Grading
3 Exams: 100 points each
Discussion Participation - 140 points
Proposal Reviews - 50 points
Graduate Students: Grant Proposal (Sigma Xi Style) - 100 points
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Text
Freeman, Scott and Jo C. Herron. 2004. Evolutionary Analysis.
Pearson Prentice Hall, NJ. 3rd Edition.
Chapter readings from this text and papers will be available in the Biology Library on the first
floor of Burrill Hall.
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INTRODUCTION
Evolutionary Ecology: A Historical
Perspective
Some Useful Definitions: Evolution, Natural Selection, Fitness, Adaptation
Units of Selection
Adaptationists Program
Constraints on Selection
Measuring Selection
Scaling Effects
Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change
Molecular versus Quantitative Variation
Molecular Basis of Evolution – Gaining New Insight
LIFE-HISTORY EVOLUTION
Reproductive Tradeoffs
Life before Reproduction
Diapause and Dormancy
Complex Life Cycles
Semelparity versus Iteroparity
Bet-Hedging
Phenotypic Plasticity
Senescence - Why Grow Old?
EVOLUTION OF SEX
Why Bother?
Sex Determination
Sex Ratio Variation
Breeding Strategies
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SEXUAL SELECTION
Sexual Selection & Mating Systems
Intersexual Selection and Female Choice
Mate Choice in Plants?
COEVOLUTION/SPECIES INTERACTIONS
When is it Coevolution?
Gene for Gene Interactions
Specific Coevolution
Diffuse Coevolution
Evolutionary Arms Race
Red Queen
Geographic Mosaic Theory of Coevolution
Evolution by Individuals?
Talking Trees & Interplant Communication
ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF SPECIATION
What is a Species?
Allopatric Speciation
Parapatric Speciation
Sympatric Speciation
APPLIED EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY
What is rarity?
Proximate Causes of Extinction in Small Populations
Is Genetic Diversity Important?
Release of Genetically Engineered Organisms
Genetic Impoverishment
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