- Week 1 assignment instructions
- Aug. 26: Lecture: Origins of reptiles and amphibians slides
- Aug. 28: Read paper: Anderson et al. 2008
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Aug. 30: Activity: How read a paper and ask good questions
- Week 2 assignment instructions
- Sept. 2: No class
- Sept. 4: Read paper: Jetz and Pyron 2018
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Sept. 6: Skype discussion: Alex Pyron
- Week 3 assignment instructions
- Sept. 9: Lecture: Biogeography slides
- Sept. 11: Read paper: Myers et al. 2019
- Extra: Guide to snake IDs
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Sept. 13: Skype discussion: Frank Burbrink
- Week 4 assignment instructions
- Sept. 16: Lecture: Reproduction
- Sept. 18: Skype discussion: Kelly Zamudio
- Please also read paper Zamudio et al. 2016
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Sept. 20: Student-led paper analysis
- Week 5: No assignment
- Sept. 23: Lecture: Homeostasis
- Sept. 25: Read paper: Huey and Kingsolver 2019
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Sept. 27: Skype discussion: Ray Huey
- Week 6: No assignment
- Sept. 30: Lecture: Development
- Oct. 2: Read paper: Levis et al. 2018
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Oct. 4: Skype discussion: David Pfennig
- Week 7 assignment instructions
- Oct. 7: Lecture: Energetics
- Oct. 9: Read paper: Bush et al. 2016
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Oct. 11: Skype discussion: Michele Johnson
- Week 8 assignment instructions
- Oct. 14: Lecture: Behavior
- Oct. 16: Read paper: Kamath et al. 2018
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Oct. 18: Skype discussion: Ambika Kamath
- Oct. 21: Class cancelled
- Oct. 23: Class cancelled
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Oct. 25: Exam 1 write questions here
- Week 10: No assignment
- Oct. 28: Lecture: Biomechanics
- Oct. 30: Read paper: Sherratt et al. 2014
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Nov. 1: Skype discussion: Emma Sherratt
- Week 11: No assignment
- Nov. 4: Lecture: Communication
- Nov. 6: Read paper: Storks and Leal in prep
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Nov. 8: Skype discussion: Manuel Leal
- Nov. 11: Lecture: Ecology and ecosystems
- Nov. 13: Read paper: Brunner submitted
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Nov. 15: In-person guest:Jesse Brunner
- Nov. 18: Class activity: Genomics (part I) genomes list
- Nov. 20: Class activity: Genomics (part II) Paper for the week: Campbell-Staton et al. 2017
- Nov. 22: Skype discussion: Shane Campbell-Staton
- Nov. 25: BREAK
- Nov. 27: BREAK
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Nov. 29: BREAK
- Dec. 2: Lecture: Conservation
- Dec. 4: Read paper: Edwards et al. Am Nat
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Dec. 6: Skype discussion: Danielle Edwards
- Dec. 9: Introduction to final exam, discussion of rest of the semester
- Dec. 11: Read paper: Hagey et al. 2017
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Dec. 13: Cane toads
- Dec. 18: Final due