Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 348
Fall, 1996
| Instructor: | Kent E.
Holsinger |
| Office: | TLS 112,
6-4059 |
| Office Hours: | by
appointment |
| E-mail: | Kent@Darwin.EEB.UConn.Edu |
| WWW: | http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/eeb348 |
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| Lectures: |
MWF, 9AM, TLS 79 |
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| Text: | Hartl, D. L, and A. G. Clark. 1990. Principles of
Population Genetics, 2nd ed. Sinauer Assoc., Sunderland, MA. |
| Note: We will use this book primarily as a
reference. The lectures will draw on many different sources. |
| Grading: | 1 midterm | 20% | due Wednesday, 9 October |
| 1 final | 20% | due Monday, 16 December -- 9:00am |
| 4 projects | 20% each | due 23
September, 25 October, 18 November, 9 December -- three highest used in
calculating final grade |
The midterm will cover material from the beginning of class through the
lecture on 2 October. The final will be comprehensive. Both will be administered
as take-home exams, and you will be on your honor not to work together on the
exams. The projects will involve reading and analysis of the primary literature
and a 4--5 page written summary of your conclusions, and (in contrast to the
exams) I encourage you to work together on them. Even though each of you
will be graded individually on the projects, you are likely to find that
discussing differences of opinion with your classmates will be a great help in
clarifying your thinking. In addition to the graded exams and projects, I'll be
making periodic homework assignments. These aren't to be handed in or graded,
but exams will have questions on them similar to those encountered in the
homework, and they'll be good practice in applying the concepts you'll need to
know well for your projects. ("One must learn by doing the thing; for
though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try'' -- Sophocles
ca. 450 B.C.E.)
