BIOL 415 - Evolutionary Processes in Plants

Lecture:
10-11 am, Tuesday & Thursday, Neville Scarfe 1021


 
Tutorial:

2-4 pm, Thursday, Food, Nutrition and Health 30







Instructors:  

Loren Rieseberg; Biodiversity 217; 604-222-9277; lriesebe@mail.ubc.ca

 

Emily Drummond; Biodiversity 137; 604-827-3250; ebmd@interchange.ubc.ca



 
Office Hours:

11-12 am, Tuesday, Biodiversity 217 (Rieseberg)



12-2 pm, Tuesday, Biodiversity 137 (Drummond)




 

     
     



Course Description and Expectations

Syllabus (subject to change: check schedule below for updates)

Critiquing Scientific Papers Guide

Sample Project Proposal


TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Date

Topic




Lecturer


Readings


Slides
1/05 

Introduction




Rieseberg




None


slides






Evolution of Populations

1/10

Genetic drift & population structure




Rieseberg   


Dlugosch and Parker 2008


slides
1/12

Gene flow




Drummond


Ellstrand 1992


slides
      Discussion                            
1/17

Phylogeography (Quiz)




Drummond


Blackman et al 2011


slides
1/19

Local adaptation




Rieseberg 


Savolainen et al 2011, Fournier et al. 2011


slides
      Discussion                            
1/24


Co-evolution




Rieseberg 


Whittall and Hodges 2007


slides
1/26

Mating system evolution





Hodgins 



Kalisz et al. 2004



slides
      Discussion                            
1/31

Sexual system evolution (Quiz)




Hodgins   


Barrett 2002, Ashman 2002       slides




Plant Speciation

2/2

Nature of Plant Species




Rieseberg


Rieseberg et al. 2006


slides
      Discussion                            
2/7

Reproductive isolation





Rieseberg



Lowry et al. 2008



slides
2/9


Chromosomal speciation




Rieseberg


Rieseberg 2001


slides
      Discussion                            
2/14

Polyploid speciation (Quiz)




Rieseberg


Mayrose et al. 2011, Leitch & Leitch 2008


slides
2/16


Hybrid speciation




Rieseberg



Abbott et al. 2010



slides
2/28


Speciation and macroevolution





Drummond


Hodges & Arnold 1995


slides
2/28

First Research Proposal Due




 


 









Plant Evolution and Us

3/01     Plant conservation genetics           Drummond       Lankau & Strauss 2007


slides
      Discussion                            
3/06     Climate change and plant evolution (Quiz)           Rieseberg       Aitken et al 2008


slides
3/08     Weed evolution           Rieseberg       Bossdorf et al 2005


slides
      Discussion                            
3/13     Plant domestication           Rieseberg       Purugannan and Fuller 2009       slides
3/15     Crop diversity           Dempewolf       Tanksley and McCouch 1997       slides
      Discusion                            
                           






Plant Genome Evolution

3/20     Population genomics of adaptation (Quiz)           Rieseberg       Siol et al. 2010


slides
3/22
    Paleopolyploidy           Baute       Jaillon et al. 2007


slides
      Discussion                            
3/27     Nuclear genome evolution           Rieseberg       Ungerer et al. 2006


slides
3/29     Organelle genome evolution           Rieseberg       Timmis et al. 2004


slides
                           


 
3/29     Project presentation - I                    
4/3     Project presentation - I (Quiz)                    
4/5     Project presentation - I                    
4/6     Second project proposal due