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 |