Grading: Midterm (3/17) - 40% Final - (take home, due 5/15 by midnight) 40% Assignments - 20%. Assignments include one page long reading reports of all assigned papers (textbook chapters do not require reading reports). In addition, problem sets will be distributed in class. |
date | topic | readings | guest speaker |
1. 1/27 | Introduction, DNA YouTube videos: the central dogma Histones, chromatin, DNA packing; replication DNA replication; leading and lagging strands Transcription mRNA processing Splicing Translation More: Transcription inside the cell protein and their function (optional) cell division: mitosis meiosis, crossing over mitosis in a real cell | Ch. 2 Veraksa et al. 2000 Orphanides1 and Reinberg 2002 | |
2. 2/3 | Genetics/heredity | Ch. 3 | |
3. 2/10 | Genetics ctd., intro to population genetics Problem set 1 | Ch. 4 Templeton 2006: ch 2 | |
4. 2/17 | Population Genetics, Hardy-Weinberg, assortative mating | Ch. 5 Templeton 2006: ch 2 and ch 3 | |
5. 2/24 | Selection Problem set 2 SELECTION HANDOUT MICRO 30 - microevolution simulation program by John Relethford | Ch. 6 Harris and Meyer 2006; Fay and Wu 2000; Woolf 2005 Friedman 1978 | |
6. 3/3 | Genetic Drift Problem set 3 ANSWERS | Ch. 6 King and Jukes 1969 Sewall Wright 1932 | Steiper |
7. 3/10 | Gene flow/mutations | Prescott Deininger 2006 Kehrer-Sawatzki and Cooper 2007 Templeton: ch. 6 | |
8. 3/17 | some helpful reading for Midterm:
Genetic Drift Fixation Index ANSWERS to PS3 Midterm |
List of formulas | |
9. 3/24 | Molecular systematics | Ch. 6, Sec. 6.4-6.7; Holder and Lewis 2003 | Disotell |
3/31 | AAPA - no class | ||
10. 4/7 11. | start at 10:00 AM Molecular primatology Modern human origins, ancient DNA Problem set 4 cox2.phy--download to answer Q4 | Ch. 7 DiFiore 2003; Vigilant 2009; Ch. 8, 9 Manica et al. 2007; Mellars 2006 Hodgson and Disotell | Raaum Disotell |
4/14 | CUNY recess | ||
12. 4/21 | Human adaptations, growth | Ch 13 Read first: Beall CM, Steegmann AT (2000) Human adaptation to climate: temperature, ultraviolet radiation, and altitude. In S. Stinson, B. Bogin, R. Huss-Ashmore, and D. O'Rourke (eds.), Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Approach. pp. 163-224. Beall 2007 Brutsaert 2008 Jablonski and Chaplin 2000 Steegmann 2007 |
Stinson |
13. 4/28 | Human diseases | Ch 14, Gage 2005, Barrett et al. 1998, Wilbur et al. 2008 | |
14. 5/5 | Human nutrition | Write reading reports based on: Sherman and Billing 1999 Stinson 1992 Kaplan et al. 2000 Milton 1999 Read and enjoy (no reading report): Aiello and Wheeler 1995 Dudley 2004 Wrangham et al. 1999 |
Rothman |
15. 5/12 | Review/Final |