Review for Exam 1
(this page is still in progress, so keep coming back between now and the
exam)
Pay equal attention to lecture notes, readings from your textbook, and online resources that were discussed in class and linked below.
Topics and Readings: links to online resources are provided
Chapter 4
in Molles Population Genetics and Natural Selection
4.2 Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
4.3 The Process of Natural Selection
4.4 Evolution by Natural Selection
4.5 Change Due to Chance
Chapter 8 in Molles Social
Relations
8.1 Mate Choice
and pp 190-191, Estimating Heritability Using Regression Analysis
Introductory
Concepts:
Levels of Learning (how this
relates to exams)
Interaction (statistical concept, and how it applies to
biological phenomena)
Scientific Method (how this
applies to asking and answering scientific questions; Philosophy
of Science)
Tinbergen's 4 Levels of Phenotypic Analysis (the levels and
examples of their application)
Darwin's Natural Selection (understanding the logical sequence of steps, the underlying quantitative genetics and population biology, and being able to apply this to new situations)
Natural Selection (kinds of selection, examples)
Speciation (allopatric, but also see sympatric and parapatric; isolating mechanisms; effects of reproductive isolation versus gene flow)
Genetics of Speciation in Monkeyflowers: text, slides
Ring Species: Greenish Warblers