2023-2024 Catalog

BIO-337 Evolution

A survey of evolutionary theory, exploring processes such as the genetic sources of variation, natural and sexual selection, and evolutionary developmental biology. Using phylogenetic systematics and other tools, we will demonstrate how these mechanisms result in the visible patterns of evolution. This is a reading-and-writing intensive course centered on close reading of the Origin of the Species and discussion of recent peer-reviewed literature about evolution.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

BIO-111, BIO-L111, BIO-114, and BIO-L114. BIO-274 (recommended).

Offered

Summer