Welcome to

Dr Don's Biology 413

Molecular Evolution

from this page you can access the

Course Outline

as well as

Lecture Notes and Seminar Questions
(click on the links in the table below...)

Midterm Quiz

Final Quiz

Week 1
Seminar
Week 2
Comparative Genomics I
Week 3

Comparative Genomics II

Week 4
Variation Between Species
Human - Primate Comparisons

12 Species of Flies

Other Comparisons...

Week 5
Variation Within a Species
Racial Genomics

HAPMAP and recombination mapping in humans

Single diploid genome variation

Microdeletion/duplication events...

Week 6
Lateral Gene Transfer

Bacterial transformation

Viral Transduction

Transposons

Week 7
Emerging Disease

Flu Virus

HepC Virus

HIV

Bacterial pathogens

Week 8
Week 9
Evo-Devo
Week 10
Evolutionary Capacitance
Week 11
Remembrance Day
Week 12
The RNA World
Week 13
Synthetic Biology
Week 14
Quiz #2