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Academic Year 2000/2001

Evolution
BIOL 349 FA

PREREQUISITES: MB&B205 AND BIOL206 AND BIOL207 natural populations, mechanisms of speciation, reconstruction of the history of life through the use of DNA sequence data, coevolution of plant-animal and host-parasite interactions, and the application of evolutionary principles to conservation biology.

MAJOR READINGS

M. Slatkin, EXPLORING EVOLUTION BIOLOGY
M. Ridley, EVOLUTION
And readings from the primary literature.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm exam, final exam and a poster project.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Graduate students only will be expected to give a short (20 min.) presentation on some aspect of evolutionary biology.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: MB&B205 AND BIOL206 AND BIOL207 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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