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Date |
Topic: |
Due Dates |
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Aug.
25 |
Introduction |
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Aug.
27 |
Writing Workshop (literature searches) |
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Sep.
1 |
History of Evolutionary Thought
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Sep.
3 |
History
of Life |
Bibliography for 10 articles |
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Sep.
8 |
Writing Workshop (reading scientific articles) |
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Sep.
10 |
Macroevolution |
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Sep.
15 |
Microevolution |
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Sep.
17 |
Exam 1 |
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Sep.
22 |
Writing Workshop (writing article summaries) |
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Sep.
24 |
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium |
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Sep.
29 |
Selection |
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Oct. 1 |
Mutation |
Article
summaries |
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Oct.
6 |
Migration |
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Oct.
8 |
Genetic Drift |
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Oct. 13 |
Nonrandom Mating |
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Oct.
15 |
Exam 2 |
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Oct.
20 |
Writing Workshop (writing synthesis papers) |
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Oct.
22 |
Exponential Population Growth |
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Oct.
27 |
Logistic Population Growth |
First
paragraph of synthesis paper |
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Oct.
29 |
Age-Structured Population Growth |
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Nov.
3 |
Age-Structured Population Growth |
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Nov.
5 |
Metapopulation Dynamics |
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Nov. 10 |
Metapopulation Dynamics |
Complete draft of synthesis paper |
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Nov.
12 |
Exam 3 |
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Nov.
17 |
Writing Workshop (revising) |
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Nov.
19 |
Competition |
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Nov. 24 |
Predation |
Peer reviews |
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Nov.
26 |
THANKSGIVING |
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Dec.
1 |
Island
Biogeography |
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Dec.
3 |
Measuring Species Diversity |
Final draft of
synthesis paper |
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Dec. 7 |
Final Exam (11:30 – 2:00) |
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