Dr. Brent Mishler Biology 1B Fall 2008 Evolution Schedule


Dr. Brent Mishler is the instructor for the Evolution section of Biology 1B during the Fall 2008 semester.

Office Hours: 9-10 AM Monday & Friday in 2013 VLSB

E-mail: bmishler@berkeley.edu

Teaching and Grading Philosophy:

I view the role of lectures is to integrate the main ideas of a subject and explain them in context, rather than to convey a list of facts and definitions per se. I thus do not repeat the text (I feel that would be insulting the intelligence of students who can read very well). I do expect people to know the assigned reading material, whether it was mentioned in lecture or not. The midterm will be based on the lectures (with emphasis on what is in the handout) and the text in equal proportions.

Related Evolution Links:
UC Museum of PaleontologyUnderstanding Evolution (UCMP)Defending Teaching of Evolution in Public Schools


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LectureDateLecture TopicReading Assignment *
Campbell 8th Edit. (in black)
Campbell 7th Edit. (in red)		Lecture Outlines
(in PDF and WORD formats)
Evolution 1Monday
Nov. 3		The big picture and the big questions -- biodiversity!1-27 (ch. 1)
2-29 (ch. 1)		Big Picture (PDF)

Big Picture (Word)
Evolution 2Wednesday
Nov. 5		History of evolution450-467 (ch. 22)
436-453 (ch. 22)		History (PDF)

History (Word)
Evolution 3Friday
Nov. 7		Darwin and later
Darwin (PDF)

Darwin (Word)
Evolution 4Monday
Nov. 10		Cladistics536-548 (ch. 26)
491-499 (ch. 25)		Cladistics (PDF)

Cladistics (Word)
Evolution 5Wednesday
Nov. 12		Molecular genetics and molecular evolution308-319 (ch. 16)1
325-350 (ch. 17)1
548-555 (ch. 26)
296-307 (ch. 16)1
309-333 (ch. 17)1
499-508 (ch. 25)		Molecular evolution (PDF)

Molecular evolution (Word)
Evolution 6Friday
Nov. 14		Tempo and mode in macroevolution521-531 (ch. 25)
480-488 (ch. 24)		Tempo and mode (PDF)

Tempo and mode (Word)
Evolution 7Monday
Nov. 17		Early earth, continental drift, early life507-520 (ch. 25)
492-493, 512-533 (ch. 26)		Early Life (PDF)

Early Life (Word)
Evolution 8Wednesday
Nov. 19		Fossil record: Precambrian and Paleozoic656-658 (ch. 32)
698-735 (ch. 34)1
628-630 (ch. 32)
671-707 (ch. 34)1		Precambrian & Paleozoic (PDF)

Precambrian & Paleozoic (Word)
Friday
Nov. 21		No Lecture Today
Evolution 9Monday
Nov. 24		Fossil record: Mesozoic and Cenozoic
Mesozoic & Cenozoic (PDF)

Mesozoic & Cenozoic (Word)
Evolution 10Wednesday
Nov. 26		Mendelian genetics, Hardy Weinberg262-285 (ch. 14)
468-475 (ch. 23)
251-270 (ch. 14)
454-458 (ch. 23)		Mendelian genetics (PDF)

Mendelian genetics (Word)
Friday
Nov. 28		Thanksgiving Holiday
Evolution 11Monday
Dec. 1		Hardy Weinberg departures: genetic variation & drift475-479 (ch. 23)
459-464 (ch. 23)		Variation & drift (PDF)

Variation & drift (Word)
Evolution 12Wednesday
Dec. 3		Selection479-486 (ch. 23)
464-470 (ch. 23)		Selection (PDF)

Selection (Word)
Evolution 13Friday
Dec. 5		Speciation487-506 (ch. 24)
472-480 (ch. 24)		Speciation (PDF)

Speciation (Word)
Evolution 14Monday
Dec. 8		Sociobiology and evolution in popular culture, other fields1138-1142 (ch. 51)
1128-1133 (ch. 51)		Sociobiology (PDF)

Sociobiology (Word)
Evolution 15Wednesday
Dec. 10		Evolution review session
Please study beforehand!
Evolution Practice Questions
Monday
Dec. 15		Midterm #3 and Final, 8-11 AM
No calculators allowed!

1 Readings given in italics are for overview, for students that need a refresher on the topic; don't worry about details in these sections (instead see lecture notes for level of detail needed).

* Current textbook is Biology, by Campbell and Reece (8th edition).
(Page numbers in black from Campbell, 8th edition; page numbers in red from Campbell, 7th edition).
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