Problem set 8 is now posted. It is due Dec. 13.
The answers to problem set 6 are now posted on the Assignments page.
Here is the remaining discussion schedule.
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Date |
Topic |
Who |
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Dec. 8 |
Optimality |
Ben, Dave |
The syllabus for this year's class is here. The assignments page is here
Complete Calendar
This schedule is approximate. You should time your readings to coordinate with the material being discussed in class.
After each lecture is given, I will post my
lecture notes here in pdf format. Click on the lecture title to see the
notes.
| Lect. | Date | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
| 1 | Aug. 28 | Kinds of evolutionary biology | FW Chap. 1 | |
| 2 | Aug. 30 | Hardy Weinberg, variance | ||
| 3 | Sept. 1 | Covariance | Rice pp.5-17 | |
| Sept. 4 | Labor Day - no class | |||
| 4 | Sept. 6 | Gamete frequencies | Rice pp. 39-43 | |
| 5 | Sept. 8 | Fitness | FW Chap. 4 | |
| 6 | Sept. 11 | Change in allele frequency | ||
| 7 | Sept. 13 | Equilibria, Overdominance | ||
| Sept. 15 | Discussion- How do you
define and recognize adaptation?
Kenny Wray, Neil Aschliman |
Gould
and Lewontin. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci. 205:581-598.
Reeve and Sherman. Quart. Rev. Biol. 68:1-32. |
Prob. set 1 due | |
| 8 | Sept. 18 | Adaptive landscapes, Frequency dependent selection | ||
| 9 | Sept. 20 | Frequency dependence | ||
| 10 | Sept. 22 | Mutation and natural selection | Rice 18-31 | Prob. set 2 due |
| 11 | Sept. 25 | Density dependence | ||
| 12 | Sept. 27 | How to detect and measure natural selection - | ||
| 13 | Sept. 29 | Genetic drift Powerpoint by Kim van der Linde. | Rice pp.73-93, 104-107 | |
| 14 | Oct. 2 | Effective population size | Rice Chap. 4 | |
| 15 | Oct. 4 | Selection on two loci | Rice pp. 44-72 | Prob. set 3 due |
| Oct. 6 | Discussion - Measuring selection | Nielsen 2005 | ||
| 16 | Oct. 9 | Epistasis and evolution | ||
| 17 | Oct. 11 | Coadaptation, Mutation direct | FW Chap. 3
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| 18 | Oct. 13 | Mutation | FW Chap. 5. | Individual Problem set (4) due |
| 19 | Oct. 16 | More mutation | ||
| 20 | Oct. 18 | Neutral theory. powerpoint | FW Chap. 7 | |
| 21 | Oct. 20 | Mutation - indirect approaches. | Rice p.93-104
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| Oct. 23 | Detecting departures from neutrality | Rice Chap. 5
FW Chap. 9
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| 22 | Oct. 25 | Multiple forces | Rice Chap. 6 | 1st version of grant proposal |
| 23 | Oct. 27 | Discussion Neutral theory, Amanda Kubes | Smith and Keightley 2002 Nature 415:1022. | |
| 24 | Oct. 30 | Gene flow | ||
| 25 | Nov. 1 | Population structure | ||
| 26 | Nov. 3 | Intro. to Quantitative genetics | Rice, p. 189 -194 | prob. set 5 due |
| Nov. 6 | From one locus to many | FW Chap. 18 | ||
| 27 | Nov. 8 | Discussion, Genetics of Adaptation, Katie, Amanda B. | Comments on proposals of others | |
| Nov. 10 | Veteran's Day - No class | |||
| 28 | Nov. 13 | Variances and assumptions | FW Chap. 19 | |
| 29 | Nov. 15 | Estimating parameters | Rice, 194-209 | |
| 30 | Nov. 17 | Responses to selection. | Prob. set 6 due | |
| 31 | Nov. 20 | Measuring S. Evolvability Powerpoint. | FW Chap. 20 | |
| 32 | Nov. 22 | Selection on many traits. | Arnold et al. 2001 | |
| Nov. 24 | Thanksgiving - no class | |||
| Nov. 27 | Discussion. Contingency, Stephanie Schwinn | Travisano et al.1995, Science 267:87. Burch and Chao 2000. Nature 406:625. | ||
| 33 | Nov. 29 | Adaptive landscapes. Theories of adaptation. Process of adaptation. | Prob. set 7 due | |
| 34 | Dec. 1 | Intro. to optimality. | Parker and Maynard Smith, 1990 Nature 348:27. | |
| 35 | Dec. 4 | Building an optimality model | Rice Chap. 9 | |
| 36 | Dec. 6 | Game theory, ESS. | FW Chap. 23 | |
| Dec. 8 | Discussion, Optimality Ben and Dave | Herre 1987 Nature 329:627. | Final paper due | |
| Dec. 13 | Final Individual problem set due |