Evolutionary Genetics: syllabus

Abstract:

Many problems in modern biology are currently being addressed through the use of genetic information. However, appropriate use of genetic information requires an understanding of how it can be analyzed. This is particularly true in the fields of population genetics and evolutionary biology, where the phenomena of interest are generally unobservable and must be inferred from their influence on genetic patterns. This course will focus on the fundamental principles used in population genetics to analyze genetic data and to understand a variety of evolutionary processes.

1  General information

Course number

Biology 588

Class time

Monagle Residence Hall 3300 at 10:20–11:35 on Tuesday and Thursday.

Instructor

Dr. Brook Milligan, 302 Foster Hall, 646-7980, brook@nmsu.edu. Office hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:30–10:00 or by appointment.

Text

The required text for this course is the following:

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Readings

Readings selected from the text and the primary literature will be used to supplement the material presented in class and in the text. In order to develop your research skills, it is your responsibility to look these up and download them. I suggest using the ISI Web of Science literature search engine, which is available from the NMSU library web page under “Articles, Books, Journals, etc.” link.

Problem sets

A number of problems will be assigned throughout the semester. You are expected to have them completed by the class period following the assignment. I will ask individual students to present their answers to the problems. If you have difficulty with the problems, please see me. I strongly suggest that you work in groups (perhaps set up a problem session time on a regular basis).

Prerequisites

Graduate standing and an interest in evolution and genetics. Please see the instructor if you do not have these.

Web resources

I will make available to you on the World Wide Web (http://web.nmsu.edu/~brook/courses/population-genetics/ ) versions of various documents associated with the course. Wherever possible I will make available not only web-browsable versions, but also PostScript (*.ps) and Acrobat (*.pdf) versions. The latter may be more convenient for you to download and print, rather than view it online.



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