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BIOL 2007 Lecture
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Futuyma 2005
Futuyma 1998

Freeman & Herron 2001
(not v. different from 2004 edition)

Mendel and evolution - KF Chs 1,3,9: 192-7
Chs 1-2, 9 Chs 1-2, Ch 5: 109-119
Selection and the single gene - JM Chs 11, 12:270-280
Chs 12, 13: 365-8, 375-381 Chs 3, 5: 119-133
  The fact of evolution   Ch 1, Ch 22   Ch 1: 6-15   Ch 2
  


Evolution of genetic diversity - JM Chs 9 part,12: 280-8, 293-4
Ch 13: 379, 384-9 Ch 5: 131-142
Mutation as a source of variation - KF Ch 8
Ch 10 Ch 4
  Mutation-selection balance   Ch 12: 278
  Ch 13: 381   Ch 5: 142-150
  


Inbreeding and neutral evolution - JM Ch 9: 197-205, Ch 10
Ch 11: 297-314 Ch 6
Selection on more than one gene - JM Ch 13: 303-4
Ch 14: 397-402 Ch 7: 197-213
  Population structure   Ch 9: 216-222
  Ch 11: 314-320    Ch 6: 155-163
  


Quantitative characters - KF Ch 9: 207-212
Ch 14 Ch 7: 224-9, 237-241
Evolution of quantitative characters Ch 13
Ch 14, elsewhere Ch 7: 229-237, 241-8
  


Evolution in space and time - JM Ch 6, Ch 9: 326-9
Chs 13: 381-3, 391-3, 15: 464-8 Ch 12: 425-7
Frequency-dependent selection - KF Ch 12: 286, Ch 14: 326-9
Chs 13: 389-390, 20: 584-6 Ch 5: 138-140, Ch 10 (part)
  


Chromosomal evolution - JM Ch 8: 181-5
Ch 10: 286-292, 15: 473-5 Ch 4: 90-91
The evolution of sex - JM Ch 14: 329-339, Ch 17: 417-426
Chs 20: 586-594, 21: 606-622 Ch 7: 213-224, Ch 9
  


Biodiversity and species - JM Ch 15
Ch 15 Ch 12: 403-409, 423-424, 427-432
The origins of species - JM Ch 16
Ch 16 Ch 12: 409-423
  


Evolutionary trees - KF Ch 2
Ch 5 Ch 13: 437-456
Conservation genetics - KD
Ch 22: 541  
 
Warning colour and mimicry - JM Ch 3: 53, Ch 18: 445-6
Chs 4: 82, 13: 391, Pl 7 not really mentioned
  


Molecular/ genome evolution - KD Ch 12: 88-293, Ch 19 Ch 22 Ch 18
Macroevolution - KF Ch 4: 84-9, Ch 21
Part V Ch 15
  


  Coevolution - JM   Ch 18
  Ch 18   Ch 13: 456-460
Artificial selection - KF Ch 11: 252-7, Ch 17
Ch 14 and scattered about Ch 7, and scattered about

JM = James Mallet ext.7412; KF = Kevin Fowler ext.7424
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