Evolution of Sex and Breeding Systems - Course Webpage 2006

The next lectures for the next course

will be announced later in 2007 to 
Zoology and Evolutionary Biology Honours students
at the University of Edinburgh.

The next course will have a new course organizer.

Topics

Why do most higher organisms reproduce sexually? Why be diploid rather than haploid? Why should there be separate sexes? What factors affect mate choice? How does ecology influence the breeding system? Such questions are the focus of much current research in evolutionary biology. In this course, we will examine explanations for the diversity of breeding systems that we see around us. For more details, see here.

Assessment via Essays and Exam

50% of the course assessment is based on two essays that each participant will write. More details on dates and topics can be found here.

If you are interested in this course, please contact Pat Dougall
Pat.Dougall AT ed.ac.uk, Tel. (0131) 650 5464, 
Ashworth Labs General Office, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh.

Timetable

To give you a feeling for what may be part of the next course, here is the timetable of the last course as organized by Laurence Loewe. The next course will be organised by somebody else.
The course takes 2 hours each Friday (a.m., 9.30 -10.30 + 11.00 – 12.00) and is in
Lecture Theater 2 (Ashworth 1, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh).

Lectures are delivered by
Laurence Loewe (LL), Deborah Charlesworth (DC), Stuart West (SW) and Brian Charlesworth (BC).