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Academic Year 2000/2001

Evolution
BIOL 349 SP

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.

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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