Schedule
(Links to the readings will be activated one week before each lecture)
| Date | Topic | Readings | Lecture slides |
| 1/16 | Course Introduction | ||
| 1/23 | History of Drosophila research | Crow (1988, 2005), Ayala (1976),
Wagner & Crow (2001) |
1page, 2page |
| 1/30 | Evolutionary relationships among Drosophila | Chapters 1 and 2 from "Drosophila: A guide to species identification and use" Markow, T.A., and O’Grady, P.M. (2006) | |
| 2/6 | Ecology | No readings this week. Field trip | |
| 2/13 | Nonreproductive behaviors | Sisodia & Singh (2005) | |
| 2/20 | Reproductive behaviors | Markow (2002), Markow & O'Grady (2005) | |
| 2/27 | Speciation | Coyne & Orr (1989), Orr (2005) | |
| 3/5 | Polytene chromosomes |
Anderson et al. (1991), Popadic & Anderson (1994) | 1page, 2page Polytene from Kim |
| 3/12 | MIDTERM | Study Guide | |
| 3/26 | Adaptation, Quantitative Genetics | ffrench-Constant et al. (2004) | |
| 4/2 | Molecular evolution, Population genetics | Kreitman (1983). NOTE: CLASS IN BSW 243 | Datasets: adh, gpdh, ci |
| 4/9 | Genome projects | Adams (2000) See also Science 24 March 2000 for additional articles. NOTE: CLASS IN BSW 243 | |
| 4/16 | Genome evolution | Zdobnov (2002). See also Science 4 October 2002 for additional articles. Ureta-Vidal (2003) NOTE: CLASS IN BSW 243 |
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| 4/23 | Transcriptome evolution, functional genomics | Ranz & Machado (2006) NOTE: CLASS IN BSW 243 | |
| 4/30 | Genome size, transposable elements | Hartl (2000) NOTE: CLASS IN Koeffler 411 (previous classroom) | |
| 5/7 | Drosophila Symposium. Speaker: Greg Gibson | "DROSOPHILA AS A MODEL FOR COMPLEX HUMAN DISEASES" (Flyer) |
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| 5/14 | FINAL EXAM | In Koeffler 411 (1:00-2:30 PM) |