BIOL 470: Schedule for week of March 30-April 3

Announcements

I found a student worker to scan your graded Midterm Exam 2. I will deliver those to you securely as soon as they are done, but it might take a few days.

Assignments:

• Participate in Laulima discussion on COVID-19 evolution videos and reading by Wednesday, April 1 @ 11:59 PM HST.

  • Go to Laulima, click “Discussion and Private Messages”, then “Class Discussions”. Post under “Phylogenetics and COVID-19 readings”

• Find partner(s) for class project by Friday, April 3 @ 11:59 PM HST (keep reading below for more detail).

• Participate in Laulima discussion on historical contigency in evolution by Tuesday, April 7 @ 11:59 PM HST.

  • Go to Laulima, click “Discussion and Private Messages”, then “Class Discussions”. Post under “Historical contingency in evolution”

Readings:

• Emlen & Zimmer, Chapter 9

• Primary literature (read one or both and contribute to Laulima discussion):

  • Blount et al. 2008. Historical Contingency and the Evolution of a Key Innovation in an Experimental Population of Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105 (23):7899–906.
  • Blount et al. 2012. Genomic Analysis of a Key Innovation in an Experimental Escherichia coli Population. Nature 489:513–8.

Schedule

Note that on Wednesday, class will meet synchronously on Google Meet meet.google.com/qip-dcci-fjy. Class will be recorded and posted online if you are unable to attend. Remaining instruction will be asynchronous, meaning you can work at your own pace and desired time.

In general, I strongly recommend attending synchronous meetings if you can. I also recommend establishing routine times that you work on asynchronous assignments. A routine will help you develop good work habits, keep you engaged in the class, and prevent you from having to cram later.

Monday, March 30 - asynchronous

Participate in Laulima discussion!!

• Watch pre-recorded lectures on phylogenetics

  • Gene trees and the coalescent
  • Multispecies coalescent and phylogenetic inference

Wednesday, April 1 - synchronous, join Google Meeting

• We will finish phylogenetics with a guest lecture from Dr. Matt Hahn talking about his reseach on using the multispecies coalescent to infer phylogenies in wild tomatoes!

  • Dr. Hahn’s slides will be posted on Laulima after class

• Go over class project integrating phylogenies, evo-devo, and adaptation

  • This post describes class project and due dates

• Answer some questions about COVID-19 evolution from Laulima discussion board

• Read Chapter 9 of Emlen and Zimmer

Friday, April 3 - asynchronous

• Fill out form for partners on class project by today

• Read papers by Blount et al. on Long Term Evolution Evolution (LTEE).

  • Links above, PDF copies are available on Laulima under Resources/primary-literature

• Watch pre-recorded lectures on the From Genes to Traits: Evolution of Genetic Networks and Development

  • Sorry, I didn’t finish this until Friday evening, but it is now posted here