EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY: TOOLS OF THE TRADE

LECTURE SCHEDULE

Instructor: S. J. Arnold

Week 1

Tu Parent-offspring resemblance,

Th Breeding and cross-fostering designs.

Week 2

Tu Response to deliberate selection.

Th Inbreeding, selfing and outcrossing.

Week 3

Tu Reproductive isolation.

Th Correlational analysis of selection within populations.

Week 4

Tu Analysis of whole organism performance.

Th Experimental studies of selection within populations.

Week 5

Tu Selection on nucleotide sequences.

Th Geographic variation.

Week 6

Tu Population- and species-level correlation with environment.

Th Common garden and transplant experiments.

Week 7

Tu Mendelian cross.

Th Gene mapping.

Week 8

Tu Phylogeny reconstruction.

Th Comparative studies.

Week 9

Tu Experimental studies of evolution

Th Monitoring evolution in nature.