Date
Week Lecture Topic   Papers   Presenter  
 
8/25
 1   Introduction / Syllabus  
Mock Proposal
     
 
    (syllabus modified 9/16/09)          
                   
 
8/27
 1 History of Evolutionary Thought   Stearns, S. 1987. Some Modest Advice for Graduate Students.      
                   
  9/1 2 2 Classification and Phylogeny   Gregory TR. Evolution as Fact, Theory and Path   Greg Territo  
                   
  9/3   3 Patterns of Evolution   Baldauf, SL. Phylogeny for the faint of heart   Jessie Wheeler  
                   
  9/8 3 4 A History of Life on Earth   Personal phylogeny papers   All students  
                   
  9/10   5 The Fossil Record   Tekle, YI. Molecular Data Are Transforming Hypotheses on Eukaryote Orgin   Sarah Baker  
                   
  9/15 4 6 Origin of GeneticVariation   Stebbins, GL. Is a New Evolutionary Synthesis Necessary?   Sarah Johnson  
                   
            Levinton, JS. A Critique of the Punctuated Equilibria Model.  
 
                   
  9/17   7 Genetic Variation   Zhang, J. Gene Duplication and Evolution   Leilani Pasicolan  
                 
  9/22 5 8 Genetic Drift   Johnson, MTJ. Emerging Synthesis Between Community Ecology and Evolutionary Biology   Jason Cade  
                   
  9/24   9 Natural Selection and Adaptation   Kimura, M. On Some Principles Governing Molecular Evolution   Emily Copeland  
                   
  9/29 6 10 Genetical Theory of Natural Selection I   Gould, SJ. The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm.   Kate Torrence  
                   
  10/1   11 Genetical Theory of Natural Selection II  
Storfer, A., Gene flow and Ineffective Antipredator Behavior in a Stream-Breeding Salamander.
  Katie Disalvo  
           
     
  10/6 7   NO CLASS  
     
           
     
  10/8     EXAM I  
     
                   
  10/13 8   Exam Review  
No Paper
     
           
     
  10/15    
No Class
Work On your proposals!!!
     
           
(I will be in my office until 6pm)
     
  10/20 9 12 Phenotypic Evolution I  
Mousseau, T.A. Natural Selection and thet Heritability of Fitness Compoents
  Emily Rindosh  
           
     
  10/22   13 Phenotypic Evolution II  
Grant, P. Unpredictable Evolution in a 30-year Study of Darwin's Finches
  Chris Catano  
                   
  10/27 10 14 Life Histories I  
Fairbairn, D.Lifetime selection on adult body size and the maintenance of sexual size dimorphism
  Heather Hahn  
        Proposal Rough Draft Due  
     
  10/29   15 Life Histories II  
Gordon. Adaptive changes in guppy life histories
  Allison Hays  
           
     
  11/3 11 16 Sex & Reproductive Success I  
Reznick, D. Big house, big cars, superfleas and the cost of reproduction
  Jessica Hightower  
           
     
  11/5   17 Sex & Reproductive Success II  
Lively, C. Red Queen and parasitism in clonal fish
  Joe Niederhauser  
           
     
  11/10 12 18 Conflict and Cooperation  
Rice, W.R. Sexually Antagonistic Coevolution
  Day McClanahan  
        Rough Draft Returned  
     
  11/12   19 Species  
Beekman. Conflicts in social animals. Who has power?
  Joe Waddell  
           
     
  11/17 13 20 Speciation  
Hawthorne - Importance of genetic correlations in sympatric speciation
  Ashley Bies /  
           
  Nick Salvatico  
  11/19     EXAM II      
 
                   
  11/24 14   Oral Presentations   Speakers: 1. Jessica Hightower 2. Sarah Johnson 3. Joe Waddel 4. Leilani Pasicolan 5. Allison Hayes 6. Greg Territo      
                   
  11/26     NO CLASS - Thanksgiving          
                   
  12/1 15   Oral Presentations   Speakers: 1. Day McClanahan 2. Joe Niederhauser      
            3. Jason Cade 4. Emily Rindosh 5. Heather Hahn 6. Emily Copeland      
  12/3     Oral Presentations   Speakers: 1.Chris Catano 2. Alhley Bies 3. Jessie Wheeler 4. Katie Disalvo 5. Nick Salvatico 6. Kate Torrence 7. Sarah Baker      
                   
  12/7 16   Proposals Due by 5pm