Universität Wien

300132 SE Basics and current progress in theory of evolution (2020S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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max. 15 participants
Language: English

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Classes

The presentations will take place on Mondays at 2 pm. We will start after the Easter holidays and the presentations will take place online.
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Aims, contents and method of the course

Joint reading and presentation of selected papers in evolutionary theory. This semester we will focus on maternal-offspring conflicts in evolution, including classic literature on altruism and kin selection.

Assessment and permitted materials

Presentation of a paper and joint discussions

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

presentation, discussion

Examination topics

Reading list

Hamilton, W. D. 1964. The genetical evolution of social behavior. 1. J. Theor. Biol. 7:1-16.

Hamilton, W. D. 1964. The genetical evolution of social behavior. 2. J. Theor. Biol. 7:17-52.

Trivers, R. L. 1974. Parent-offspring conflict. American Zoologist 14:249-264.

Metcalf, R. A., J. A. Stamps, and V. V. Krishnan. 1979. Parent-offspring conflict which is not limited by degree of kinship. J. Theor. Biol. 81:99-107.

Michod, R. E. 1982. The theory of kin selection. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 13:23-55.

Cheverud, J. M. 1984. Evolution by kin selection: A quantitative genetic model illustrated by maternal performance in mice. Evolution 38:766-777.

Queller, D. C. 1985. Kinship, reciprocity, and synergism in the evolution of social behaviour. Nature 318:366-367. In press.

Lynch, M. 1987. Evolution of intrafamilial interactions. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 84:8507-8511.

Haig, D. (1993). Genetic conflicts in human pregnancy. Quarterly Review of Biology, 68, 495-532.

Wolf JB, Brodie ED (1998). The coadaptation of parental and offspring characters. Evolution 52: 299–308.

Wolf JB (2000). Gene interactions from maternal effects. Evolution 54: 1882–1898.

Haig, D. (2000) The kinship theory of genomic imprinting. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 31, 9-32.

Wolf and Wade (2001) On the assignment of fitness to parents and offspring: whose fitness is it and when does it matter? J Evol Biol 14: 347-356.

Wilkins, J. F. & Haig, D. (2003) What good is genomic imprinting: the function of parent-specific gene expression. Nature Reviews Genetics, 4, 359-368.

Haig, D. (2004) Genomic imprinting and kinship: how good is the evidence? Annual Review of Genetics, 38, 553-585.

Wolf JB, Hager R (2006). A maternal-offspring coadaptation theory for the evolution of genomic imprinting. PLoS Biol 4: e380.

Wolf JB, Hager R (2009). Selective abortion and the evolution of genomic imprinting. J Evol Biol 22: 2519–2523.

Wolf JB, Wade MJ (2009). What are maternal effects (and what are they not)? Phil Trans R Soc B 364: 1107–1115.

Haig D. 2014. Coadaptation and conflict, misconception and muddle, in the evolution of genomic imprinting . Heredity 113, 96–103

Wolf JB, Wade MJ.2016. Evolutionary genetics of maternal effects. Evolution. 70-4: 827-839.

Association in the course directory

PhD, MAN 3, MES5

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