Molecular Evolution

  • Molecular Evolution Lecture Notes, Anders Gorm Pedersen.

    Contents (35 pages)
    1 Brief Introduction to Evolutionary Theory
        1.1 Classification
        1.2 Darwin and the Theory of Evolution
        1.3 Natural Selection
        1.4 The Modern Synthesis
        1.5 Mendelian Genetics
    2 Brief Introduction to Population Genetics
        2.1 Introduction
        2.2 Population Growth
            2.2.1 Exponential Growth
            2.2.2 Logistic Growth
        2.3 Genotype Frequencies and Growth
        2.4 Selection
        2.5 Mutation-Selection Balance
        2.6 Mathematical Modeling: A Few Thoughts
        2.7 Genetic Drift
        2.8 Chance of Fixation by Drift
        2.9 Drift and Neutral Mutation
        2.10 The Neutral Theory
        2.11 The Molecular Clock