週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
第1週 |
9/11 |
Introduction to the Course
Animal Phylogeny and Cambrian Explosion (lecture) |
第2週 |
9/18 |
Parasites in the Felsenstein zone (discussion)
Evo-Devo – a fossil perspective (guest lecture) |
第3週 |
9/25 |
Evolution of baleen in the mysticete whales (discussion)
Animal Development and Gene Regulation (lecture) |
第4週 |
10/02 |
Usages of transcription factor binding motifs during development (discussion)
Development of Vertebrates (lecture) |
第5週 |
10/09 |
Tracing the evolutionary origins of the Spemann’s organizer (discussion)
Development of Invertebrate Deuterostomes (lecture) |
第6週 |
10/16 |
Anterioposterior patterning in the hemichordate embryo (discussion)
Protostome Development (lecture) |
第7週 |
10/23 |
Spiral cleavage that isn’t spiral (discussion)
Molecular Evolution (lecture) |
第8週 |
10/30 |
Evolution history of collagen IV family and the origin of Metazoa (discussion)
Deep Homology I (lecture) |
第9週 |
11/06 |
Co-linearity of Hox and ParaHox gene expression in an eight-shelled mollusk (discussion)
Deep Homology II (lecture) |
第10週 |
11/13 |
Do the nerve cords found at various bilaterian animals have a common ancestry or independent origins? (discussion)
Hox Genes and Body Plan Diversity (lecture) |
第11週 |
11/20 |
The differences in Hox patterning system between hemichordate larval and adult body plans (discussion)
Evolution of Novelties I (lecture) |
第12週 |
11/27 |
Origin of a novel regulatory cluster (discussion)
Evolution of Novelties II (lecture) |
第13週 |
12/04 |
Origin of vertebrate neural crest and cranial placodes (discussion)
Species Divergence (lecture) |
第14週 |
12/11 |
Developmental basis of a key trait in a cichlid radiation (discussion)
Domestication (lecture) |
第15週 |
12/18 |
Disease and phenotype mapping in the domestic dog (discussion)
Eco-Evo-Devo (lecture) |
第16週 |
12/25 |
HSP90 as a canalizer (discussion)
Final Discussion |
第17週 |
1/01 |
Holiday |
第18週 |
1/08 |
Final Student Presentations (self-pick topic) |