Learn · An Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
Lecture 41 of 51Week 9
What is a species?
Prof. Sutirth Dey · IISER Pune
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- An Introduction to Evolutionary Biology, IISER Pune (at NPTEL)
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All the lectures
- Introduction to the Living World and two major questions
- History of Evolutionary Thought (Pre-Darwin)
- Making of Darwinism (External Video)
- Darwinism
- Beyond Darwinism: Modern Synthesis_EES
- Tying it all up_Back to the two questions
- Evidence for evolution 1: Change and Speciation
- Evidence for evolution 2: Descent with modification Part 1
- Evidence for evolution 3: Descent with modification Part 2
- Evidence for evolution 4: Objections to evolution
- Classifying variation
- Revising Mendel and introducing population genetics
- From family to the population
- Solving simple Hardy-Weinberg problems
- Generating variation
- Features of Mutations: Part 1
- Features of Mutations: Part 2
- Non-genetic Inheritance
- Introduction to Selection
- Dynamics of Selection 1: Numerical Simulations
- Dynamics of Selection 2: Analytical
- Features of selection: Insights from theory
- Examples of selection
- Features of selection: Insights from experiments
- Finite population: Numerical Simulations
- Genetic drift: examples and features
- Effective population size and evolution of mutation rates
- Non-random mating and inbreeding
- Migration: Numerical simulations and analysis
- Migration: Interactions and examples
- Introduction to Aging
- Mechanistic Theories of Aging
- Evolutionary Theories of Aging: Part 1
- Evolutionary Theories of Aging: Part 2
- Why sex?
- Benefits of sex
- Sexual Selection: Part 1
- Sexual Selection: Part 2
- Kin Selection and Hamilton's Rule
- Evolutionary Conflicts
- What is a species?
- What are the isolation mechanisms?
- Evolution of reproductive isolation
- How new genes are born
- Coping with changing environments
- Evolutionary patterns in the genome
- Origin of Life: Part 1
- Origin of Life: Part 2
- Human Evolution
- Applications of Evolution: Part 1
- Applications of Evolution: Part 2