# Introduction to Evolutionary Dynamics

- Institution: IIT Bombay
- Department: Multidisciplinary
- Teacher: Prof. Supreet Saini
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/127101592)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/127101592)
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## Lectures

1. [Week 1: Lecture 1 : Story of proposal of the theory of natural selection.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/e4b112c2525a) (Video)
2. [Week 1 : Lecture 2 : Natural Selection; Patrick Matthew. History of life on earth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/749362e6e55d) (Video)
3. [Week 1 : Lecture 3 : Where did life come from?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/a7590d92723c) (Video)
4. [Week 1 : Lecture 4 : Elements of theory of natural selection.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/3b381bb93f2b) (Video)
5. [Week 1 : Lecture 5 : Limitations of Darwins proposal of theory of natural selection.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/16c40616edbe) (Video)
6. [Week 2 : Lecture 6 : Natural selection in action in ecology.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/bfc438273136) (Video)
7. [Week 2 : Lecture 7 : Central Dogma of Molecular Biology.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/5a8a315d9e4a) (Video)
8. [Week 2 : Lecture 8 : Gene expression in biology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/4f98590cc0e3) (Video)
9. [Week 2 : Lecture 9 : Numbers in E. coli](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/9521d2905b4c) (Video)
10. [Week 2 : Lecture 10 : Growth and evolution in microbial populations.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/2f4b50a20e36) (Video)
11. [Week 3 : Lecture 11 : Mutations and errors in DNA replication.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/2267fc89973d) (Video)
12. [Week 3 : Lecture 12 : How does E. coli divide?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/5ac417656e07) (Video)
13. [Week 3 : Lecture 13 : How does evolution take place in sexually reproducing organisms?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/9674a5b92027) (Video)
14. [Week 3 : Lecture 14 : Growth in batch culture.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/a8d5d80d3013) (Video)
15. [Week 3 : Lecture 15 : How to define fitness in a batch culture?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/6f16f056e2ee) (Video)
16. [Week 4 : Lecture 16 : Model for growth in exponential growth.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/51b46a695bce) (Video)
17. [Week 4 : Lecture 17 : Logistic model for growth.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/a205b06d1c6e) (Video)
18. [Week 4 : Lecture 18 : Growth in a chemostat.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/c6cac55d802e) (Video)
19. [Week 4 : Lecture 19 : Modeling genotype competition in a chemostat.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/3efcad25bd55) (Video)
20. [Week 4 : Lecture 20 : Mutations and their selection coefficients.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/47d49acccfaa) (Video)
21. [Week 5 : Lecture 21 : Distribution of fitness effects (DFE)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/6099ece8aa48) (Video)
22. [Week 5 : Lecture 22 : Sequence Space and Fitness Landscape.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/f0f98a8bcba2) (Video)
23. [Week 5 : Lecture 23 : Epistasis and structure of landscape.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/235476edf578) (Video)
24. [Week 5 : Lecture 24 : Epistasis and structure of landscape.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/acf1cbf76f85) (Video)
25. [Week 5 : Lecture 25 : Landscape of antibiotic resistance.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/a42bb429c78f) (Video)
26. [Week 6 : Lecture 32 : IPsec and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) for Network-Layer Security: Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/e5c5ac4f2349) (Video)
27. [Week 6 : Lecture 33 : IPsec and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) for Network-Layer Security: Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/5633ff199ee2) (Video)
28. [Week 6 : Lecture 34 : IPsec and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) for Network-Layer Security: Part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/83b4c3cb629b) (Video)
29. [Week 6 : Lecture 35 : Securing Wireless LANs : Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/5346955cc0e0) (Video)
30. [Week 6 : Lecture 36 : Securing Wireless LANs : Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/74920fd1a77a) (Video)
31. [Week 7 : Lecture 31 : Marbles in a jar continued.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/4d9b86af0c93) (Video)
32. [Week 7 : Lecture 32 : Moran Process](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/4606ff24789a) (Video)
33. [Week 7 : Lecture 33 : Transition probability in Moran process.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/44a1560c2d4e) (Video)
34. [Week 7 : Lecture 34 : Fixation probability.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/596edc179b6f) (Video)
35. [Week 7 : Lecture 35 : Fixation probability of a neutral mutation.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/37f929f5e3b3) (Video)
36. [Week 8 : Lecture 36 : Fixation probability of a beneficial mutation.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/16ce7ea147ae) (Video)
37. [Week 8 : Lecture 37 : Fixation probability of a beneficial mutation - contd.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/c0cc429ddf46) (Video)
38. [Week 8 : Lecture 38 : Fixation probability of a beneficial mutation - contd.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/0850ff991374) (Video)
39. [Week 8 : Lecture 39 : Time of occurance of mutations.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/8006b3bd9b25) (Video)
40. [Week 8 : Lecture 40 : Graphical representation of evolving populations.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/138aeab44ff2) (Video)
41. [Week 9 : Lecture 41 : Time of fixation of mutations.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/a46408a15d27) (Video)
42. [Week 9 : Lecture 42 : Estimating t_wait.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/18e2d257e3e4) (Video)
43. [Week 9 : Lecture 43 : Traveling wave model of microbial evolution.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/1b4b8741bb81) (Video)
44. [Week 9 : Lecture 44 : Deriving traveling wave model equations.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/285318c349e5) (Video)
45. [Week 9 : Lecture 45 : dN/dS](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/a57c54ade2c7) (Video)
46. [Week 10 : Lecture 46 : dN/dS contd., and how to do an evolution experiment in lab?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/a54874a41c79) (Video)
47. [Week 10 : Lecture 47 : Serial Subculture Experiment.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/c2962345b699) (Video)
48. [Week 10 : Lecture 48 : Evolution in Chemostat & Mutation Accumulation Experiment.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/55283b5377d9) (Video)
49. [Week 10 : Lecture 49 : Megaplate Experiment.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/98332db236f8) (Video)
50. [Week 10 : Lecture 50 : Long Term Evolution Experiment (LTEE)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/5afd819e6362) (Video)
51. [Week 11 : Lecture 51 : Fitness trajectory with number of generations.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/6c29e25e40cb) (Video)
52. [Week 11 : Lecture 52 : Second order selection - mutation rate.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/a98fdd3a9c49) (Video)
53. [Week 11 : Lecture 53 : Do fitness landscapes have a peak?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/8dd408a4f913) (Video)
54. [Week 11 : Lecture 54 : Do fitness landscapes have a peak?.. Contd.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/69f307cf6c29) (Video)
55. [Week 11 : Lecture 55 : Metabolic innovation in a lab evolution experiment?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/53b0c24c44ba) (Video)
56. [Week 12 : Lecture 56 : Selection vs. Drift](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/602f506a4c75) (Video)
57. [Week 12 : Lecture 57 : Historical Contingency in evolution.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/4feb3fb30a98) (Video)
58. [Week 12 : Lecture 58 : Unicellularity to Multicellularity.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/139936160f30) (Video)
59. [Week 12 : Lecture 59 : Adaptive diversification in microbial populations.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/c00bd87d98ec) (Video)
60. [Week 12 : Lecture 60 : Synonymous mutations have fitness effects. Mutation Accumulation Experiments.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/a4e5fdf2d3af) (Video)
61. [Live Session 10-02-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/e4b112c2525a-2) (Video)
62. [Live Session 03-03-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/127101592/749362e6e55d-2) (Video)