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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

Date

Topic

Readings

 

Week 1

9/01

Intro to Class

Syllabus

 
 

9/03

Broad patterns in plant evolution

   
         

Week 2

9/08

Review: Population Genetics

C&H Chapters 1 & 2

 
 

9/10

 

 McKay et al. 2001

Song & Mitchell-Olds 2007

 
         

Week 3

9/15

 

C&H Chapter 3

 
 

9/17

 

Bright & Rausher 2008

 
         

Week 4

9/22

     
 

9/24

Review: Quantitative Genetics

C & H Chapter 4

 
   

Precis handout

 

Week 5

9/29

Etterson & Shaw 2001

Franks et al. 2007

Precis 1 due

EXAMPLE

PRECIS

 

10/01

 

C & H Chapter 6  (background)

 
         
         

Week 6

10/06

Transgene introgression

Stewart et al. 2003

 
  10/07 4:00 Ecology Seminar - Neal Stewart
ISB 110
 
     
 
 

10/08

Plasticity and GxE

C & H Chapter 5 p. 137-150 (skim for background)

Pigliucci 2005 (review)

Ellison & Gotelli 2002

 
     
 

Week 7

10/13

 

Maintenance of Genetic Variation

 

Mitchell-Olds et al. 2007 (background)

SchemskeBierzechudek 2007

(focal paper - do precis)

Precis 2 due
     
 
  10/14 12:00 OBE seminar - Doug Schemske
ISB 110
 
    GO!! "Extra credit" for summary    
 

10/15

Angela Stathos-discussion leader

plant-microbe interactions

 
         

Week 8

10/20

Margaret Hendrick-discussion leader

edaphic adaptation

   
         
 

10/22

Overview - Plant Reproduction    
   

   

Week 9

10/27

Evolution of selfing

Barrett 2003 (background review)

Moeller & Geber 2005 (precis)

Precis 3 due
 

10/29

Pollinator shifts

Bradshaw et al 1995

Bradshaw et al.

 
         

Week 10

11/03

     
 

11/05

     
         

Week 11

11/10

Speciation & Adaptive Radiation

   
 

11/12

     
         

Week 12

11/17

     
 

11/19

     
         

Week 13

11/24

     
 

11/26

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

   
         

Week 14

12/01

     
         
 

12/03

Student Presentations

   
         

Week 15

12/08

Student Presentations    
 

12/10

Student Presentations  
       

Final Week

 

Final Paper Due