Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies

Tutorial in Evolution 001-2-3037

Fall term, 2010-1

Prof. Ariel Novoplansky, Mitrani Dept. of Desert Ecology.

Last update: Oct 19, 2010; REFRESH to get the most updated version of this page.

Course book: Freeman & Herron (2001/3) Evolutionary Analysis (2^nd or 3^rd ed.), Prentice Hall.

Pre-requisites: intro courses in ecology and genetics

(students who lack this background will be assigned more readings).

Requirements:

- Thorough understanding of the studied material.

- Submission of assignments (individually or in pairs).

- Passing grade for students at the ecology specialization: 80/100 (assignments and final exam).

Grade components:

- Assignments: 0 - 50% (proportionally and only as a protective component for the grade of the final exam)

- Final exam: 50 - 100%

- Passing grade is 80/100 at each one of the components.

Assignment submission:

All submissions should be done on email to this address.

Readings and assignments:

Deadlines	Assignments	Reading pages, 2^nd ed.	Reading pages, 3^rd ed.	Topics	Week and dates
		3-19	3-30	Organizational	Oct 15	1
Not for submission	1. What is evolution	21-45	35-65	What is evolution?	Oct 22	2
Nov 5, 2010	2. Intelligent design	47-71	69-104	Evidence for evolution	Oct 29	3
Not for submission	3. Biomorphs (not for submission)	75-105 213-224, 289-329	109-139 274-285 373-415	Natural selection	Nov 5	4
		109-152	141-191	Genetic variance, evolution of sex and sexual selection	Nov 12	5
Dec 3, 2010	4. Genetic load	155-193	195-250	Population genetics I - selection and mutation	Nov 19	6
		224-247 331-358	291-327	Population genetics II - genetic drift, gene flow and non-random mating	Nov 26	7
		403-437	583-613	Evolution of quantitative characters	Dec 3	8
Dec 31, 2010	5. Speciation	549-584	727-766	Speciation I	Dec 10	9
				Speciation II	Dec 17	10
		437-462	550-581	Phylogeny	Dec 24	11
		507-544	663-700	The Cambrian explosion	Dec 31	12
		587-608	701-724	Evolution and development	Jan 7	13