[ Wesleyan Home Page ] [ WesMaps Home Page ] [ WesMaps Archive ] [ Course Search ] [ Course Search by CID ]
Academic Year 2002/2003

Issues in Development and Evolution
BIOL 540 SP

This is an advanced course exploring the relationship between embryonic development and morphological evolution. The course will include a combination of lectures, discussion and student presentations of papers chosen from the primary literature. Subjects covered will include broad, fundamental issues such as the concept of homology; developmental characters and phylogeny, as well as the evolutionary significance of specific developmental phenomena such as animal segmentation, direct development, and major morphological transitions in evolution.

MAJOR READINGS

To be announced.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Each student will be responsible for two class presentations and must prepare for and participate in the discussion lead by others.

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/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: GRAD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

Contact wesmaps@wesleyan.edu to submit comments or suggestions. Please include a url, course title, faculty name or other page reference in your email

Copyright Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 06459