Reading, Learning and Activity Guide

UNIT 1 – EVOLUTION (16 days)

READING, LEARNING AND ACTIVITY GUIDE

TOPICS TO KNOW:

·  Evolution by natural selection as Darwin saw it and as we see it today

·  Evidence of evolution – data or information that is collected by scientists – Data analysis

·  Examples of evolution – specific evolutionary events that are/were observed

·  Other mechanisms of evolution -- processes that change the allele frequency in a population and with that change organisms over time.

·  Causes of genetic variety in populations – Data analysis

·  Direction of natural selection in populations, types of natural selection

·  Populations in equilibrium – the Hardy-Weinberg principle – Solving problems

·  Coevolution

·  Biological species concept

·  Speciation

·  Reproductive isolation – pre-zygotic and post-zygotic isolation

·  Geographic isolation (allopatric and sympatric speciation)

·  The pace of speciation

·  The origin and history of life on earth (including theories and evidence for appearance of first monomers of organic molecules, macromolecules, protobionts, RNA world, endosymbiotic theory and eukaryotes, first multicellular life forms, life on land)

·  Continental drifts, mass extinctions

·  Phylogeny

·  Constructing cladograms and phylogenetic trees

·  The principle of parsimony

·  Molecular evidence and phylogeny – data analysis

TEXT BOOK SECTIONS:

http://www.nature.com/principles -- Modules 65-81

Campbell: Biology 7th edition – Chapters 22-26

ON-LINE PRESENTATIONS AND SOURCES:

Crash course biology – natural selection: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTftyFboC_M

Crash course biology – evidence of evolution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3GagfbA2vo

Bozeman biology – genetic drift: http://www.bozemanscience.com/003-genetic-drift

Bozeman biology -- natural, sexual selections and artificial selection: http://www.bozemanscience.com/evolution-continues

Bozeman biology -- http://www.bozemanscience.com/science-videos/2011/6/26/006-phylogenetics.html

Crash course biology – speciation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oKlKmrbLoU

The Origin of Life: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/origins-life.html

What Darwin Never Knew (movie): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/darwin-never-knew.html

David Knuffke’s prezi’s: http://dpapbio.wikispaces.com/Presentations-Evolution

Natural Selection in Humans: http://media.hhmi.org/fittest/human_selection.html

MATH:

·  Hardy-Weinberg Principle

LABS:

·  Natural Selection in Humans -- Hardy-Weinberg Principle -- complete the handout only

·  Creating Phylogenetic Trees from DNA Sequences -- Sea Shells -- requires complete lab report due September 16.

·  Winogradsky Column Setup -- requires complete lab report in December

TEST DATE: September 12, 2013