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Giants of Evolution

Schedule and Readings

Date	Leader / Snack Master	Subject	Reading
August 31		Introduction to the course	None
September 7	Luke H.	R. A. Fisher	The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection (ch. 1-2)
September 14	Tyler H.	S. Wright	Wright 1940 Am. Nat. 74: 232 Wade and Goodnight 1998 Evolution 52: 1537 This second paper is a part of a series, so here's some background! (not part of the assignment per se but probably good to read, these are important papers) Coyne et al. got everyone worked up: Coyne et al 1997 Evolution 51:643 Wade (above) and Peck responded: Peck et al 1998 Evolution 52: 1834 Coyne rebuttal to Wade and Peck: Coyne et al 2000 Evolution 54: 305
September 21	Jeremy Y.	J. B. S. Haldane	Haldane 1948 J. Genetics 48: 277
September 28	Tom P.	T. G. Dobzhansky	Main reading: Dobzhansky 1937 Genetics and the origin of species, Chapter 5. Supplement: Dobzhansky 1964 Am. Zoo. 4:443.
October 5	Brian L.	G. G. Simpson	Simpson 1944 Tempo and Mode in Evolution Chapter 1 Supplement: Fitch and Ayala 1994 PNAS 91:6717
October 12	Julie H.	E. Mayr	Mayr 1963 Animal Species and Evolution Chapters 1 and 2
October 19	Matt P.	W. D. Hamilton	Hamilton 1964 J Theoret Biol 7: 1
October 26	Kayla H.	G. C. Williams	Williams 1966 Adaptation and Natural Selection, Chapter 4.
November 2	Erin C.	J. Maynard-Smith	Maynard-Smith and Price 1973 Nature 246:15
November 9	Simone D. Justin B.	S. J. Gould	Gould and Eldridge 1993 Nature 366: 223.
November 16	Brice S.	M. Kimura	Kimura 1968 Nature 217: 624. Kimura 1983 Phil Trans 312: 343.
November 23	Eat turkey	Thanksgiving
November 30	C. J.	L. Marguilis	Sagan 1967 J. Theoret. Biol. 14:225.
December 7	Smackdown	Felsenstein vs. Price vs. Sepkoski	Raup and Sepkoski 1982 Science 215: 1501. Felsenstein 1985 Am Nat 125: 1. Price 1970 Nature 227: 520.