Assignments related to a lecture topic will be posted on the individual course website of whichever lecturer covers the material. The two instructors will maintain those individual websites throughout the course. Also, there is one moodle website for the course and at times you will be asked to submit assignmnets via the Moodle website. For your convenience, some assignments may be indicated on the moodle calender.
Evolutionary Medicine 2023 Schedule
Jan. 9: Introduction (JT)
Jan. 11: Human evolution and the future (JT)
Jan. 16: No Class (Martin Luther King Holiday)
Jan. 18: Phylogenetics (JT)
Jan. 23: The origin of HIV and divergence times (JT)
Jan. 25: HIV / Influenza (JT)
Jan. 30: Population genetics (JT)
Feb. 1: Organization of human genetic variation (JT)
Feb. 6: Basic evolutionary principles revisited (MNF via Zoom)
Feb. 8: Midterm 1 (Through Feb 1)
Feb. 13: Basic evolutionary principles -- Natural selection and disease (MNF via Zoom, Interactivity with Moodle required)
Feb. 15: Natural selection / genetic drift and disease continued, Adaptation (MNF via Zoom, Interactivity with Moodle required)
Feb. 20: Adaptation and disease (MNF via Zoom, Interactivity with Moodle required)
Feb. 22: Guest Lecture by Dr. William Parker
Feb. 27: Cancer and evolution (Dr. Jason Somarelli via Zoom)
March 1: Adaptation and disease (MNF via Zoom, Interactivity with Moodle required)
Homework due at 4:30 on March 1. BRCA Paper to be reviewed for homework. Answers the following questions.
What are the selective advantages and disadvantages associated with mutation to BRCA 1 and BRCA 2?
What data were used by researchers to support their hypotheses?
Please submit doc, docx or txt files only.
Variation one--------------------variation two
March 6: Adaptation and disease (MNF via Zoom)
Homework for Monday
Read this paper.
http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-evolution-of-aging-23651151
Answer the following questions.
What is pleiotropy?
What is the selection shadow?
Be prepared to discuss the antagonistic pleiotropy hypothesis.
March 8: Midterm II (Through March 6th)
March 13: No Class (Spring Break)
March 15: No Class (Spring Break)
March 20: Coevolution (MNF via Zoom, Interactivity with Moodle required)
March 22: Time lags and other considerations. (MNF via Zoom, Interactivity with Moodle required)
March 27: Genetic pest management, Epidemiology and evolution (JT)
March 29: COVID-19 (JT)
April 3: Cancer revisited (JT)
April 5: Student presentations
April 10: Midterm III
April 12: Student presentations
April 17: Student presentations
April 19: Student presentations
April 24: Revisiting human evolution and the future (JT, Last Day of Class)
May 1: Take-home final exam due 6PM