6.049/7.33  Evolutionary Biology

TA Office Hours by Appointment

Hi everyone,

Hope you are doing well these last weeks of the semester! Given the pattern of office hours attendance and the fact that the problem sets and quizzes are now in the past, I will be holding office hours this week and for the rest of the semester by appointment only. I am still happy to answer questions by email. So feel free to get in touch with me if you'd like.

Good luck with your final presentations!

Best,
Alex

Announced on 06 May 2015  10:50  a.m. by Alexander Kamitsuka Godfrey

Tutorial 5 Handout Posted

The handout from Friday's tutorial is up on Stellar.

Have a good weekend!

Alex

Announced on 25 April 2015  5:05  p.m. by Alexander Kamitsuka Godfrey

Lecture 19 Slides Posted; Quiz 5

Hello all,

Two announcements:

- The slides from the guest lecture on sex chromosome evolution have been posted on Stellar for your reference.

- Quiz 5 will take place in class on this coming Tuesday, April 28. It will cover material from lectures 16 (Phylogenetics II.5), 17 (Comparative Biology only), 18 (Directed Evolution), and 19 (Sex Chromosome Evolution). Co-evolution will not be covered on the quiz. I will be holding the final tutorial of the semester to review this material tomorrow.

Alex

Announced on 23 April 2015  5:19  p.m. by Alexander Kamitsuka Godfrey

Problem Set 5 Posted

Hello all,

The final problem set of the course has been posted. It is due by Thursday, April 23 at 11:59 PM. Good luck, and let me know if you have any questions!

Alex

Announced on 16 April 2015  12:34  a.m. by Alexander Kamitsuka Godfrey

Suggestions for choosing your oral presentation papers

Hello all,

As you select your papers for your oral presentation, a few suggestions/reminders. It is recommended that you choose no more than one paper from the list on Stellar (but you also don't have to use any of them). For the most part, the papers on the list are too different from the others to form a cohesive pair.

If you are stuck on how to find a second paper, here are some ideas:
- look at your paper's citations to find a foundational work that preceded it
- use Google Scholar or some other searchable database to find the papers that have cited your selected paper to see what has been discovered since
- find a review that discusses your paper and see what other papers form a context for this paper
- identify the senior author on your paper and see what other papers his/her lab has published on the topic

Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!

Alex

Announced on 15 April 2015  3:53  p.m. by Alexander Kamitsuka Godfrey