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Supplementary Reading
Assignments for Lecture
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Aug 24
Evolutionary Ecology: A Historical Perspective
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Orians, G.H. 1962. Natural Selection and Ecological
Theory. The American Naturalist 96:257-263.[PDF]
Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron.
2004/2007. The Evidence for Evolution. (read pp. 35-64; 3rd
edition) (read pp.37-67; 4th edition).
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Aug 31
Evolution, Natural Selection, Fitness and Adaptation
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Dawkins, R. 1982. The Extended Phenotype. W.H.
Freeman (read pp.179-194).
Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004/2007.
Darwinian Natural Selection. (read pp. 69-103; 3rd edition)
(read pp.73-105; 4th edition).
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Sept 2
Adaptationists Program / Constraints on Selection
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004/2007. Flower color
change in Fuchsia: A Constraint and The Adaptationist Program Applied to
Humans. (read pp. 354-355, 521-528; 3rd edition) (read pp.
385-388, 550-555; 4th edition).
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Sept 7
Units of Selection
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron.
2004/2007. Selection Operates on Different Levels. (read pp. 358-367; 3rd
edition) (read pp. 392-395; 4th edition).
Williams, G.C. 1966. Adaptation
and Natural Selection. Princeton University Press, Princeton,
NJ (read pp.92-124).
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Sept 9
Scaling Effects
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Gould, S.J. 1974. Size and shape. Natural History
83:20-26.
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Sept 14
Measuring Selection
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004/2007. Measuring
Heritable Variation and Measuring Differences in Survival and Reproductive
Success (read pp. 303-308, 308-317; 3rd edition) (read pp.
333-346, 333-346, 4th edition).
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Sept 16-28
Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron.
2004/2007. Mutation and Genetic Variation. (read pp.109-136, 141-190,
195-247; 3rd edition) (read pp. 141-165, 169-218, 223-275; 4th
edition).
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Oct 7
Reproductive Tradeoffs
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron.
2004/2007. How many Offspring should an Individual Produce in a Given Year?
And How big should each
Offspring be? (read pp. 474-486; 3rd edition) (read pp. 502-514;
4th edition).
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Oct. 12
Semelparity versus Iteroparity
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron.
2004/2007. Life Histories in a Broader Evolutionary Context. (read
pp.490-491; 3rd edition) (read pp. 517-519; 4th
edition).
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Oct 5
Aging & Senescence
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron.
2004/2007. Aging and Other life History Characteristics. (read pp. 455-474;
3rd edition) (read pp. 483-502; 4th edition).
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Oct 14
Phenotypic Plasticity
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron.
2004/2007. Phenotypic Plasticity. (read pp. 350-351; 3rd
edition) (read pp. 380-383; 4th edition).
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Oct 19
Evolution of Sex
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron.
2004/2007. The Adaptive Significance of Sex. (read pp. 274-285; 3rd
edition) (read pp. 302-312; 4th edition).
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Oct 21
Sex Ratio Variation
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004/2007. The Evolution of
the Sex Ratio. (read pp. 434; 3rd edition) (read pp. 462; 4th
edition).
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Oct 26-28
Sexual Selection
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Krebs, J.R. and N.B. Davies. 1993. An Introduction to
Behavioural Ecology. (read Chapter 8)
Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004/2007. Sexual
Selection. (read pp. 373-412; 3rd edition) (read pp. 401-440; 4th
edition).
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Nov 2-4
Coevolution
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron. 2004/2007. When Different
Species Interact Over Time, Do They Evolve Together? (read pp. 574-576; 3rd
edition) (read pp. 135-136; 4th edition).
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Nov 11
Evolution by Individuals
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Whitham, T.G. and C.N.
Slobodchikoff. 1981. Evolution by individuals, plant-herbivore
interactions, and mosaics of genetic variability: the adaptive significance
of somatic mutations in plants. Oecologia 49:287-292.
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Nov 16
Plant Signals
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Bruin, J., M.W. Sabelis, and M. Dicke. 1995. Do plants
tap SOS signals from their infested neighbours? Trends in Ecology and
Evolution 10:167-170.
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Nov 18
Speciation
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Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron.
2004/2007. Mechanisms of Speciation. (read pp. 583-611; 3rd
edition) (read pp. 605-633; 4th edition).
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Nov 30
Applied Evolution
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Futuyma, D.J. 1995. The uses of
evolutionary biology. Science 267:41-42.
Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron.
2004/2007. A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: Understanding HIV. (read pp.
3-30).
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