Course Materials

LECTURE TOPIC READINGS
1 Scope and Premises of Population Genetics
  1. Syllabus
  2. Chapt. 1
  3. Problem Set 1
  I. Population Structure
  1. Chapt. 2
  2. EdwardsHW
2 Hardy Weinberg  
3 Systems of Mating I
  1. Chapt. 3
4 Systems of Mating II
  1. Chapt. 3
5 Genetic Drift
  1. Chapt. 4
  2. Problem Set 2
6 Neutrality and Molecular Evolution
  1. Chapt. 5
7 Coalescence
  1. Chapt. 5
  Neutral Theory, Molecular Evolution and Mutation Load-Nic Kooyers
  1. Problem Set 3
8 Gene Flow & Subdivision I
  1. Chapt. 6
  2. Problem Set 1 Key
9 Gene Flow & Subdivision II
  1. Chapt. 6
  2. Problem Set 2 Key
10 mtDNA, Y-DNA: Separating History from Gene Flow
  1. Chapt. 7
  2. Problem Set 4
  II. Genotype and Phenotype  
11 Quantitative Genetics: means
  1. Chapt. 8
  2. Problem Set 3 Key
12 Quantitative Genetics: variances
  1. Chapt. 8
  2. Problem Set 4 Key
13 The Unmeasured Genotype Approach
  1. Chapt. 9
14 The Measured Genotype Approach
  1. Chapt. 10
  Examination on Sections I & II
  III. Selection  
15 Measures of Fitness & Constant Fitness Models
  1. Chapt. 11
16 Selection on Quantitative Traits & FFTNS
  1. Chapt. 11
17 Pleiotropy and Developmental Constraints
  1. Chapt. 11
18 Interactions of selection with other evolutionary forces
  1. Chapt. 12
19 The Shifting Balance Theory
  1. Chapt. 12
  2. Problem Set 5
  IV. Units and Targets of Selection  
20 The Unit of Selection
  1. Chapt. 13
  2. Problem Set 6
  3. Problem Set 5 Key
21 Meiotic and Molecular Drive
  1. Chapt. 13
  2. Problem Set 7
22 Sexual, Frequency & Density Dependent Selection
  1. Chapt. 13
  2. Problem Set 6 Key
  V. Ecological Genetics  
23 Environmental Heterogeneity I
  1. Chapt. 14
24 Environmental Heterogeneity II
  1. Chapt. 14
25 Coevolution
  1. Chapt. 14
  2. Problem Set 7 Key
26

Life History Evolution, Course Summary: the aa syndrome
  1. Chapt. 15
  2. Problem Set 8
27 Course Summary: the aa syndrome  
  Final Exam
  1. 2010 Final
  2. 2009 Final
  3. Equations that may be helpful for the final
  4. Problem Set 8 Key
  5. 2011 Final Key

 

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