| Course Schedule |
| January 30 |
Course Introduction/What is Sex?/Asexual &
Sexual Reproduction/Recombination/Errors During Sex/Genome/Phenotype &
Genotype |
| February 6 |
Passive Egg Fallacy/Monoicous vs. Dioecious/Hermaphrodites/Sex
Underwater/Sex on Land/Fitness |
| February 13 |
Fungal Sex/Bacteria Sex/Slime Molds/Why Have
just 2 Sexes?/The Red Queen-Arms Race |
| February 20 |
Parthenogenic Animals/Clones/Are We All Born
Female?/Feminizers |
| February 27 |
Mating Strategies/Female Selected Traits & Male
Selected Traits/Bateman's Experiment/Runaway Hypothesis/Handicap Principle |
| March 5 |
Male Tactics/Spermatophores/Nuptial Gifts/Sperm
Competition/Giant Sperm |
| March 12 |
Midterm Exam |
| March 19 |
Mid-semester Break |
| March 26 |
Mid-semester Break |
| April 2 |
Kinship & Eusociality/Female Workers: How Disney
Got it Wrong in the "Bee Movie"/Reproductive Assurance/Paternity Confusion |
| April 9 |
Imprinting of Genes/Selfish Babies/Weaning
Conflict/Sex Ratios/Inbreeding/Homosexuality |
| April 16 |
Battle of the Sexes/Male & Female Brains/Role
Reversal/How Males & Females Deal with Stress |
| April 23 |
Infidelity/Mating Systems in Human
Societies/Attraction Cues/Modern Infertility |
| April 30 |
Film and Discussion |
| May 7 |
Student Presentations |
| Final Exam to be Scheduled |
