EVOLUTION-BIOLOGY 208            

                                                              LECTURE OUTLINE

 

Professor Dennis M. Forsythe                                                                                                    Fall 2003

Bond Hall 316                                                                                            Sec. 01: MWF 10:00-10:50AM   

Tele: 953-7877                                                                                E-mail: Dennis.Forsythe@citadel.edu

  

                                                                                                           

Week of   Topic      Chapter*
Aug 25   A. Introduction, Scientific Method      1, 2    
Sept. 1 A. Darwin’s Times, His Life and Theory  
Sept 8    A. Darwin=s Times, His Life and Theory
B. Neo-Darwinism 		 2

Sept 15

 A. Evidence for Evolution
B. Evidence for Evolution   		 p. 122-123
6
Sept 22 A First Hour Test
B. Variation
10
Sept 29 A. Microevolution 
B. Microevolution 		 11
11
Oct 6  A. Genetic drift 
B. Natural Selection 		 11
12, 13

Oct 13

 A.  Natural Selection
B   Species		 12, 13
15, 16
Oct 20 A.  Speciation 
B.  Macroevolution 		 15, 16
24
Oct 27   A.  Second Hour Test   
Nov 3 A. Origin of Life 14
Nov 10 A.  Origin of Life
B.   Evolution of Fungi 		 14 
16
Nov 17 A.  Evolution of Plants
B.  Evolution of Invertebrates		  
Nov 24 A. THANKSGIVING –no class   
Dec 1 A.  Evolution of Vertebrates
B.  Human Evolution 		 17
Dec 8   A.  Human Evolution 17
Dec 11 A. Third Hour Test-8:00AM  

                                                                     

                                                                                                                           

      

*- Text- Futuyma, D. J. 1998. Evolutionary Biology 3rd ed. Sinauer Assoc., Sunderland, MA                        

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