Evolution
Biol. 404 - Prof. Eernisse
California State University, Fullerton
Lecture Information
Fall 2007
Schedule Number 10921
Provisional Lecture and Readings Outline
(All chapter references are to EA = Evolutionary Analysis 4th Edition;
PLEASE NOTE: Due to problems with the publisher's new 4th Ed. companion website,
the study question (SQs) links are for the 3rd Ed. and as soon as the 4th Ed. questions
are fixed this schedule will be updated to reflect the 4th edition companion website)

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DATE LECTURE TOPIC ASSIGNM Chapt. SQ'S
Aug 20 Aug 22 Introduction to Course
Evidence for Evolution		 See below, complete assignments before class
Skip Ch. 1 and Read EA Ch. 2 pp. 37-60

See below
SQs2:2-10
Aug 27
Aug 29 		Evidence for Evolution (cont.), Darwinian Natural Selection
The Nature of Selection (Start Cladogram 1 Assignment)		 EA Chs. 2 pp. 60-65 and 3 pp. 73-90
EA Ch. 3 pp. 90-105		 SQs2:11-14.) & 3: 1-7
SQs3:8-15
Sep 3
Sep 5

Labor Day (No Class)
Estimating Evolutionary Trees (Cladogram 1 Assignm. Due; Start Cladogram 2 Assignment)

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EA Ch. 4 pp. 111-127 and handout		 ––––
SQs14:1-8
Sep 10
Sep 12		 Using Phylogenies to Answer Questions (Essay Assignment 1 Available)
Mutations and Genetic Variation
 EA Ch. 4 pp. 127-138 and handout
EA Ch. 5 pp. 143-166 		SQs14:9-11
SQs4:1-15
Sep 17
Sep 19 		Mendelian Genetics in Populations I: Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change (Cladogram 2 Assignm. Due)
Testing Population Genetics Theory 		EA Ch. 6 pp. 169-194
EA Ch. 6 pp. 194-218		 SQs5: 1-3, 6, 9, 14
SQs5: 5, 7, 10-13
Sep 24
Sep 26

Mendelian Genetics in Populations II: Migration, Genetic Drift (Essay Assignment 1 Due)
Genetic Drift (cont.) and Non-random Mating (Study questions and challenges from class)

EA Ch. 7 pp. 223-251
EA Ch. 7 pp. 251-276

SQs6:1-8
SQs6:9-15
Oct 1
Oct 3 		Midterm 1
Studying Adaptation: Evol. Analysis of Form and Function		 Unit 1: EA Chs. 1-7
EA Ch. 10 pp. 363-375		  
SQs10:1-7,11
Oct 8
Oct 10

Adaptation (cont.) (Essay Assignment 1 Revisions Due)
Sexual Selection

 EA Ch. 10 pp. 376-396
EA Ch. 11 pp. 401-438 		SQs10:8-10,12
SQs11:1-19
Oct 15
Oct 17		 Kin Selection and Social Behavior (Essay Assignment 2 Available)
Evolution and Human Health
 EA Ch. 12 pp. 447-478
EA Ch. 14 pp. 529-569		 SQs12:1-17
SQs14:1-24
Oct 22
Oct 24		 Phylogenomics and the Molecular Basis of Adaptation
Mechanisms of Speciation (Essay Assignment 2 Due; Start Cladogram 3 Assignment)		 EA Ch. 15 pp. 575-600
EA Ch. 16 pp. 605-633		 SQs15:1-14
SQs16:1-11
Oct 29
Oct 31

Review
Midterm 2

Review
Unit 2: EA Chs. 10-12, 14-16

  
Nov 5
Nov 7 		The Origins of Life and Precambrian Evolution
The Origins of Life and Precambrian Evolution (Essay Assignment 2 Revisions Due)		 EA Ch. 17 pp. 639-660
EA Ch. 17 pp. 660-681 		SQs17:1-7
SQs17:8-18
Nov 12
Nov 14		 Veteran's Day (No Class)
The Cambrian Explosion and Beyond (Cladogram 3 Assignment Due)		 Start on EA Ch. 18!
EA Ch. 18 pp. 689-721
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SQs18: 1-12

Nov 19
–Nov 23

Fall Break - No Classes
     		   
Nov 26
Nov 28

Evolution of Land Vertebrates, Development and Evolution
Development and Evolution

 EA Ch. 18, Start EA Ch. 19!
EA Ch. 19 pp. 725-749

SQs19: 1-5
SQs19: 1-11
Dec 3
Dec 5 		Primate Relatives and Human Evolution
The Origin of Homo sapiens 		EA Ch. 20 pp. 753-773
EA Ch. 20 pp. 773-791 		SQs20: 1-4
SQs20: 5-9
Dec 12 Final Exam (1/3 Units 1-2 and 2/3 Unit 3)  2:30-4:20 MH287  
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