BU-304 Evolutionary Biology

Unit · year 3

BU-304 · Evolutionary Biology

Threads evolution24 lectures5 concepts

Advanced evolutionary theory, from phylogenies to social behaviour.

PREREQUISITES

L01	Reconstructing Evolutionary History Phylogenetics
L02	Homology and Character States Phylogenetics
L03	Cladistics and Monophyly Phylogenetics
L04	Reading a Phylogenetic Tree Phylogenetics
L05	Parsimony and Tree Selection Phylogenetics
L06	Convergence and Homoplasy Phylogenetics
L07	Molecular Evolution: Substitution Rates The molecular clock
L08	The Molecular Clock The molecular clock
L09	Calibrating the Clock with Fossils The molecular clock
L10	Rate Variation and Relaxed Clocks The molecular clock
L11	Neutral Theory: The Proposal The neutral theory
L12	Neutral Theory and Genetic Variation The neutral theory
L13	The Nearly Neutral Extension The neutral theory
L14	Detecting Selection at the Molecular Level The neutral theory
L15	Altruism: The Puzzle Kin selection
L16	Inclusive Fitness and Hamilton's Rule Kin selection
L17	Kin Selection in Social Insects Kin selection
L18	Reciprocal Altruism and Cooperation Kin selection
L19	Coevolution: The Concept Coevolution
L20	Host–Parasite Arms Races Coevolution
L21	Mutualistic Coevolution Coevolution
L22	The Red Queen Hypothesis Coevolution
L23	Macroevolution and Mass Extinction Phylogenetics
L24	Synthesis: Pattern and Process in Evolution Phylogenetics, The neutral theory

Reconstructing evolutionary relationships from data.

Dating divergence from accumulated substitutions.

Hamilton's rule explains altruism among relatives.

Reciprocal evolutionary change between interacting species.

Most molecular evolution is selectively neutral.