Laboratory Schedule

Week 1 The Analysis of Adaptation

West, P.M. and C. Packer. 2002. Sexual selection, temperature, and the Lion’s mane. Science

297: 1339-1343.

Clutton –Brock, T.H., A.F. Russell, L.L. Sharpe, A.J. Young, Z. Balmforth and G. M. McIlrath.

2002. Evolution and development of sex differences in cooperative behavior in meerkats.

Science 297: 253-256.

Week 2 The Units of Selection

West, S.A., I. Pen, and A.S. Griffin. 2002. Cooperation and competition between

relatives. Science 296: 72-75.

Clutton-Brock, T. 2002. Breeding together: Kin selection and mutualism in cooperative

vertebrates. Science 296: 69-72.

Gould, S.J. and E.A. Lloyd. 1999. Individuality and adaptation across levels of selection:

How shall we name and generalize the unit of Darwinism. Proceedings of the National

Academy of Science. USA 96 (21): 11904-11909.

Week 3 Adaptive Explanation

Cooper, A., I.A.E. Atkinson, W.G. Lee and T.H. Worthy. 1993. Evolution of the Moa and their

effect on the New Zealand flora. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 8 (12): 433 – 437.

Schemske, D.W. and H.D. Bradshaw, Jr. 1999. Pollinator preference and the evolution of floral

traits in monkeyflowers (Mimulus). Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 96

(21): 11910-11915.

West, S.A. and Sheldon, B. C. 2002. Constraints in the evolution of sex ratio adjustment.

Science 295: 1685 - 1688.

Week 4 Classification and Evolution

Novacek, M.J. 1992. Mammalian phylogeny: shaking the tree. Nature 356: 121-125.

Doolittle, W.F. 1999. Phylogenetic classification and the universal tree. Science 284: 2124-2128.

Milinkovitch, M. C. 1995. Molecular phylogeny of ceteceans prompts revision of morphological

transformations. TREE 10: 328-334.

Week 5 The Idea of a Species

Karl, S.A. and B.W. Bowen. 1999. Evolutionary significant units versus geopolitical taxonomy:

Molecular systematics of an endangered sea turtle ( genus Chelonia). Conservation Biology

13 (5): 990-999.

Patton, J.L. and M.F. Smith. 1994. Paraphyly, polyphyly and the nature of species boundaries in

Pocket Gophers ( Thomomys ). Systematic Biology 43: 11-26.

Week 6 Speciation

Feduccia, A. 1995. Explosive evolution in tertiary birds and mammals. Science 267: 637-638.

Rundle, H.D., L. Nagel, J. Wenrick Boughman and D. Schluter. 2000. Natural selection and

parallel speciation in sympatric sticklebacks. Science 287: 306-308.

Week 7 The Reconstruction of Phylogeny

Lanyon, S.M. 1994. Polyphyly of the blackbird genus Agelaius and the importance of

assumptions of monophyly in comparative studies. Evolution 48: 679-693.

O’Brien, S.J. et al. 1985. A molecular solution to the riddle of the Giant Panda’s

phylogeny. Nature 317: 140-144.

Davies, N.B. and M. de L. Brooke. 1989. An experimental study of co-evolution between the

cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, and its hosts. I. Host egg discrimination. J. Anim. Ecol. 58: 207-

224.

Davies, N.B. and M. de L. Brooke. 1989. An experimental study of co-evolution between the

cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, and its hosts. II. Host egg markings, chick discrimination and

general discussion. J. Anim. Ecol. 58: 225-236.

Week 8 Evolutionary Biogeography

Losos, J.B., T.R. Jackman, A. Larson, K. deQueiroz and L. Rodriguez-Schettino. 1998.

Contingency and determinism in replicated adaptive radiations of island lizards. Science 279:

2115-2118.

Wenink, P.W. et al. 1996. Global mitochondrial phylogeography of holartic breeding Dunlins (

Calidris alpina). Evolution 50: 318-330.

Week 9 Rates of Evolution

Gould, S.J. and N. Eldredge. 1993. Punctuated equilibrium comes of age. Nature 366: 223-227.

Reznick, D.N., F.H. Shaw, F.H. Rodd and R.G. Shaw. 1997. Evaluation of the rate of evolution in

natural populations of guppies ( Poecilia reticulata). Science 275: 1934 – 1937.

Plus one TBA.

Week 10 Macroevolutionary Change

Hendry, A.P., J.K. Wenburg, P. Bentzen, E.C. Volk, and T.P. Quinn. 2000. Rapid evolution of

reproductive isolation in the wild: Evidence from introduced salmon. Science 290: 516-518.

Grant, P.R. and B.R. Grant. 2002. Unpredictable evolution in a 30-year study of Darwin’s

finches. Science 296: 707-711.

Jablonski, D. 1998. Geographic variation in the molluscan recovery from the end-cretaceous

extinction. Science 279: 1327-1330.

Week 11 Macroevolutionary Trends

Freeman, P.W. 2000. Macroevolution in microchiroptera: Recoupling morphology and ecology

with phylogeny. Evolutionary Ecology Research 2: 317-335.

Tamas, I., L. Klasson, B. Canback, A.K. Naslund, A. Eriksson, J.J. Wernegreen, J.P. Sandstrom,

N.A. Moran and S.G.E. Andersson.2002. 50 million years of genomic stasis in endosymbiotic

bacteria. Science 296: 2376-2379

Week 12 Extinction and Mass Extinction

Jablonski, D. 2001. Lessons from the past: Evolutionary impacts of mass extinctions. Proceedings

of the National Academy of Science, USA 98(10): 5393-5398.

Erwin, D.H. 2001. Lessons from the past: Biotic recoveries from mass extinctions. Proceedinsg of

the National Academy of Science, USA 98(10): 5399-5403.