Lecture Notes

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

• Speciation III. Download Notes Slides

Lecture 34 - Wednesday, April 15, 2009

• Speciation II. Download Notes Slides

Lecture 33 - Monday, April 13, 2009

• Speciation I. Download Notes Slides

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

• Parent-Offspring Conflict. Download Notes Slides

Lecture 27 - Friday, March 27, 2009

• Sex Ratio Evolution. Download Notes Slides

Lecture 26 - Wednesday, March 25, 2009

• Kin Recognition. Eusociality. Download Notes Slides

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

• Sexual Selection III. Download Notes Slides

Lecture 23 - Wednesday, March 11, 2009

• Sexual Selection II. Download Notes Slides

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

• Random Genetic Drift. Download Notes Slides

Lecture 11 - Monday, February 9, 2009

Exam 1 - Thursday, February 6, 2009

Exam 1 Review Session - Thursday, February 5, 2009

Lecture 10 - Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Lecture 9 - Monday, February 2, 2009

Lecture 8 - Friday, January 30, 2009

Lecture 7 - Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Lecture 6 - Monday, January 26, 2009

Lecture 5 - Friday, January 23, 2009

• Quiz 2 and further information here

Lecture 4 - Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Monday, January 19, 2009

• Holiday - no classes
  

Lecture 3 - Friday, January 16, 2009

Lecture 2 - Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Lecture 1 - Monday, January 12, 2009

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