QUANTITATIVE GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

REVISED LECTURE SCHEDULE

Instructor: S. J. Arnold

Week 1

Tu April 2 Concepts at the level of gene and individual (F&M chap 7).

Th April 4 Concepts at the level of gene and individual, cont. (F&M chap 7).

Week 2

Tu April 9 Concepts at the level of population (F&M chap 8).

Th April 11 Resemblance among relatives (F&M chap 9).

Week 3

Tu April 16 Estimation of inheritance parameters, ANOVA (F&M chap 10).

Th April 18 Estimation of inheritance parameters, ANOVA, cont. (F&M chap 10).

Week 4

Tu April 23 Estimation of inheritance parameters, selection experiments (F&M chap 11).

Th April 25 Estimation of inheritance parameters, pedigree analysis (L&W chap 27).

Week 5

Tu April 30 The adaptive landscape for a single trait (F&M chap 19 & 20)*.

Th May 2 The adaptive landscape for multiple traits (F&M chap 19 & 20)*.

Week 6

Tu May 7 The evolution of sexual dimorphism (L. Mead)*.

Th May 9 Evolution of mating preferences and sexually-selected traits*.

Week 7

Tu May 14 Evolution of sexual isolation (L. Mead)*.

Th May 16 Evolution of phenotypic plasticity*.

Week 8

Tu May 21 Infinite-dimensional traits*.

Th May 23 Theory of maternal effects*.

Week 9

Tu May 27 Line crosses and linkage maps.

Th May 30 Identification of quantitative trait loci (QTLs). (F&M chap 21)*.

______________________

Text: Falconer, D. S. &. T. F. C. Mackay.1996. Introduction to Quantitative Genetics. 4^th ed. Longman, England.

L&W = Lynch, M. and B. Walsh. 1998. Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits., Sinauer Assoc. Inc., Sunderland, MA.

* pdf files distributed by email.