Overview:

There is no required textbook for this course. Lecture notes will be posted on this website. In addition, key scientific papers and/or review articles relevant to the lecture material will be posted on the web. Students are advised to download these materials and read them thoroughly in preparation for each lecture.

The following books are available from the Killam Library: (1) Page, R. D. M. & E.C. Holmes. Molecular Evolution: A Phylogenetic Approach. 1998; (2) Li, Wen-Hsiung. Molecular Evolution. 1997; (3) Avise, John C. Molecular Markers, Natural History & Evolution . 1994; (4) Nei, Masatoshi. Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics. 2000; (5) Felsenstein, Joseph. Inferring Phylogenies. 2003; (6) Daniel L. Hartl and Andrew G. Clark. Principles of population genetics 1997. These textbooks provide thorough coverage of many of the topics covered in this course.  I had been placing these book on reserve, but they were not being used very frequently; so as a courtesy to other users I no longer restrict access to them.  You have been warned.

The following scientific journals provide an excellent source for additional information, and are available either in print or electronically through the Dalhousie Libraries: Genome Research, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Bioinformatics, Development Genes and Evolution, Evolution, Genetics, Nature, PNAS(USA), Science and Systematic Biology. Students can search the journal literature via databases such as Biological Abstracts, PubMed and Web of Science. The library also makes available a document delivery service that permits students to order journal articles for a nominal fee of $2.00 per article.

PDF copy of the syllabus:

The PDF simply repeats the information that is available on this web site.  Since no-one was downloading it, I have stopped providing it in this format.  If you want a PDF version of the syllabus, please contact me.

Dalhousie Library electronic resources:

» Electronic Journals

» Place a Request

» Biology Subject Page  (Very very useful!)

» Latest Biology Books

Review articles and scientific papers:

[Coming some day]