SCBI 607 Evolutionary Genetics
วทชว 607 พันธุศาสตร์เชิงวิวัฒนาการ
Academic Year 2020
If available, all lectures will be online due to COVID-19
Academic Year 2019
Not available
Academic Year 2018
Not available
Academic Year 2017
(New) Supplemental readings 2017
| Course Information |
Course coordinator: NO Lecture venue: N506 Date: Monday Time: 1300-1600 |
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Introduction to Evolutionary Genetics [Download] Intranet Only August 21, 2017 |
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Presessional Survey [Link] Google Form August 21, 2017 |
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Assignment on Genetic Variations [Link] Paper Discussion (printed) August 28, 2017 |
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Class Cancel September 4, 2017 |
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Genetic Variations Revisited Assignment on Robustness and Evolvability [Link to assignment paper][Download Results] September 11, 2017 |
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Robustness and Evolvability September 18, 2017 |
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Mathematical Biology and Evolutionary Genetics September 19, 2017 |
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Evolutionary Genetics Concepts and Applications |
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Academic Year 2016
| Course coordinator | Day | Time | Venue |
| NO | Monday | 0900-1200 | N416 |
Course Syllabus
| Week | Date | Topics | Hours | Instructor |
| 1 | 15 Aug. 2016 | Orientation | 3 | NO |
| 2 | 22 Aug. 2016 | Genetic of Natural Selection | 3 | NO |
| 29 Aug. 2016 | No class (Congregation Rehearsal) | NO | ||
| 3 | 5 Sep. 2016 | Genetic Drift | 3 | NO |
| 4 | 12 Sep. 2016 | Genetic Variations | 3 | NO |
| 5 | 19 Sep. 2016 | Linkage Disequilibrium | 3 | NO |
| 6 | 26 Sep. 2016 | Quantitative Genetics | 3 | NO |
| 7 | 3 Oct. 2016 | Phenotypic Evolution Model | 3 | NO |
| 8 | 10 Oct. 2016 | Midterm Examination | 3 | NO |
| 9 | 17 Oct. 2016 | Structured Population | 3 | NO |
| 24 Oct. 2016 | No class (Public Holiday) | NO | ||
| 10 | 31 Oct. 2016 | Evolution of Prokaryotic Genomes | 3 | NO |
| 11 | 7 Nov. 2016 | Evolution of Eukaryotic Genomes | 3 | NO |
| 12 | 14 Nov. 2016 | Genetic of Sexual Reproduction | 3 | NO |
| 13 | 21 Nov. 2016 | Neutral Theory of Evolution | 3 | NO |
| 14 | 28 Nov. 2016 | Evolution and Phylogenetic Tree | 3 | NO |
| 5 Dec. 2016 | No class (Public Holiday) | |||
| 15 | 12 Dec. 2016 | Final Examination | 3 | NO |
Student Evaluation
- Attention 10%
- Reports and Assignment 10%
- Discussion 30%
- Midterm Examination 25%
- Final Examination 25%
Grading System
- A: 80-100%
- B+: 75-79%
- B: 70-74%
- C+: 65-69%
- C: 60-64%
- D+: 55-59%
- D: 50-54%
- F: 0-49%
Reference Textbooks
- Felsenstein, J. (2015), Theoretical Evolutionary Genetics. http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/pgbook/pgbook.html (Sep. 5, 2016)
- Fox, C.W. and Wolf, J.B. (Editors), Evolutionary Genetics:
Concepts and Case Studies, http://www.uky.edu/~cfox/EvolutionaryGenetics/Index.htm - Nature (2016), Evolutionary Genetics, http://www.nature.com/scitable/topic/evolutionary-genetics-13 (Sep. 5, 2016)
- Phylogenetics
- Mutation and molecular population genetics
- Genetics of speciation
- Genome evolution
- Evolution and development (evo-devo).
Reading materials:
- Kong, et. al. (2012), Nature 488: 471-475
