BIEB 150-Evolution-Fall 2002
Instructor: Trevor Price 2105 Muir Biology Building. tprice@ucsd.edu
T.A.: Melissa Newman. mmnewman@biomail.ucsd.edu
Discussion sections: in WLH 2209. M 2-2.50
in WLH 2114. W 4-4.50; W 5-5.50
Week 3 and Week 8 all Discussion sections will meet in York 1310.
Office Hours: Tues. 4-5, 2105 Muir Biology Building
Text: Futuyma, D. J. 1998. Evolutionary Biology, 3rdedition. Sinauer, Sunderland, MA.
Course structure: Mid-term 30% No make-ups
Final 70%
Week 8 Discussion section-Phylogeny lab exercise-BIEB 150 Fall 2002
Tree that is missing from lab exercise tree.pdf
Week 3 Discussion Section-First Lab-Population Genetics
Problem set #1 for BIEB 150, Fall 2002
To view the problem set you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download this free from:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Problem 5ii should read "Given the four grandparents calculate the probability that their grandchild would be (1,5)/(2,5)."
Solutions to problem set 1:Problem Set 1 Answers BIEB 150 2002
Last years midterm and final.
Old final is missing two figures: missing figures.cwk (WP).pdf
Handouts from Melissa:
Handout 1- Relates to Week 1 Discussion Section
The next handouts are related to topics people have asked me questions about:
Keywords/Outline (since midterm)
Course web page: http://www.biology.ucsd.edu/classes/bieb150.FA02/
"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution" T. Dobzhansky (1973)
This course is central to many themes discussed in biology, especially population biology. The material presented here concentrates on the roles of natural and sexual selection and genetic drift in the evolution of new characters and species. It has been designed to complement and lead into other courses, without there being too much overlap.
Material covered in ORGANISMIC AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY (BILD 3) is assumed; it provides the basic introduction to Evolution. Relevant chapters in Futuyma that could be read for refreshment purposes are chs. 3, 4, and parts of 12 and 15
BIODIVERSITY (BIEB 140) describes the patterns produced by evolution, including changes through time as elucidated by the fossil record. It provides an important complement to this course. As far as possible material will not be duplicated between courses. Relevant chapters in Futuyma are chs. 5-8 and 25; they will not be covered here.
Some population genetics was initiated in BILD 3, and will be extended here. POPULATION GENETICS (BIEB 156) provides the mathematical theory of evolution which more-or-less takes up where this course leaves off. Much of chapter 14 in Futuyma is covered in that course, and will not be considered here.
MOLECULAR EVOLUTION (BIEB 154) covers mechanisms of mutation (chapter 10 in Futuyma) as well as chapter 22. They will not be covered here.
Relevant readings from Futuyma are listed below. Some lectures will follow Futuyma closely, but others, where there have been recent advances, will depart from the text quite substantially. In these cases, some key references will be given in class, and also posted on the course website.
Date Lecture Topics Section Meeting
September 26 Organization of genetic variation. 1. (ch. 9) No meeting
October 1 Organization of genetic variation. 2. (ch. 9) Hardy Weinberg
October 3 Genetic drift and Gene flow (pp. 297-307, 314-333) & hypothesis tests
October 8 Human evolution (chapter 26) Drift
(lecture given by Dr. D. Woodruff)
October 10 Natural selection. 1. (ch. 13)
October 15 Natural selection. 2. (pp. 402-408, 424-432) Selection (lab) York 1310
October 17 Sexual selection (pp. 586-594)
October 22 Sexual conflict, evolution of sex chromosomes General discussion
(not in Futuyma)
October 24 Phylogeny and classification (chapter 5)
October 29 Sex and senescence (pp. 568, 606-612) Phylogeny
October 31 Co-evolution, evolution of disease (pp. 539-553)
November 5 Co-evolution of competitors (pp. 218-220, 554-558) Review
November 7 Adaptive radiation (pp. 117-118, 210-212)
November 12 MID-TERM EXAM [30% of grade] No meeting
November 14 Species (chapter 15)
November 19 Speciation 1. Genetics of speciation (chapter 16) Phylogeny (lab) York 1310
November 21 Speciation 2. Ecology of speciation (chapter 16)
November 26 Speciation 3. Speciation in plants (chapter 16) No meeting
November 28 THANKSGIVING DAY
December 3 Development and evolution (pp. 661-674) Review
December 5 Cultural evolution, assimilation (p.441)
December 10, 8-11am FINAL EXAM [70% of grade]
Reading assignments are from the text Evolutionary Biology (Douglas Futuyma, Sinauer,
3rd ed.). Lectures are in the CSB 002 (Tu, Th: 0800-0920).