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"An ongoing report on S366:Evolution" - of interest?

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Dr Jack

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Message 1 of 6 (541592)
01-04-2010 5:02 PM

I've just started studying S366: Evolution as part of my Life Sciences degree with the Open University.

Would an ongoing report of what I'm studying on the course be of interest to the board? As a case study in what real Evolutionary biology (even if only at undergraduate level) covers?

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Message 2 of 6 (541596)
01-04-2010 5:26 PM

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01-04-2010 5:02 PM

I would be interested.

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01-04-2010 5:37 PM

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01-04-2010 5:02 PM

Yeah

Yeah. Definitely.

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Message 4 of 6 (541610)
01-04-2010 6:17 PM

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01-04-2010 5:02 PM

Hi Mr Jack

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The course is based on the book Evolution by Douglas J. Futuyma (Sinauer, 2005), which is provided. A full colour Companion Text guides the student through the course books.

Sounds like solid source material.

Will they be posting any lecture material, things that could include definitions of evolution, natural selection, speciation, and the ToE in their terms?

Definitely of interest.

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01-05-2010 11:22 AM

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01-04-2010 6:17 PM

The Open University has their OpenLearn section which has lecture materials on a variety of subjects, but it doesn't include much from the evolution course, all I could find was Evolution: artificial selection and domestication which doesn't seem to directly relate to anything in my course materials.

Obviously I have access to rather more material; equally obviously I can't freely post it here.

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