| W |
Aug. |
28 |
Class organization; Genetic transmission in
populations |
Chap. 1 |
| F |
| 30 |
Testing Hardy-Weinberg |
" |
| W |
Sept. |
4 |
Inbreeding: Self-fertilization |
Chap. 5 |
| F |
| 6 |
Estimation of mating system parameters |
" |
| M |
| 9 |
Inbreeding: Pedigree analysis, Identity by
descent |
" |
| W |
| 11 |
Wahlund effect, F statistics |
Chap. 6 |
| F |
| 13 |
Analysis of the genetic structure of
populations |
Chap. 6 |
| M |
| 16 |
Two-locus population genetics |
Chap. 1 |
| |
|
| Project 1: DNA fingerprinting &
forensics |
| W |
| 18 |
Viability selection: One locus with two alleles
(1) |
Chap. 4 |
| F |
| 20 |
Viability selection: One locus with two alleles
(2) |
" |
| M |
| 23 |
Viability selection: One locus with multiple
alleles |
Chap. 4 |
| |
|
| Project 1 Due |
|
| W |
| 25 |
Viability selection: One locus with two alleles and
partial selfing |
" |
| F |
| 27 |
Fertility selection |
" |
| M |
| 30 |
Selection component analysis |
Chap. 4 |
| W |
Oct. |
2 |
Selection, mutation, and migration |
" |
| F |
| 4 |
Midterm Review -- Jennifer Steinbachs |
|
| M |
| 7 |
Genetic drift (1) |
Chap. 2 |
| |
|
| Midterm Exam handed out |
|
| W |
| 9 |
Genetic drift (2) |
" |
| |
|
| Midterm Exam due |
|
| F |
| 11 |
Mutation, migration, and drift |
Chaps. 3 & 6 |
| M |
| 14 |
No Class, Fall Break |
|
| W |
| 16 |
Selection and drift |
Chap. 4 |
| F |
| 18 |
Wright's shifting balance theory |
Chap. 6 |
| |
|
| Project 2: Analysis of natural selection |
|
| M |
| 21 |
The t-allele polymorphism in Mus
musculus |
|
| W |
| 23 |
Selection at two loci |
Chap. 4 |
| F |
| 25 |
Quantitative genetics: The components of phenotypic
variance
|
Chap. 8 |
| |
|
| Project 2 Due |
|
| M |
| 28 |
Quantitative genetics: estimation of variance components (1)
|
Chap. 8 |
| W |
| 30 |
Quantitative genetics: estimation of variance components (2)
|
" |
| F |
Nov. |
1 |
Quantitative genetics: Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of
Natural Selection |
" |
| M |
| 4 |
Quantitative genetics: drift |
Chap .8 |
| W |
| 6 |
Quantitative genetics: application to evolutionary studies
|
" |
| F |
| 8 |
Quantitative genetics: selection on multiple characters
|
Chap. 8 |
| M |
| 11 |
Heritability and IQ |
|
| |
|
| Project 3: Genetics of human personality
traits |
|
| W |
| 13 |
Introduction to molecular population genetics |
Chap. 7 |
| F |
| 15 |
The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution |
" |
| M |
| 18 |
Patterns of diversity within populations |
Chap. 7 |
| |
|
| Project 3 Due |
|
| W |
| 20 |
Patterns of nucleotide and amino acid
substitution |
" |
| F |
| 22 |
Detecting selection on molecular polymorphisms (1)
|
Chap. 7 |
| M |
| 25 |
Detecting selection on molecular polymorphisms (2)
|
" |
| T |
| 26 |
Evolution in multigene families |
" |
| W |
| 23 |
No Class, Thanksgiving Holiday |
|
| F |
| 25 |
No Class, Thanksgiving Holiday |
|
| M |
Dec. |
2 |
Patterns of restriction site change |
Chap. 7 |
| |
|
| Project 4: Selective constraints on nucleotide
seqeunce evolution |
|
| W |
| 4 |
Patterns of population divergence |
" |
| F |
| 6 |
Reconstructing phylogenetic history (1) |
" |
| M |
| 9 |
Reconstructing phylogenetic history (2) |
Chap. 7 |
| |
|
| Project 4 Due |
|
| |
|
| Final Exam handed out |
|
| M |
| 16 |
Final Exam due -- 9:00am |
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