Date	Topic	Readings
1/3-1/5	History of genetics in evolution	Futuyma, Chap. 2
		Ridley: Chap. 1, 2.8
		F&H, 2.7
		Greene, passim (i.e. here and there)
1/7-1/14	Elements of population genetics	H&C: 71-95,189-194,211-252,267-292
		Futuyma: 231-245,297-320, Chap. 13
		Ridley: Chaps. 5-6
		F&H: Chaps. 4, 5
		Li & Graur: Chap. 2
1/17	(Martin Luther King Day holiday)
1/19-1/21	Elements	(ditto)
	of population genetics
	(continued)
1/24-1/26	Quantitative genetics	H&C: 38-43,64-66,Chap. 9
		Futuyma: 37-43,245-253,Chap. 14
		Ridley: Chap. 9
		F&H: Chap. 6, especially 6.3 on
1/28-2/2	Kin and species selection,	H&C: 256-262
	punctuated equilibrium, etc.	Futuyma: Chap. 6, 594-601,687-702
		Ridley: 8.12, 8.13, Chaps. 12, 20
		F&H: 12.5, 16.1, 16.2
2/4-2/7	Molecular variation	H&C: 44-47,53-64,174-180
		Lewontin, Chaps. 3 and 5
		Futuyma: 242-244
		Ridley: 145-146
		F&H: 327
		(also material on the Neutral Theory
		in all texts in next block of readings)

2/9	Midterm exam	Some or all of the above
2/11-2/18	Molecular evolution	Li & Graur, chaps. 3-5
		H&C: Chap. 8
		Ridley: Chaps. 7, 10
		Futuyma: 87-100,118-125,244-245,
		269-271,320-335,Chap. 22, Chap. 11
		F&H: Chaps. 7, 10, (11), 534-538
2/21	(Presidents' Day holiday)
2/23-2/25	Molecular evolution (continued)	same as previous
2/28-3/6	Chromosome evolution	H&C: 105
		Futuyma: 286-296
		White: Chaps. 7,8,9,12,(11)
		Stebbins, Chaps. 1,4,5
		F&H: 4.2, 4.3
		Ridley: 2.4, 3.6, 4.5, 16.10
3/6-3/10	Evolution of genetic systems	H&C: 180-186
		Futuyma: 283-285, Chap. 21
		F&H: 6.2, Box 16.2
		Ridley: 4.5, 8-9-8.11,11.3,11.5

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