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BIO3102 Molecular Evolution (Winter term)
Student composition: BioMed (49.14%), BioPharm (25.86%), Biology (9.48%), Biochem (6.03%), Other (9.48%).
For lecture schedule and PPT slides, please access Brightspace
The exam files will be ready for downloading at the scheduled exam time. The URL of the exam files is
http://dambe.bio.uottawa.ca/teach/BIO3102_download/WhatExam/########.xlsx
(where "WhatExam" is either "Midterm1", "Midterm2" or "Final", and "########" is your student ID)
The link for the deferred final exam is the same as that for the final exam.
| Week | Weekday | Topic | Chp |
| 1 | Wednesday | Introduction to BIO3102 | 1 |
| 1 | Friday | Natural selection & three biological processes | 1 |
| 2 | Wednesday | Mutation | 2 |
| 2 | Friday | Mutation, sequence variation and neutral theory | 3 |
| 3 | Wednesday | Sequence evolution and homology identification | 3 |
| 3 | Friday | Sequence alignment | 4 |
| 4 | Wednesday | Substitution model, distance, evolutionary rates | 4 |
| 4 | Friday | Codon-based distance, rates heterogeneity and causes | 4 |
| 5 | Wednesday | Mid-Term Test #1 | |
| 5 | Friday | Molecular Clock | 5 |
| 6 | Wednesday | Reading week | |
| 6 | Friday | Reading week | |
| 7 | Wednesday | Male-driven evolution | 5 |
| 7 | Friday | Molecular phylogenetics: Distance-based method | 5 |
| 8 | Wednesday | Molecular phylogenetics: Distance-based dating | 5 |
| 8 | Friday | Molecular phylogenetics: maximum parsimony | 5 |
| 9 | Wednesday | Molecular phylogenetics: maximum likelihood | 5 |
| 9 | Friday | Dating with no root | |
| 10 | Wednesday | Mid-Term Test #2 | |
| 10 | Friday | Parameter estimation and model selection< | 6 |
| 11 | Wednesday | Origin and evolution of Hawaiian Banza species | 6 |
| 11 | Friday | Origin and evolution of new genes | 6 |
| 12 | Wednesday | Origin and evolution of new genes | 6 |
| 12 | Friday | Good Friday | 7 |
| 13 | Friday | Evolution by transposition | 7 |
| 13 | Wednesday | Genome evolution | 8 |
| 14 | Tuesday | Review Session? | |
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