Macro-evolution format: processes in macro-evolution (classes + reading) patterns in macroevolution: major transitions (project) evaluation: traditional examination (classes + reading) project
Processes 1.Speciation 2.Rates of evolution 3.Extinction and radiation 4.Trends in macro-evolution 5.Evolutionary developmental biology 6.Evolutionary genomics
Patterns 1.Agree on list24Feb 2.Partition list24Feb 3.Agree on format3Mar 4.First draft31Mar 5.Final draft28Apr 6.Online5May
Maynard-Smith J. & Szathmary E The major transitions in evolution. Oxford University Press. Replicating molecules populations of molecules in compartments Independent replicators chromosomes RNA as genes and enzymes DNA as genes and proteins as enzymes Prokaryotes Eukaryotes Asexual clones sexual populations Protists multicellular organisms Solitary individuals colonies with non-reproductive casts Primate societies human societies, with language, and memes
Lane N Life ascending-The ten great inventions of evolution. Norton & Company, New York The origin of life – the last common ancestor of all life on earth The code of life – RNA and DNA Photosynthesis Complex cells Sex Movement Sight Hot blood Consciousness Death
The grand question minute effects visible to the naturalist and experimentalist grand sweep of evolution visible to the comparative anatomist and paleontologist =
The protagonists (a) the "revolutionists" Stephen Jay Gould ( )
The protagonists (a) the "revolutionists" Bermuda Stephen Jay Gould
The protagonists (a) the "revolutionists" Bermuda Bermuda land snail Poecilozonites Peanut snail Poecilozonites Stephen Jay Gould
Bermuda land snail Poecilozonites The protagonists (a) the "revolutionists" Octala Wolf snail Euglandina Stephen Jay Gould
The protagonists (a) the "revolutionists" Stephen Jay Gould
The protagonists (a) the "revolutionists" Stephen Jay Gould Gould S. J. & Lewontin R. C The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A critique of the Adaptationist Programme. Proc. R. Soc. London B: 205:
The protagonists (a) the "revolutionists" Stephen Jay Gould
The protagonists (a) the "revolutionists" Stephen Jay Gould
The protagonists (a) the "revolutionists" Stephen Jay Gould
The protagonists (a) the "revolutionists" Niles Eldredge (°1943)
The protagonists (a) the "revolutionists" Niles Eldredge Phacopida (Paleozoic trilobites)
The protagonists (a) the "revolutionists" Niles Eldredge
The protagonists (a) the "revolutionists" Niles Eldredge
The protagonists (a) the "revolutionists" Elisabeth Vrba (°1942)
The protagonists (b) Darwin's defenders John Maynard Smith ( )
The protagonists (b) Darwin's defenders John Maynard Smith
The protagonists (b) Darwin's defenders Richard Dawkins (1941)
The protagonists (b) Darwin's defenders Richard Dawkins
The protagonists (b) Darwin's defenders Daniel Dennett (1942)
The protagonists (b) Darwin's defenders Daniel Dennett