AP Biology Quarter 3: Weeks 20-21 January 21-Februarty 1, 2013 DATE IN CLASS HOMEWORK Tuesday Natural Selection and Hardy-Weinberg 1. RPM +HW Problems (3; 95 min.) Equilibrium DUE: Th 1/24 1/22/13 2. Bring your Laptop * What evidence supports evolution? What has the DUE: Th 1/24 Modern Synthesis added to the work of Darwin? What are the potential causes of microevolution? BLAST Analysis 1. Ch 14 SG Thursday DUE: M 1/28 (3; 95 min.) * What can the sequence of a highly conserved gene 1/24/13 tell us about phylogeny and species? Monday Speciation 1. Ch 15 SG (3; 95 min.) DUE: W 1/30 *What is a species? How do new species arise? 1/28/13 Wednesday Macroevolution and Cladistics 1. Evolution Essay (3; 80 min.) DUE: F 2/1 *How does the fossil record chronicle macroevolution? 1/30/13 2. Evolution Assessment What is the role of mass extinctions and evo-devo in DUE: T 2/5 evolution? What is the role of phylogenetics and cladistics in systematics? Evolution Summary: Ice Fish and Sickle Friday 1. Evolution Assessment Cell (3; 95 min.) DUE: T 2/5 2/1/13 *How does natural selection affect humans? How does natural selection work at a biochemical level? Knowledge Evidence of Evolution mutation Darwin’s voyage and descent with modification Variation and Natural Selection Evidence of evolution: fossil record, biogeography, Polymorphic populations, clines, heterozygote comparative anatomy (homologous and analogous advantage, neutral variation structures), comparative embryology, molecular biology Darwinian fitness Darwin’s Theory and the Modern Synthesis Types of natural selection: stabilizing selection, Natural selection and artificial selection directional selection, diversifying selection Modern synthesis and population genetics Sexual dimorphism Microevolution Limits of natural selection Hardy-Weinberg Principle (population size, isolation, Concept of Species mutations, random mating, natural selection Biological species concept, ring species Genetic drift: bottleneck effect, founder effect species concept: morphological species, Gene flow genealogical species, ecological species
AP Biology Quarter 3: Weeks 20-21 January 21-Februarty 1, 2013 DATE IN CLASS HOMEWORK Tuesday (3; 95 min.) 1/22/13 Natural Selection and Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium * What evidence supports evolution? What has the Modern Synthesis added to the work of Darwin? What are the potential causes of microevolution? 1. RPM +HW Problems DUE: Th 1/24 2. Bring your Laptop DUE: Th 1/24 Thursday (3; 95 min.) 1/24/13 BLAST Analysis * What can the sequence of a highly conserved gene tell us about phylogeny and species? 1. Ch 14 SG DUE: M 1/28 Monday (3; 95 min.) 1/28/13 Speciation *What is a species? How do new species arise? 1. Ch 15 SG DUE: W 1/30 Wednesday (3; 80 min.) 1/30/13 Macroevolution and Cladistics *How does the fossil record chronicle macroevolution? What is the role of mass extinctions and evo-devo in evolution? What is the role of phylogenetics and cladistics in systematics? 1. Evolution Essay DUE: F 2/1 2. Evolution Assessment DUE: T 2/5 Friday (3; 95 min.) 2/1/13 Evolution Summary: Ice Fish and Sickle Cell *How does natural selection affect humans? How does natural selection work at a biochemical level? 1. Evolution Assessment DUE: T 2/5 Knowledge Evidence of Evolution Darwin’s voyage and descent with modification Evidence of evolution: fossil record, biogeography, comparative anatomy (homologous and analogous structures), comparative embryology, molecular biology Darwin’s Theory and the Modern Synthesis Natural selection and artificial selection Modern synthesis and population genetics Microevolution Hardy-Weinberg Principle (population size, isolation, mutations, random mating, natural selection Genetic drift: bottleneck effect, founder effect Gene flow mutation Variation and Natural Selection Polymorphic populations, clines, heterozygote advantage, neutral variation Darwinian fitness Types of natural selection: stabilizing selection, directional selection, diversifying selection Sexual dimorphism Limits of natural selection Concept of Species Biological species concept, ring species species concept: morphological species, genealogical species, ecological species
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