18 August
Syllabus
Lecture 
Reading:
​Nichols

20 August
Lecture
Reading:
deQueiroz
Ryan et al.

25 August
Lecture
​Reading:
Homology
Wiens
Baum phylogenetic trees
Novick et al.

27 August
Lecture
Reading:
Berkeley on reconstructing phylogeny
Phylocode [Preface, Preamble,     Division I, Division II:Chapter 1, Division II: Chapter IV: Article 9]
Rowe 
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1 September
Lecture
Reading: Sugahara
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3 September
Test
Study guide/questions
Answer key
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8 September
Lecture
Reading:
Fishbase.org 
Seaworld chondrichthyes research & info 

10 September 2026
Lecture
Reading:
Blackburn
Animal Diversity Web actinopterygians

15 September 2026
Lecture
cichlid genomics
Warner
Pla et al.

17 September 2026
Lecture
​Reading:
Casane and Laurenti 
Clack
MacIver et al.
​Markey and Marshall

22 September 2026
Lecture
​Amphibiaweb
          Amphibian primer
Joven et al. 


24 September 2026
Lecture
Kuchta
Jared et al.
​Mailho-Fontana

29 September 2026
Lecture
Lynch
​Liedtke
Vieites
Izzo

1 October 2026
Andrew Nosal on shark conservation [14:20-38:10]
David Shiffman on shark conservation [4:25-25:51]
Chytrid risk [all]
Amphibiaweb conservation
Amphibiaweb chytridiomycosis
​Amphibiaweb synergisms
Zipkin et al. 

6 October 2026
Lecture

8 October 2026
Fall Break (no GVZ)

13 October 2026
​Test 2