Evolutionary Biology and Zoology
Evolutionary Biology and Zoology
(Ádám Kun)
Aim of the lecture
To learn more about evolution especially the major evolutionary transitions.
List of lectures
- The major evolutionary transitions [the main paper to read] [a paper to read]
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Frequency dependent selection - Game theory
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Evolution of cooperation - Kin selection, eusociality and communal breeding
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Evolution of cooperation - Animal societies
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Evolution of cooperation - Human cooperation and egalitarian motives
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Evolution of language [pdf]
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Evolution of multicellularity and morphological evolution
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Evolution of sex, sexual selection
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The last universal common ancestor (LUCA). The prokaryote - eukaryote transition [a paper to read]
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Fitness landscapes -
The Origin of Life I
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The Origin of Life II
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Coevolution and mutualism -
Replicators and population models
Suggested Reading
Maynard Smith, J. & Szathmáry, E. 1995 The Major Transition in Evolution. Oxford, UK: W.H. Freeman.
Test
Oral test