Academic Calendar 2015/2016 - Evolution

BIOL 3566  Evolution

Prerequisites:

BIOL 2446 and BIOL 2557

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

Evolutionary processes operate at several scales and help explain biodiversity, speciation, development, physiology, sex, death, the ongoing arms race between pathogens and their hosts, and the apparent ""fit"" between organisms and their environment. The course builds on your understanding of ecology and genetics, and shows how several lines of evidence converge to help us understand and appreciate the diversity of life.