Syllabus

Lecture NumberTopicDateLecturerReadingsDiscussionQuizProject due
1IntroductionJan-03OwensNone   
Evolution of Populations
2Genetic drift & population structureJan-05OwensDlugosch and Parker 2008✔  
3Gene flow Jan-10OwensEllstrand 2014   
4PhylogeographyJan-12OwensSork et al. 2016✔  
5Local adaptation Jan-17OwensSavolainen et al. 2013 ✔ 
6Coevolution Jan-19OwensEdger et al. 2015✔  
7Mating system evolution Jan-24OwensGrossenbacher et al. 2015   
8Sexual system evolution Jan-26OwensArunkumar et al. 2016✔  
Plant Speciation
9The nature of plant species Jan-31OwensRieseberg et al. 2006  ✔ 
10Reproductive isolation Feb-02OwensOstevik et al. 2016✔  
11Chromosomal speciation Feb-07OwensStathos and Fishman 2014   
12Polyploid speciation Feb-09LeeSalman-Minkov et al. 2016✔  
13Hybrid speciationFeb-14OwensSchumer et al. 2014 ✔ 
14Speciation and macroevolution Feb-16OwensKafer et al. 2014✔  
Plant Evolution and Us
15Plant conservation genetics Feb-28OwensGray et al. 2016   ✔
16Climate change and plant evolution Mar-02LeeParmesan & Hanley 2015 ✔  
17Weed evolution Mar-07OwensColautti & Barrett 2013 ✔ 
18Plant domesticationMar-09OwensFuller et al. 2014✔  
19Crop diversity Mar-14OwensVoss-Fels & Snowdon 2015   
Plant Genome Evolution
20Population genomics of adaptation Mar-16OwensSiol et al. 2010✔  
21Paleopolyploidy Mar-21OwensGarsmeur et al. 2014 ✔ 
22Nuclear genome evolution Mar-23OwensNaito et al. 2009✔  
23Organelle genome evolution Mar-28OwensBock et al. 2014   
Project presentations
 Part I+IIMar-30NoneNone✔✔ 
 Part IIIApr-04NoneNone   
 Part IV+VApr-06NoneNone✔ ✔