Course Schedule

To see the reading list for a particular week, click on the topic name.

Date

Discussion
Leader(s)

Topic

Sept 10
Keith
Species boundaries
Sept 17
Molly
Genetic diversity and heavy metal tolerance
Sept 24
Keith
Genetic linkage and crop evolution
Oct 1
Laila
Plant molecular responses to radiation
Oct 8
Jenny
Evolution of plant mating systems
Oct 15
Dan
Analyzing plant ancient DNA
Oct 22
FALL BREAK

no class
Oct 29

Laila

Escape of plant transgenes
Nov 5
Molly
Molecular genetic studies of ployploid plants
Nov 12
Dan
Joint evolution of the mating system and inbreeding depression
Nov 19
Jenny
Molecular studies of gene flow and fragmentation
Nov. 26
Thanksgiving

no class
Dec 3
Keith
Non-Mendelian inheritance: the case of hothead
Dec 10
Everyone
research proposals, pizza, & movie (?)