 |
These courses listed are just a subset of those available
to graduate students training as developmental evolutionary
biologists.
|
|
|
|
|
|
30300. KEY ISSUES IN EARLY VERTEBRATE EVOLUTION.
|
|
The course addresses questions about the origin of vertebrates, the interrelationships of major gnathostome clades, and the fish-tetrapod transition.
M. Coates |
|
|
|
|
|
30400, 30500. VERTEBRATE PALEOBIOLOGY.
|
|
Systematics, morphology, ecology, and evolution of fossil vertebrates. Open to undergraduates.
M. Coates, P. Sereno, N. Shubin. |
|
|
|
|
|
30600. MOLECULAR EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS.
|
|
This course deals with advanced topics in evolutionary genetics and molecular evolution. The main goal is to survey the frontiers and to develop research projects of the future.
C.-I. Wu |
|
|
|
|
|
31000. EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES.
|
|
Discussion, essays, and much reading on conceptual and empirical aspects of the evolutionary half of biology. Also a laboratory in the philosophy of science.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
L. Van Valen. |
|
|
|
|
|
31600. VERTEBRATE NEURAL SYSTEMS.
|
|
This lab-centered course teaches students the fundamental principles of vertebrate nervous system organization. Students learn the major structures and the basic circuitry of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nervous system. A highlight of this course is that students become practiced at recognizing the nuclear organization and cellular architecture of many regions of brain in rodents, cats and primates.
Ragsdale & others. |
|
|
|
|
|
31700. MACROEVOLUTION.
|
|
Patterns and processes of evolution above the species level, in both Recent and fossil organisms. A survey of the current literature, along with case studies.
D. Jablonski |
|
|
|
|
|
32500. DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION OF ARTHROPODS.
|
|
This course will focus on arthropod systematics and evolution, with an emphasis on insects and spiders. Lectures will focus on facets of arthropod evolution, including theories of arthropod origins, the evolution of flight, and the evolution of metamorphosis. Laboratories will focus on comparative examination of diverse arthropod groups.
P. Goldstein, P. Sierwald. |
|
|
|
|
|
33600. VERTEBRATE DEVELOPMENT.
|
|
This advanced-level course combines lectures, student presentations, and discussion sessions. It covers major topics on the developmental biology of embryos and makes extensive use of the primary literature.
V. Prince, K. Millen, R. Ho. |
|
|
|
|
|
33800. DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION.
|
|
The purpose of this course is to evaluate how our knowledge of developmental mechanisms in model organisms can help us understand the evolution of development.
N. Shubin, U. Schmidt-Ott |
|
|
|
|
|
34700. EVOLUTION OF DEVELOPMENT.
|
|
A seminar on developmental aspects of evolution and evolutionary aspects of development. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
L. Van Valen |
|
|
|
|
|
35400 ADVANCED DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY.
|
|
This course provides an overview of the fundamental questions of developmental biology, presenting both the classical embryological experiments that defined these questions, and the modern molecular and genetic experiments that have been employed to try to reach mechanistic answers to these questions.
E. Ferguson, J. Malamy |
|
|
|
|
|
35500. DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS OF NON-VERTEBRATE MODEL SYSTEMS.
|
|
This course explores the use of genetics in three different model systems C. elegans, Drosophila melanogaster and Arabidopsis thaliana, to elucidate developmental mechanisms.
E. Ferguson, J. Greenberg, W. Du |
|
|
|
|
|
35600. PRINCIPLES OF POPULATION GENETICS I.
|
|
Lectures on the basic theoretical principles of population genetics and their application to the study of variation and evolution in natural populations. Topics include selection, mutation, random genetic drift, quantitative genetics, molecular evolution and variation, the evolution of selfish genetic systems, and human evolution.
R. Hudson, C.-I. Wu. |
|
|
|
|
|
35700. PRINCIPLES OF POPULATION GENETICS II.
|
|
Continuation of EVOL 35600.
R. Hudson, T. Nagylaki. |
|
|
|
|
|
35800. CLASSICS OF EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS.
|
|
Major Classic papers in evolutionary genetics that had great impact on the development of the field are reviewed.
M. Long. |
|
|
|
|
|
35900. EVOLUTION AT THE GENOMIC LEVEL.
|
|
We focus on the newly proposed and solved problems related to evolution of genomes. Instructors will give a series of lectures, dealing with basic concepts and techniques used in the research of topics. Students will present and evaluate literatures.
M. Long, M. Kreitman |
|
|
|
|
|
36200. CURRENT TOPICS IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY.
|
|
Critical analysis of recent literature on empirical research in evolutionary biology. Prerequisite: some knowledge of population genetics, evolutionary biology or consent of instructor.
J. Coyne |
|
|
|
|
|
38800. INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY.
|
|
This course meets once a week for a lecture by a curator at the Field Museum. A different curator lectures each week, presenting results of her/his current research on a range of topics in evolutionary biology. Lectures often are followed by a tour of one of the major natural history collections. |
|
|
|
|
|
40100. GRANTS, PUBLICATIONS, AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES.
|
|
Covers professional topics in evolutionary biology, such as strategies in grant and article writing, construction and submission of professional articles for journals in the field, career alternatives and strategies, ethical issues, etc. Topics are decided upon by enrolled students and faculty leading the seminar.
J. Bergelson, J. Flynn. |
|
|
|
|
|
44000. FUNDAMENTALS OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION.
|
|
This course covers major theories that form the foundation for understanding evolutionary forces governing molecular variation and divergence and genome organization. It explores the evolutionary assembly of genes, the origin of novel gene function, the population genetics of repetitive DNA variation, and the evolution of multi-gene families, as well as providing practical information on accessing genome databases etc.
M. Kreitman, T. Nagylaki. |
|
|
|
about
