Readings

The readings in the table below are from the textbooks:

Hall, Barry. Phylogenetic Trees Made Easy. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer, 2004. ISBN: 0878933123.

Readings table
WEEK #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Day 2 Introduction: The Basic Dynamical Systems of Evolution	Rice: Chapter 1
2	Day 1 Forces of Evolution I: Complications Day 2 Forces of Evolution II: Optimization	Rice: Chapters 1 and 2
3	Day 1 Forces of Evolution III: Mutation, Migration Day 2 Forces of Evolution IV: Genetic Drift	Rice: Chapter 3
4	Day 1 Evolution at the Molecular Level I Day 2 Evolution at the Molecular Level II	Rice: Chapters 3 and 4 Hall: Appendix 1
5	Day 1 Evolution at the Molecular Level III Day 2 The Algebra of Evolution: Price's Theorem I	Rice: Chapter 6
6	Day 2 The Algebra of Evolution: Price's Theorem II
7	Day 1 Detecting Selection Day 2 Detecting Selection: A Case Study
8	Day 1 Codon Volatility Day 2 Coalescent Theory and Phylogenetics	Hall: Chapters 1 and 2
9	Day 1 Evolutionary Phylogenetics Day 2 Evolutionary Phylogenetics	Hall: Chapters 2 and 3
10	Day 1 Quantitative Genetics I Day 2 Quantitative Genetics II; Host-parasite Interactions	Rice: Chapter 7
11	Day 1 Host-parasite Interactions and Disease Models Day 2 Evolutionary Stable Strategies	Rice: Chapter 9
12	Day 1 Developmental Evolution Day 2 Quantitative Genetics II
13	Day 1 Final Project Presentations Day 2 Final Project Presentations (cont.)
14	Day 1 Final Project Presentations (cont.) Day 2 Finale: The Future of Evolution

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