2024-2025 College Catalog

BIOL 318 Evolution

The study of the unifying principle of biology: patterns and processes of organismal evolution. Topics include adaptation by natural selection, population genetics, quantitative genetics, molecular evolution, speciation and phylogenetic reconstruction. Emphasis is on theoretical concepts and methods used to test evolutionary hypotheses in biology and other fields of study.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

BIOL 191, BIOL 192, BIOL 293