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THE LAB (Winter 2012) Lab Instructor — Fern Gauthier Experiments in evolutionary genetics are difficult to engineer for large classes but we have worked to develop a lab that illustrates several key principles. We will use everyone's favourite organism, the fruit fly Drosophila, to perform a simple experiment in evolution and analyze and interpret the data. Rounding out the lab will be tutorials to complement the lectures. Lab Date Title Practical Notes Jan 11th - 15th --- NO LABS --- 1 Jan. 16 - 20 a. Variation b. Evolution of Paper Airplanes Evolution of Paper Airplanes   2 Jan. 23 - 27 Mating Systems exercises Quiz 1 3 Jan. 30 - Feb. 3 Population Genetics of Smarties Drift in Smarties Quiz 2 4 Feb. 6 - 10 Population & Conservation Genetics Group exercises Group Presentations 5 Feb. 13 - 17 Evolutionary Consequences of Inbreeding. 1. Setup set up crosses Report 1 due Feb. 20-24 --- "Reading" Week --- (no lab) 6 Feb. 27 - Mar. 2 Evolutionary Consequences of Inbreeding. 2. Data Score F1 gen. Report 2 due 7 Mar. 5 - 9 Phylogenetic Reconstruction     8 Mar. 12 - 16 Help Session for Report   Quiz 3   Mar. 26     Report 3 due

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