Evolutionary Genetics

WS 2011/2012
Mondays and Tuesdays 12:30-14:00 (LMU-BioCenter B01.027)

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Stephan
Prof. Dr. John Parsch
Dr. Stefan Laurent (tutorial)


 

*** Results of final exam ***
 


Course Announcement and Outline

Click here to download course announcement (.pdf)
 
Click here to download course outline (.pdf)
 

Lecture Topics and Summaries (.pdf files)

Note: summaries will be posted each week after the lectures.

 
Evidence For Evolution  Summary

Paleoevolution and the Fossil Record  Summary

Natural Selection and Adaptation  Summary

Genetic Variation within Species  Summary

Hardy-Weinberg Law  Summary

Mutation and Natural Selection  Summary

Maintenance of Genetic Variation  Summary

Genetic Drift  Summary

Neutral Theory  Summary

Human Evolution  Summary

Evolution of Sex  Summary

Selection versus Drift  Summary

Mid-term Exam 06.12.2011

Protein Evolution  Summary

DNA Evolution  Summary

Molecular Phylogenetics  Summary

Application of Molecular Phylogenetics  Summary

Testing the Neutral Theory  Summary    Figures

Positive Selection in Humans  Summary

Introduction to Genomics  Summary

Functional, Comparative, and Evolutionary Genomics  Summary

Evolutionary Bioinformatics  Summary

Evolutionary Developmental Biology  Summary

Speciation and Speciation Genetics  Summary

The Molecular Genetics of Speciation  Summary

Final Exam 07.02.2012
 


Tutorial Materials

Reading assignment for:

Oct 27th 2011: The RNA world

Nov 03th 2011: The major transitions

Nov 10th 2011: The Hardy-Weinberg principle

Nov 17th 2011: Selection in diploid organisms

Dec 1st 2011: The neutral theory

Dec 15th 2011: Why sex ?

Dec 15th 2011: Transition to asexuality result in excess amino acid substitutions

Dec 22th 2011: The molecular clock

Jan 12th 2011: Evolution of genes and taxa: a primer (pages 1-13)

Jan 19th 2011: Evolution of genes and taxa: a primer (pages 14-20)

Jan 26th 2012: Genomics and humanness

Feb 2th 2012: Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities

Feb 9th 2012: No tutorial; final exam in this week


Evolution Links

Geological Time Machine
Evolution (Science Made Stupid)
Darwin Online
Charles Darwin Online Library
Understanding Evolution
Origins of Modern Humans
Evolution (PBS Evolution Website)
Evolution (NOVA Website)
The Willi Hennig Society - Cladistic Classification
Evolver Zone