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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%).
Lecture schedule (This is generic. Access Brightspace for updated schedule and lecture slides)
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)
| 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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