Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisite: BIOL 2010, 2020, 2030 or instructor's consent.
Description
Critical study of the processes that generate and shape biological diversity on ecological and geological time scales. Genetic variation within populations; natural selection at the genic level; evolution of quantitative traits; speciation; extinction. Phylogenetic analysis of diversification and character evolution. Adaptive and non-adaptive evolution; intragenomic conflict; sexual selection; kin selection; coevolution, especially of hosts and parasites; evolution of life histories and aging.