週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
第1週 |
9/10 |
Introduction (Yu)
Animal Phylogeny (Kuo) |
第2週 |
9/17 |
Is Deuterostomia paraphyletic? (discussion)
Fossil Records (Yu) |
第3週 |
9/24 |
Are ctenophores and cnidarians sister groups? (discussion)
Animal Development and Gene Regulation (Su) |
第4週 |
10/01 |
Do mesoderm-less cnidarians have mesodermal GRNs? (discussion)
Development of Vertebrates (Yu) |
第5週 |
10/08 |
How can vertebrates develop a more complex central nervous system? (discussion)
Development of Invertebrate Deuterostomes (Su) |
第6週 |
10/15 |
How do animals elongate after gastrulation? (discussion)
Protostome Development (Kuo) |
第7週 |
10/22 |
What is the molecular makeup of the D-quadrant organizer activity in a marine annelid? (discussion)
Molecular Evolution (Kuo) |
第8週 |
10/29 |
Why do some gene duplicates survive while others go extinct? (discussion)
Deep Homology I (Yu) |
第9週 |
11/05 |
Why do Hox genes keep their genomic organization during evolution? (discussion)
Deep Homology II (Yu) |
第10週 |
11/12 |
Are cephalopod arms/tentacles homologous to vertebrate limbs and insect legs? (discussion)
Hox Genes and Body Plan Diversity (Yu) |
第11週 |
11/19 |
Evolution of Hox gene regulation and the fin-to-limb transition (discussion)
Evolution of Novelties I (Su) |
第12週 |
11/26 |
How was biomineralization evolved in echinoderms? (discussion)
Evolution of Novelties II (Su) |
第13週 |
12/03 |
Why can't emu fly? (discussion)
Species Divergence (Kuo) |
第14週 |
12/10 |
Can evolutionary changes in a Hox gene make a hopeful monster? (discussion)
Domestication (Su) |
第15週 |
12/17 |
How do pigeons get different color patterns? (discussion)
Eco-Evo-Devo (Kuo) |
第16週 |
12/24 |
How do environmental inputs regulate the body axis patterning system? (discussion)
Environmental stimulation as an input into developmental program (discussion) |
第17週 |
12/31 |
Evolution of a novel gene from the scratch (discussion)
Applying signal-cell RNA sequencing technology to the study of cell-type evolution (discussion) |
第18週 |
1/7 |
Final Student Presentations (self-pick topic) |