LECTURE NOTES

 

Follow these links to PowerPoint files of the lectures.

 

 

 

Date

Topic

 

 

UNIT 1:  NATURAL SELECTION

Lecture 1

Jan 8

Course intro & What is evolution?

Lecture 2

Jan 10

What is evolution?

Lecture 3

Jan 13

History of evolution & evidence for evolution

Lecture 4

Jan 15

More history and evidence

Lecture 5

Jan 22

Natural selection

Lecture 6

Jan 24

More natural selection

Lecture 7

Jan 27

Life history evolution

Lecture 8

Jan 29

Quantitative traits

Lecture 9

Feb 3

Sexual selection

Lecture 10

Feb 5

Measuring heritability and selection

Lecture 11

Feb 7

Response to selection; forms of selection

Lecture 12

Feb 10

Testing adaptation; limits to adaptation

Lecture 13

Feb 12

Limits to adaptation; phenotypic plasticity

Lecture 14

Feb 14

Kin selection

 

 

 

 

 

UNIT 2:  INTERACTING EVOLUTIONARY FORCES

Lecture 15

Feb 21

Population genetics

Lecture 16

Feb 24

Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium

Lecture 17

Mar 3

Selection

Lecture 18

Mar 5

Mutation and Genetic drift

Lecture 19

Mar 7

Drift and migration

Lecture 20

Mar 17

Interacting evolutionary forces & non-random mating

Lecture 21

Mar 19

Non-random mating; disease evolution

Lecture 22

Mar 24

Disease evolution

 

 

 

 

 

UNIT 3:  MACROEVOLUTION

Lecture 23

Mar 28

Molecular evolution

Lecture 24

Mar 31

Molecular evolution; Speciation

Lecture 25

Apr 2

Speciation

Lecture 26

Apr 7

Tracing evolutionary history

Lecture 27

Apr 11

Tracing evolutionary history 2

Lecture 28

Apr 14

Human evolutionary history

Lecture 29

Apr 16

Macroevolutionary patterns

Lecture 30

Apr 21

Evolution & development; Evolution & society

Lecture 31

Apr 23

Evolution & society