Genome Evolution Course, 2011

Syllabus

 

Date

Topics

Assignment

1

March 8th

Evolution and the Human Genome

2

March 15th

Human Variation

3

March 22nd

Molecular Clocks

4

March 29th

The Neutral Mutation Theory of Molecular Evolution

5

April 5th

The Tree of Life and Phylogenetics

6

April 12th

Evolution by Genome Duplication

7

April 26th

Evolution by Gene Duplication

8

May 3rd

Evolution of Protein Domains

9

May 17th

Evolution by Horizontal Transfer

10

May 24th

Evolution of Selfishness

11

May 31st

Guest lecture by Roy Kishony

12

June 14th

Evolution of Genome Regulation

Final Exam (Mo’ed aleph)

June 27th

Final Exam (Mo’ed aleph)

Final Exam (Mo’ed bet)

September 15th

Final Exam (Mo’ed bet)

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