26, 2009

  • Conclusion to "Tree Thinking". Genetic Variation. Download: Notes Slides
  • Quiz 3 posted today
    • Take-home, due Friday, January 30 at beginning of class
    • Quiz 3 and further information here
  • Reminder: Quiz 2 due at beginning of class this Wednesday, January 28

Lecture 5 - Friday, January 23, 2009

  • Phylogenetic Trees and "Tree Thinking". Download: Notes Slides
  • Quiz 1 scores. Download
    • Answers to Quiz 1 here
  • Quiz 2 posted today
    • Take-home, due next Wednesday, January 28 at beginning of class

    • Quiz 2 and further information here

Lecture 4 - Wednesday, January 21, 2009

  • The Nature of Natural Selection. Scientific Creationism. Download: Notes Slides

Monday, January 19, 2009

  • Holiday - no classes

Lecture 3 - Friday, January 16, 2009

  • Natural Selection. Download: Notes Slides
  • Quiz 1 today at the beginning of class

Lecture 2 - Wednesday, January 14, 2009

  • The Evidence for Evolution. Download: Notes Slides
  • Reminder: Quiz 1 on Friday

Lecture 1 - Monday, January 12, 2009

  • Historical perspectives on evolution and competing theories of life. Download: Notes Slides

 

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