Dr. Montgomery Slatkin Biology 1B Spring 2008 Evolution Schedule


Dr. Montgomery Slatkin
is the instructor for the Evolution section of Biology 1B during the Spring 2008 semester.

Office Hours: 9-10 AM Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, 2013 VLSB, or by appointment.

E-mail: slatkin@berkeley.edu

Lecture Outliness and Reading Assignment page numbers:

Notes for each lecture and page numbers for readings in both the 7th and 6th editions of Campbell and Reece will be posted before each lecture.



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


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LectureDateLecture TopicReading Assignment *
Campbell 7th Edit. (in black)
Campbell 6th Edit. (in red)
Lecture Outlines
(in PDF format)
Evolution 1Friday
Feb. 29
Darwin and The Origin438-446
428-437
Outline 1
2/28/08 at 10:11 AM
Evolution 2Monday
March 3
Difficulties for Darwin446-451
438-442
Outline 2
2/29/08 at 1:32 PM
Evolution 3Wednesday
March 5
Mendel, Hardy, and Weinberg454-458
446-449
Outline 3
3/4/08 at 11:22 AM
Evolution 4Friday
March 7
Mutation and selection459-460, 464-468
452, 456-459
Outline 4-5
3/6/08 at 1:54 PM
Evolution 5Monday
March 10
Genetic drift and gene flow460-462, 506
450-452, 503
Outline 5-6
3/7/08 at 4:41 PM
Evolution 6Wednesday
March 12
Sex and sexual selection468-469
459-461
No new notes
(see Outline 5-6)
Evolution 7Friday
March 14
Biological species472-476
464-468
Outline 7
3/13/08 at 11:24 AM
Evolution 8Monday
March 17
Modes of speciation476-482
468-476
Outline 8
3/14/08 at 11:41 AM
Evolution 9Wednesday
March 19
Macroevolution482-488
476-481
Outline 9
3/18/08 at 1:37 PM
Evolution 10Friday
March 21
Phlogenetic systematics492-504
492-502
Outline 10
3/20/08 at 2:51 PM
March
24-28
Spring Break
Evolution 11Monday
March 31
Molecular phylogenetics506-507
503-505
Outline 11
3/27/08 at 9:35 AM
Evolution 12Wednesday
April 2
Precambrian and Paleozoic516-526, 628-629
484-492, 642-644
Outline 12
4/1/08 at 10:14 AM
Evolution 13Friday
April 4
Mesozoic and Cenozoic518-520, 701-707
490-492, 709-715
Outline 13
4/3/08 at 8:47 AM
Evolution 14Monday
April 7
Generalizations about the fossil record
Outline 14
4/4/08 at 11:02 AM
Evolution 15Wednesday
April 9
Review
Outline 15
Updated 4/9/08 at 7:33 AM
Ecology 1Friday
April 11
First Ecology Lecture
Prof. Vincent Resh
Friday
April 11
Midterm #2, 6-7 PM

* Current textbook is Biology, by Campbell and Reece (7th edition).
(Page numbers in black from Campbell, 7th edition; page numbers in red from Campbell, 6th edition).
Updated Wed. April 9, 2008