BSCI360/708B Class Schedule 2008
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Month |
Day |
Topic |
Session |
Notes |
Reading |
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Sept |
3 |
Intro & levels of analysis |
Lecture 1 |
Ch. 1 |
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5 |
Animal behavior experiments |
Discussion |
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| 8 | Inferring evolution |
Lecture 2 |
Ch. 1, 182-186 |
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10 |
Behavioral genetics-single genes |
Lecture 3 |
pp. 55-77 |
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12 |
Drosophila courtship gene | Discussion | |||
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15 |
Behavioral genetics - polygenes |
Lecture 4 |
pp. 78-88 |
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17 |
Adaptation and selection |
Lecture 5 |
Ch. 1, pp 176-182 |
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| 19 | Selection on Soay sheep | Discussion | |||
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22 |
Instinct and learning |
Lecture 6 |
pp 88-125 |
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24 |
Social learning |
Lecture 7 |
Ch. 2 |
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| 26 | Social learning and teaching Problem set I due |
Discussion | |||
| 29 | Migration and navigation | Lecture 8 | 08pdf |
pp 130-140, 252-263 | |
| Oct | 1 | Biological clocks |
Lecture 9 |
pp 148-160 |
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3 |
Migration |
Discussion |
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3-4 |
Fall migration @ Cape May, NJ |
Field trip |
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Optional |
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6 |
MIDTERM I (L1-9) |
Exam |
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8 |
Optimal decision making |
Lecture 10 |
pp 209-228 | ||
| 10 | Decision making by groups | Discussion | |||
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13 |
Grant Proposal Discussion |
Lecture 11 |
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15 |
Foraging in a variable environment |
Lecture 12 |
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| 17 | Chipmunk foraging | Discussion | |||
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20 |
Group living |
Lecture 13 |
pp 175-181, 187-206, 220-222, 438-442 |
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22 |
Conflict resolution |
Lecture 14 |
pp 216-220 |
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| 24 | Selfish herds of minnows | Discussion | |||
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27 |
Assessment |
Lecture 15 |
pp 264-273 | ||
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29 |
Dominance and territoriality |
Lecture 16 |
pp 241-252 | ||
| 31 | Assessment by spiders and wasps | Discussion | |||
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Nov |
3 |
Communication Problem set II due |
Lecture 17 |
pp 228-237, 275-282, 297-314, 452-453 |
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5 |
Sex and sex ratios |
Lecture 18 |
Ch. 10 |
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| 7 | Communication in chickens | Discussion | |||
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10 |
Sexual selection |
Lecture 19 |
08pdf | pp
288-297, Ch. 10 |
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12 |
MIDTERM II (L10-19) |
Exam |
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14 |
Sperm competition | Discussion | |||
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17 |
Mating systems |
Lecture 20 |
Ch. 11 |
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19 |
Lekking |
Lecture 21 |
Ch. 11 |
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| 21 | Lekking in birds in mammals Preproposal last chance |
Discussion | |||
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24 |
Dispersal and life history |
Lecture 22 |
08pdf |
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26 |
Parental care |
Lecture 23 |
08pdf |
Ch. 12 |
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28 |
Thanksgiving |
Holiday |
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| Dec |
1 |
Cooperative breeding Grant Proposals DUE! |
Lecture 24 |
08pdf |
Ch. 13 |
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3 |
Eusociality |
Lecture 25 |
08pdf |
Ch. 13 |
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5 |
Grant proposal reviews |
Discussion |
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8 |
Reciprocity |
Lecture 26 |
08pdf |
Ch. 13 |
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10 |
Human behavior |
Lecture 27 |
08pdf | Ch. 14 | |
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12 |
Grant proposal reviews |
Discussion |
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17 |
FINAL
(L1-27) 8-10AM |
Exam |
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