BIO 471 Lecture Schedule
Spring 2016 (first half of course)
Date Lecture # (Lecturer) Lecture Reading
Jan. 12 1 (D) Course Overview and Introduction Ch. 23 to Evolution
Jan. 14 2 (D) Darwinian Natural Selection Ch. 11
Jan. 19 3 (D) Evolution of the Earth pp. 78-81
Jan. 21 4 (D) Origin and Early pp. 104-110
Evolution of Life
Jan. 26 5 (D) Life through Time pp. 111-132;
81-90
Jan. 28 6 (D) Evolution of Biodiversity Ch. 7
Feb. 2 Exam 1
(covering lecture material and
reading assignments from Lecture 1
through Lecture 6)
Feb. 4 7 (D) Coevolution Ch. 19
Feb. 9 8 (D) Darwin’s Birthday Party & Ch. 1
Film: “Charles Darwin and the
Tree of Life”
Feb. 11 9 (D) Species Ch. 17
Feb. 10 10 (D) Speciation Ch. 18
Feb. 18 11 (D) Conflict and Cooperation Ch. 16
Feb. 23 12 (D) Evolution & Development Ch. 21
Feb. 25 13 (D) Macroevolution Ch. 21
Mar. 1 Exam 2
(covering lecture material and
reading assignments from Lecture 8
through Lecture 12)
BIO 471 Lecture Schedule
Spring 2016 (second half of course)
Date Lecture # (Lecturer) Lecture Reading
Mar. 3 14 (J) Mutation and Genetic Variation pp. 189-209;
pp. 217-235
Mar. 8 15 (J) Natural Selection Ch. 12 Simutext lab: Sickle cell
Mar. 10 16 (J) Genetic Drift pp. 257-267
Mar. 15,17 No class: SPRING BREAK
Mar. 22 17 (J) Molecular Evolution & Clocks pp. 268-277 Simutext lab: HIV Clock
Mar. 24 18 (J) Evolution and Disease pp. 525-529
Mar. 29 19 (J) Reconstructing Phylogenies Ch. 2
Simutext lab: Flowers and Trees
Mar. 31 20 (J) Evolution of Hominins pp. 90-95
Apr. 5 Evo Labs
(turn in Simutext labs and complete on-line quizzes)
Apr. 7 21 (J) Evolution of Homo sapiens
Apr. 12 22 (J) Genetics of Quantitative Traits pp. 235-253
Apr. 14 23 (J) Evolution of Quantitative Traits pp. 348-365
Apr. 19 24 (J) Evolution and Environmental Change pp. 366-376
Apr. 21 25 (J) Sex and Sexual Selection Ch. 15
Apr. 26 26 (J) Evolution of Genes and Genomes Ch. 20
May3 (TUE) Exam 3
8:00 AM (covering lecture material and
reading assignments from Lecture 14
through Lecture 26)