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Biology 432 - PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION

Course Outline:

Organic Evolution Lecture Syllabus

Examples of Previous Topics for Successful Term Papers

Presentations Schedule for "The Agile Gene & Beyond"

Cover Page for Reviewers of Writing Intensive Term Paper First Drafts

Lecture Outlines and Handouts:

Week # 1 and 2

Lecture 1 Outline: Overview

Organic Evolution Overview Handout

Tree Handout 1

Tree Handout 2

Lecture 2 Outline: Darwinism & Fact of Evolution

Geologic Timescale Handout

Lessons from the Big Tree Handout

Lecture 3 Outline: Natural Selection

Week # 4 and 5

Lecture 4 Outline: Variation

Blending vs Mendel Handout

DNA substitution Handouts

C value Handout

Microevolutionary Processes Handout

Lecture 5 Outline: Population Genetics I

Hardy-Weinberg allele vs genotype Figure

Week # 6

Lecture 6 Outline: Population Genetics II

Drift Handout

Neutral Theory Handout

Lecture 7 Outline: Adaptation & Methods of Evolutionary Analysis

Stages of Mamalian Ear Evolution: Handout

Lecture 8 Outline: Speciation

Pre and Postzygotic Barriers Handouts

Week #7 & 8

Lecture 10 Outline: Phylogenetic Analysis

Lecture 13 Outline: Human Evolution

Human Evolution Handouts

Week #9 & 10 Final Stretch

Lecture 11 Outline: Origins of Life

Timeline Handouts

Oxygen Story Handouts

Lecture 12 Outline: Cambrian Explosion

WI and/or Extra Credit Reading Assignments (Deadline has passed):

Moya-Sola etal: Great Ape from Spain

Hebert etal: Cryptic Species in Butterflies

Nesbit and Sleep: Impact Frustration & Early Earth

WI and/or Extra Credit Reading Assignments (Choose only one for Extra Credit: Due by Mar. 11th):

Leman etal: Protobiotic Chemistry

Villier & Korn: Dissecting Mass Extinctions

Moore & Wilson: Parasites as a Viability Cost of Sexual Selection

Old Practice Exams:

Practice Midterm #1

Practice Midterm #2

Practice Final Exam

Course Associated Links

 Evolutionary Analysis: Online Study Guide
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