BIOS 4524 - Evolutionary Mechanisms

College of Sciences

Lecture/Lab
- Credits: 4

Prerequisites: BIOS 2014 and at least one 3000 or 4000 level Biology course. An overview of current topics in evolutionary biology, designed to introduce senior students to both the history of, and contemporary research in, evolutionary biology and enhance analytical skills and understanding of the discipline. Topics will be continually updated to match current progress in the field, but will comprise a core emphasis on the history of evolution, selection, quantitative genetics, sexual selection, macroevolution, and life-history. Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab per week.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: BIOS 2014 and at least one 3000 or 4000 level Biology course.
Grading Basis: Graded
Repeatable: N
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