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| Lecture | Day / Date | Lecture Topic | Reading Assignment Campbell Biology, eds. 10-12 |
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| Evolution 1 | W / Aug 23 | Introduction; the logic of evolution by natural selection | Ch 1 | |
| Evolution 2 | F / Aug 25 | Unpacking how evolution works - what can and can't it do? | Ch 22 | |
| Evolution 3 | M / Aug 28 | The allelic view of evolution | Ch 23 | |
| Evolution 4 | W / Aug 30 | The (sometimes fuzzy) ways of defining species | Ch 24 | |
| Evolution 5 | F / Sept 1 | How are species maintained, how do they form? | Ch 24 | |
| M / Sept 4 | Labor Day Holiday | |||
| Evolution 6 | W / Sept 6 | Determining who is related to whom (and the naming of taxa) | Ch 26 | |
| Evolution 7 | F / Sept 8 | Cladograms: the evolution of phenotypic traits, convergence, mimicry, human migration | Ch 26 | |
| Evolution 8 | M / Sept 11 | Cladograms: diseases, medical forensics, the nature of the eukaryotic cell, molecular clocks | Ch 26 | |
| Evolution 9 | W / Sept 13 | Macroevolution: major innovations, punctuated equilibrium, the Red Queen | 25.4, 34.4 | |
| Evolution 10 | F / Sept 15 | Is macroevolution more than repeated rounds of microevolution? | 25.6 | |
| Evolution 11 | M / Sept 18 | A brief history of life (on Earth) | 25.1 - 25.3 | |
| Evolution 12 | W / Sept 20 | The Cambrian explosion: unpacking the generative power of evolution | 32.2 - 32.4 | |
| Evolution 13 | F / Sept 22 | The emergence of our own species | 34.7 | |
| T / Sept 26 | Midterm #1, 7 PM | |||