BIOL 525A - Topics in Systematics and Evolution (Speciation)

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Date			Topic			Lecturer				Readings
January 10			Nature of Species and Concepts			Rieseberg				Coyne and Orr 2004 Chapter 1; Appendix; Barraclough et al 2004; Hebert et al 2010
January 17			Reproductive Isolation			Schluter				Coyne and Orr 1997; Lowry et al 2008; Orr 1995
January 24			Genetics of Speciation			Rieseberg				Presgraves 2010; Turelli and Orr 1995; Moyle and Nkazato 2010
January 31			Chromosomal Speciation			Rieseberg				Faria and Navarro 2010; Kirkpatrick and Barton 2006; Lowry and Willis 2010
February 7			Geography and Speciation			Schluter				Jordan 1905; Kozak and Wiens 2006; Florin and Odeen 2002
February 14			Midterm Break
February 21			Speciation with Gene Flow			Doebeli				Bolnik 2007; Doebeli and Dieckmann 2003; Savolainen et al 2006
February 28			Ecological Speciation			Schluter				McKinnon et al 2004; Rundle and Nosil 2005; Dettman et al 2007
March 7			Speciation through Social or Sexual Selection and Cultural or Plastic Speciation			Schluter				Sorenson et al 2003; Richie et al 2007; Thiebert-Plante and Hendry 2010
March14			Secondary Contact and Reinforcement			Rieseberg				Coyne and Orr 2004 Chapter 10; Neafsey et al 2010; Saetre et al 1997
March 21			Hybrid Speciation			Rieseberg				Mallet 2008; Mavarez et al 2006; Baack 2005
March 28			Comparative Methods and Speciation			Schluter				Weir and Schluter 2007; Nee 2006; Phillimore and Price 2008
April 4			Discussion of proposed experiments
April 11			Discussion of proposed experiments