Week |
Lectures |
S & R (2019) |
Topic |
Last Revised |
Lab Date |
Lab Materials |
1 |
06 Sept |
Introduction |
08
Aug 2022 |
08
Sept 2022 |
Lab Exercise: DNA structure; Install MATLAB; Install MEGA |
|
1
& 2 |
08, 13, 15
Sept |
Allele & Genotype frequencies; Hardy-Weinberg Theorem | 08 Aug 2022 | 15 Sept 2022 | Statistical Hypothesis
Testing; Chi-square
test; Workbook for Chi-Square
test (2022
Sept 13); Lab Exercises: Testing Hardy-Weinberg expectations |
|
3 |
20, 22 Sept |
Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection |
08 Aug 2022 | 22 Sept 2022 | Workbook for Natural
selection exercises (2021 Sept 23) |
|
4 |
27 & 29
Sept |
4.2; 5.2 |
The General Theory of
Natural Selection |
08 Aug 2022 | 29 Sept 2022 | Lab
Exercise: Natural Selection
in ecological genetics (2020 Oct
08); Estimation of Selection Coefficients (2021 Oct 07) |
30
Sept |
National
Day of Truth & Reconciliation |
30 Sept | ||||
5 | 04, 06 Oct | Additional topics in Natural Selection | 08 Aug 2022 | 06 Oct 2022 |
Lab
exercise: Selection in
variable environments (2021 Oct
07); Excel worksheet for variable environment exercise |
|
6 |
10-12 Oct |
Fall Break |
|
No Lecture, Oct 11 |
||
6 |
13 Oct |
Midterm Exam (Sample) |
13 Oct 2022 |
Midterm in
Lab slot |
||
7 |
18, 20 Oct |
1.3; 2 | Fitness, Adaptation, &
Selection in Natural Populations |
08 Aug 2022 | 20 Oct 2022 | Lab
exercise: Selection
vs Mutation &
Migration Excel worksheet for u & m |
8 & 9 |
25, 27 Oct,
01 Nov |
1.2; 2 |
Mutation; Migration; Inbreeding |
08 Aug 2022 | 27 Oct 2022 | Lab
Exercise: Migration
/ Selection in Water Snakes; Excel worksheet for m & s (2021 Oct 28) |
9 & 10 |
03, 08 Nov |
2.2; 3.4; 4.4 |
Mendel's Century (1901 - 2021) | 08 Aug 2022 | 03 Nov 2022 | Data sets for allozyme, DNA,
Micro-satellite analysis (TBA) |
10 | 11 Nov | Remembrance Day | 10 Nov 2022 |
No Lecture or Lab | ||
11 |
15, 17 Nov |
2; 3.3,4,5 |
Genetic
Drift; Selection & Genetic Drift in Finite Populations; |
08 Aug 2022 | 17 Nov 2022 | WriFish program ;
MATLAB program (2020 Oct 29); Lab Exercise: Natural Selection & Genetic Drift (2021 Nov 05) |
12 | 22, 24 Nov | 3.2,3 | Molecular Phylogeography: Genetic variation in time & space |
08 Aug 2022 | 24 Nov 2022 | Lab Exercise: F-statistics & Population
Structure (2021 Nov 18); Excel worksheet for F-statistics (2021 Nov 15) |
13 |
29 Nov, 01
Dec |
8 |
Molecular Systematics: Phylogenetic reconstruction [Review] | 08 Aug 2022 | 01 Dec 2022 (?) |
Download
MEGA:
Lab Exercise: Molecular
Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (2021 Nov 25) |
Final |
FINAL EXAM:
Thurs, 08 Dec, 0900-1200 Sample questions |
Thurs,
08 Dec 0900 - 1200 |
Expected time
from previous years |
|||
N&S (2013) |
Additional
Material from Nielsen & Slatkin (2013) |
|||||
3, 4 |
Coalescent Theory; Selective Neutrality | |||||
5 |
Population History &
Demography |
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