Handout #
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Handed out
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Due date (if assignment)
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Topic of Handout (download here)
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H1 |
Monday, Sept 26th, am |
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Program overview, expectations, background... |
H2 |
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Brief syllabus (color-coded) |
H3 |
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Detailed syllabus (includes readings & assignments) |
H4 |
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Covenant |
H5 |
Read by Wed 9/28 |
Evolutionary background and terminology |
LH1 |
Monday, Sept 26th, pm
Anatomy Lab |
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Anatomy lab overview |
LH2 |
Quiz: Wed, Oct 5 |
Hierarchical, indented classification of chordates |
LH3 |
Vertebrate cladogram |
LH4 |
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Overview of chordate diversity |
LH5 |
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Directional terms in anatomy |
LH6 |
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Lab 1 |
H6 |
Wednesday, Sept 28th, am |
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Systematics vocabulary, week 1 |
H7 |
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Notes for Lecture 1: Introduction to the
science of evolutionary reconstruction |
H8 |
Thursday, Sept 29th, am |
Oct 6 |
Computer Lab 1: Introduction to MacClade &
phylogenetic tree construction |
H9 |
Thursday, Sept 29th, pm |
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Notes for Lecture 2: Scientific
epistemology |
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Student Phone Numbers and Emails |
H10 |
Oct 3 |
Study questions and take-home quiz #1 |
LH7 |
Thurs, Sept 29th, pm |
read by Monday |
Anatomy lab #2 & 3: Skull anatomy and
phylogeny |
H11 |
Monday, Oct 3rd, am |
various |
Research Projects: Synopsis & Topics |
H12 |
Thurs, Oct 6rd, am |
Oct 20 |
Computer Lab 2: Identifying Characters, Seeking
Parsimony, and Explaining Homoplasy |
H12' |
Computer Lab 2 Data: Chordate Synapomorphies |
Quiz Key |
on-line only |
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Quiz 1 KEY |
H13 |
Thurs, Oct 6rd, pm |
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Notes for Lecture 3: Speciation and Species
Concepts |
H14 |
Oct 10 |
Study questions and take-home quiz #2 |
Quiz Key |
on-line only |
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In-class quiz (chordate phylogeny) KEY |
H15 |
Wed, Oct 12th |
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Notes for Lectures 4 & 5: The three-fold parallelism |
Quiz Key |
on-line only |
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Quiz 2 KEY |
H16 |
Thurs, Oct 13th |
Oct 17 |
Study questions and take-home quiz #3 |
Skull Key |
on-line only |
Oct 27 |
Codes for skull lab (use the actual taxa
names, not the alphanumeric codes from the skulls, to build your trees) |
LH8 |
Mon, Oct 17th, am |
read by lab in pm |
Anatomy lab #4: Lampreys and urogenital anatomy |
Lecture notes |
on-line only |
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Axial and appendicular skeleton notes, from
Amber and Josh's 10/20 lecture |
H17 |
Thurs, Oct 20th |
Oct 24 |
Study questions #4 and assignment in lieu of Quiz |
Quiz Key |
on-line only |
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Quiz 3 KEY |
LH9 |
Mon, Oct 24th, am |
read by lab in pm |
Anatomy lab #5 p1-3: Digestive and other visceral
anatomy
Anatomy lab #5 p4: Visceral anatomy worksheet |
H18 |
Wed, Oct 26th |
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Notes for Lecture 8: Origin and synapomorphies of
tetrapods |
H19 |
Thur, Oct 27th, am |
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Key to Computer Lab 2 |
H20 |
Thur, Oct 27th, pm |
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Notes for Lecture 9: Amphibians |
H21 |
Oct 31 |
Take-home quiz #4 |
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Oct 31 |
Instructions for Peer Review of Research Outlines and
Annotated Bibliographies |
LH10 |
Mon, Oct 31st, am |
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Anatomy lab #6: Salamander muscle
anatomy
H22 |
Wed, Nov 2nd |
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Notes for Lecture 10 & 11: Reptiles |
Quiz Key |
on-line only |
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Quiz 4 KEY |
H23 |
on-line only |
Nov 7 |
Study questions and take-home quiz #5 (two pages) |
LH11 |
Mon, Nov 7th, am |
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Anatomy lab #7: Cat muscle anatomy
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Lecture notes |
on-line only |
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Muscle development & major groups (Christina & Leigha's 10/31 lecture) |
Readings for Wed, 11/9 |
on-line only |
Nov 9 |
Bock, 2000. Explanatory history of the origin of feathers.
(Read this first).
Sumida and Brochu 2000. Phylogenetic context for the origin of
feathers. (Don't focus on fossil details, esp. in the section "Hypotheses on
the Origin of Birds"). |
H24 |
Wed, Nov 9 |
Nov 14 |
Birds of a Feather Workshop |
H25 |
Thurs, Nov 10th |
Nov 14 |
Study questions and take-home quiz #6 (two pages) |
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Instructions for Peer Review of Research
Papers |
Anatomy diagrams |
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Additional cat muscle figures (Amy handed out hard
copies in lab Monday
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Quiz Key |
on-line only |
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Quiz 5 KEY |
LH12 |
Mon, Nov 14th, am |
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Anatomy lab #8: Circulatory and respiratory anatomy
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Lecture notes |
on-line only |
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Respiration (Dane & Melody's 11/10 lecture) |
Circulation (Dave & Dan's 11/14 lecture) |
Brain (Zoot & Jill's 11/10 lecture) |
H26 |
Wed, Nov 16th |
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Notes for Lecture 12: Archosaurs |
H27 |
Thurs, Nov 17th |
Nov 28 |
Study questions and take-home quiz #6 (two pages) |
Quiz Key |
on-line only |
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Quiz 6 (pseudo) KEY |
LH13 |
Mon, Nov 28th, am |
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Anatomy lab #9: Neuroanatomy
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H28 |
Wed, Nov 30th |
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Notes for Lecture 14: Mammals |
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Monday, Dec 5 |
Portfolio Checklist (portfolios due at my
office on the day of your lab practical) |
Quiz Key |
on-line only |
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Quiz 7 KEY |
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Wed, Dec 7th |
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Program Description (Use this when writing
your self- & faculty-evals.) |
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posted Dec 8 |
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KEY to Final Lab Practical
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