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Biol223 - Genetics and Evolution (Spring semester, odd years)
Biol350 - Rocky Mountain Flora (Spring Semester, even years)
Biol495 – Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics (Fall 2007)
Biol484 – Plant Evolution
Fall 2009 -- Biol484
Week |
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Topic |
Readings |
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Week 1 |
9/01 |
Intro to Class |
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9/03 |
Broad patterns in plant evolution |
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Week 2 |
9/08 |
Review: Population Genetics |
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9/10 |
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Week 3 |
9/15 |
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9/17 |
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Week 4 |
9/22 |
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9/24 |
Review: Quantitative Genetics |
C & H Chapter 4 |
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Week 5 |
9/29 |
Precis 1 due |
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10/01 |
C & H Chapter 6 (background) |
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Week 6 |
10/06 |
Transgene introgression | ||
| 10/07 | 4:00 Ecology Seminar - Neal Stewart | ISB 110 |
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10/08 |
Plasticity and GxE |
C & H Chapter 5 p. 137-150 (skim for background) Pigliucci 2005 (review) |
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Week 7 |
10/13
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Maintenance of Genetic Variation
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Mitchell-Olds et al. 2007 (background) (focal paper - do precis) |
Precis 2 due |
| 10/14 | 12:00 OBE seminar - Doug Schemske | ISB 110 |
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10/15 |
Angela Stathos-discussion leader plant-microbe interactions |
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Week 8 |
10/20 |
Margaret Hendrick-discussion leader edaphic adaptation |
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10/22 |
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Week 9 |
10/27 |
Mating system evolution | Barrett 2003 (review) Moeller & Geber 2005 (focal) |
Precis 3 due |
10/29 |
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Week 10 |
11/03 |
Adaptive walks and QTL mapping | Bradshaw et al 1995 | |
11/05 |
Pollinator shifts | Schemske & Bradshaw 1999 | ||
Week 11 |
11/10 |
Pollinator shifts /Coevolution |
Whittall & Hodges 2007 | Topics due |
11/12 |
Coevolutionary mosaics | Thompson 2002 (focal) Thompson 2008(background) |
Precis 4 due | |
Week 12 |
11/17 |
Speciation | Rieseberg&Willis2007 (review) | |
11/19 |
Sympatric speciation | Savolainen et al. 2006 | Precis 5 dues 5 | |
Week 13 |
11/24 |
More speciation | ||
11/26 |
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
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Week 14 |
12/01 |
Student Presentations | ||
12/03 |
Student Presentations |
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Week 15 |
12/08 |
Student Presentations | ||
12/10 |
Student Presentations | |||
Final Week |
12/15 | Final Paper Due |
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