Evolution
Biology 459/659
Spring, 2006
Class meets Tuesdays and Thursday at 12:30 in room 230 Stevens Hall.
Instructor: Marvin W. Fawley
Text: Evolution by Douglas Futuyma, Sinauer Associates.
Example questions for Final Exam
A New York Times article on recent studies of natural selection in human populations.
The actual research article for the above NYT article: "A Map of Recent Positive Selection in the Human Genome"
A very interesting lecture on the "peppered moth" story by Prof. Laurence Cook, Manchester Metropolian University. This lecture is in streaming video with a complete transcript.
Interesting web sites
UCMP "A History of Evolutionary Thought"
Lefalophodon: A History of Evolutionary Biology Web Site
Observed instances of speciation (from Talk.Origins Archive)