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| Week starting | Tuesday (lecture) (* means homework due) | Thursday (lab./practicum) | Readings (minimum) |
| 31-Aug | Introduction to molecular markers: I | Intro. to computer software | Ch. 1 Avise; Ch. 7 Mol. Syst. (pp. 205-221 only); handout (Hoelzel & Dover) |
| 7-Sep | Introduction to molecular markers: II | Software practicum - phylogeny programs * | McD. reprints; Avise pp. 44-109 |
| 14-Sep | Phylogenetics | Software practicum - PHYLIP et al. * | Avise Ch. 2, pp. 109-126; Ch. 11 Mol. Syst.; |
| 21-Sep | Phylogenetics | Software practicum - MacClade et al. * | Mol. Syst. pp. 249-281, pp. 321-341; Ch. 3 Mol. Zool. |
| 28-Sep | Population genetics | Tour of microsatellite lab.; introduction to some pop. gen. programs * | Brookfield. 1996. Curr. Biol. 6: 354; Gillespie text Ch. 1; Avise pp. 204-233; |
| 5-Oct | Population genetics & coalescent theory | Guest lecture by Dr. Rob Fleischer, National Zoo (Hawaiian honeycreepers) |
Gillespie text Ch. 2, Appendices A & B; Luikart 1999. TREE 14: 253; |
| 12-Oct | Population genetics | Software practicum - population structure * McD in Alabama | Gillespie text Ch. 4; Davies et al. 1999. TREE 14: 17 |
| 19-Oct | Population genetics | Midterm exam 21 Oct. (in class; open book) * | Amos & Harwood 1998. PRSLB 353:177 |
| 26-Oct | Phylogeography | Software practicum - population structure * | Avise pp. 233-251; Piertney et al. ptarmigan papers |
| 2-Nov | Individual ID & parentage | Software practicum - Cervus * | Avise Ch. 5; Ch. 7 Mol. Zool. |
| 9-Nov | Relatedness | Software practicum - Kinship * | Avise pp. 190-233; Queller et al. 1993 TREE 8: 285; Sugg. 1996. TREE 11: 338 |
| 16-Nov | Speciation & hybridization | Software practicum - population structure * | Avise pp. 126-138, Ch. 7 |
| 23-Nov | Conservation genetics | Thanksgiving | Avise Ch. 9: Hedrick & Miller 1992 Ecol. Applic. 2: 30; Haig. 1998. Ecol. 79: 413 |
| 30-Nov | Conservation genetics | Software practicum - conservation genetics * | Avise & Hamrick 1996, Ch. 14 & other chapter of your choice ; Milligan 1994. Mol. Ecol. 3: 423 |
| 7-Dec | Project presentation | Examination 7 Dec.
(open book) * |
Crozier 1997. ARES 28: 243 |
| 14-Dec | "Written" projects due 16 Dec. |