Jan 31
Introduction (and movie!)
Feb 7 Modern Molecular Biology & Evolution (Pequod
1-3; Codes 2;
Hubbard 4; Lewontin pp.1-57)
Feb 14 Fossil DNA I (Pequod 4-18 and Quest for Life in
Amber)
Feb 21 Origin of Life (Pequod 19-29)
Feb 28 Junk DNA (Pequod 30-37)
Mar 7 Fossil DNA II: Rob DeSalle - guest speaker from
AMNH
Texts include "Readings in Molecular Evolution" Part I. Jurassic Park: Myth or Reality? (available from Pequod) and Part II. Genome Science in the 1990's (avail. from Print-It).
Poinar and Poinar The Quest for Life in Amber
Kevles and Hood, eds. The Code of Codes
R. C. Lewontin Biology as Ideology
Hubbard and Wald Exploding the Gene Myth
Kevles and Hubbard contain useful glossaries.