BIOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION Tentative Schedule Fall Semester 2000 |
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August 29 | Introduction. Darwin's Theory, Human Ancestry Assignment |
August 31*, September 5, 7 | Case Study No. 1: Fugu, Poison Frogs, and Pitohuis |
September 12*, 14, 19, 21 | Case Study No. 2: Aerial Ancestors?
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 |
September 26*, 28,
October 3, 5 |
Case Study No. 3: Dating Eve
Page 1, Page 2 |
October 10*, 12, 17, 19 | Case Study No. 4: Feverishly Evolving Antigens
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 |
October 24*, 26, November 2 | Case Study No. 5: The Eyes Have It
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 |
November 7 | Election Day, No Class |
November 9*, 14 | Case Study No. 6: Selective Neutrality. Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 |
November 16 | Chad Blamey - Did Introns evolve early or late? |
November 21 | Laura Tolen - Is the Complement System Irreducibly Complex? |
November 28 | Miya Drury - Evolution of aerobic metabolism
Brian Gillespie - |
November 30 | Chapman Wright - Origin of Life
Greg O'Neill - Why are dimeric enzymes so common? |
December 5 | Cristina Ricardo - Shedding genes in mitochondria evolution
Lex Kim - Evolving to deal with atmospheric oxygen. |
November 20 to December 15 | Schedule ~ one hour Final Interviews for the week following your oral presentation. |
Important Dates:
September 19 - Last Day to select a Term Paper / Case Study topic.
October 17 - Two-page outline/summary of the main theme
of your term project due.