Dr. Noah Whiteman's Research Interests Biology 1B Spring 2018
 Evolution Schedule


Dr. Noah Whiteman
is the instructor for the Evolution section of Biology 1B during the Spring 2018 semester. Click on his picture to learn about his research interests.

Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 9-10 AM, Thursday 11:30-12:30 in 3056 VLSB.

E-mail: whiteman@berkeley.edu


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


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Lecture

Date

Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment

Campbell, 11th Edition
Evolution 1Wednesday
Jan. 17
Introductions of Staff, Course Format & Module I OverviewCh 1
(pp. 2-26)
Evolution 2Friday
Jan. 19
History of Evolutionary Biology 1: Aristotle to DarwinCh 22
(Concepts 22.1-22.2)
Evolution 3Monday
Jan. 22
History of Evolutionary Biology 1: Aristotle to Darwin (continued)Ch 22
(Concepts 22.1-22.2)
Evolution 4Wednesday
Jan. 24
History of Evolutionary Biology 2: Darwin to TodayCh 22
(Concept 22.3)
Evolution 5Friday
Jan. 26
History of Evolutionary Biology 2: Darwin to Today (continued)Ch 22
(Concept 22.3)
Evolution 6Monday
Jan. 29
Microevolution 1: Mutation & VariationCh 23
(Concept 23.1)
Evolution 7Wednesday
Jan. 31
Microevolution 2: Natural Selection, Adaptation & Sexual SelectionCh 23
(Concept 23.4)
Evolution 8Friday
Feb. 2
Microevolution 3: Genetic Drift & Gene FlowCh 23
(Concept 23.3)
Evolution 9Monday
Feb. 5
Microevolution 4: Hardy-Weinberg EquilibriumCh 23
(Concept 23.2)
Evolution 10Wednesday
Feb. 7
Speciation: Bridging Microevolution & MacroevolutionCh 24
(Concepts 24.1-24.2)
Evolution 11Friday
Feb. 9
Macroevolution 1: History of Life and Major Evolutionary Innovations and TimingCh 25
(Concepts 25.1-25.5)
Evolution 12Monday
Feb. 12
Macroevolution 2: Building, Interpreting & Testing PhylogeniesCh 26
(Concepts 26.1-26.3)
Evolution 13Wednesday
Feb. 14
Evolutionary Genetics: Orthology, Paralogy,
Molecular Clock and Horizontal Transfer
Ch 26
(Concepts 26.4-26.6)
Thursday
Feb. 15
Midterm #1, 7-8:15 PM