Instructor: Dr Donald A. Levin (Section of Integrative Biology, UT) Office: Biological Laboratories 204. Office hours: T/TH, 10:30 - 11:30pm Telephone: 471-4685

Main parts of the course

Ecology

1. Patterns of Diversity in Space and Time
2. Ecosystems
3. Populations

Evolution

4. Genetics
5. Population genetics
6. Macroevolution
7. Human evolution

       Class Articles

1. NYT: New Species Revealed: Tiny Cousins of Humans
2. One Giant Step for Mankind (with pictures)
   One Giant Step for Mankind (text only)

3. NYT: Storm in Mexico Devastates Monarch Butterfly Colonies

4. NYT: When HIV. Made Its Jump to People

5. Repeated Blows
   Repeated Blows (text only)
6. New York Times Article: Desire for Sons Drives Use of Prenatal Scans in China
7. Dorothy, It's Really Oz
8. Australia's Rabbits Face All-Out Viral Attack
9. Ten Years of the Chornobyl Era
10. Rain Forest Primeval? Colorado fossils show unexpected diversity
11. Time Article: Father of Us All?
12. Time Article: The Ozone Vanishes
13. Science Article: If the Mercury Soars, So May Health Hazards
14. Scientific American: Skin Deep
15. New York Times Article: Global Warming Found to Displace Species
16. NYT: Meteor May Have Started Dinosaur Era
17. Nature: Parasites Lost
18. Science Article: Ecology - African Elephant Species Splits in Two
19. NYT: In Ancient Skulls From Ethiopia, Familiar Faces
20. NYT: Beyond Cute: Exotic Pets Come Bearing Exotic Germs
21. Reuters: Antarctic Ozone Hole Sets Record
22. CNN: Arctic being 'transformed' by warming
23. CNN: Ocean census finds 3 new species a week
24. NYT: Why humans and their fur parted ways
25. Statesman: Evolution at center of textbook debate
26. CNN: Climate change may endanger monarch butterflies
27. NYT: Comparing Genomes Shows Split Between Chimps and People
28. NYT: Scientists Predict Widespread Extinction by Global Warming

 

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