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EEB 122

Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior

Undergraduate · Historical course

Spring 2009

Topics

  • The Nature of Evolution: Selection, Inheritance, and History
  • Basic Transmission Genetics
  • Adaptive Evolution: Natural Selection
  • Neutral Evolution: Genetic Drift
  • How Selection Changes the Genetic Composition of Population
  • The Origin and Maintenance of Genetic Variation
  • The Importance of Development in Evolution
  • The Expression of Variation: Reaction Norms
  • The Evolution of Sex
  • Genomic Conflict
  • Life History Evolution
  • Sex Allocation
  • Sexual Selection
  • Species and Speciation
  • Phylogeny and Systematics
  • Comparative Methods: Trees, Maps, and Traits
  • Key Events in Evolution
  • Major Events in the Geological Theatre
  • The Fossil Record and Life's History
  • Coevolution
  • Evolutionary Medicine
  • Midterm Exam 1
  • The Impact of Evolutionary Thought on the Social Sciences
  • The Logic of Science
  • Climate and the Distribution of Life on Earth
  • Interactions with the Physical Environment
  • Population Growth: Density Effects
  • Interspecific Competition
  • Ecological Communities
  • Island Biogeography and Invasive Species
  • Energy and Matter in Ecosystems
  • Why So Many Species? The Factors Affecting Biodiversity
  • Economic Decisions for the Foraging Individual
  • Evolutionary Game Theory: Fighting and Contests
  • Mating Systems and Parental Care
  • Alternative Breeding Strategies
  • Selfishness and Altruism
  • Midterm Exam 2

Readings

  • Cotgreave, Peter and Irwin Forseth. Introductory Ecology . Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd, 2002.
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  • Krebs, John R. and Nicholas B. Davies. An Introduction to Behavioral Ecology , 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd, 1993.
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  • Stearns, Stephen C. and Rolf Hoekstra. Evolution: An Introduction , 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
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