Genetics and Evolution

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: BIOL 1001; BIOL 1501; or permission of the Department This course examines evolution by natural selection as the driving force behind the diversity of life, examining genetic and evolutionary processes from the level of cells (recombination, mutation) to populations (selection, migration, genetic drift, mutation) to species (speciation). Building from Mendelian genetics, it examines theories of biological evolution and presents evolutionary biology as an experimental science, emphasizing the methods used to test evolutionary hypotheses in the wild and in the lab. The course discusses the importance of an accurate understanding of genetics and evolution to human society. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours, Laboratory 3 Hours) (Exclusion: 6 credits from BIOL 2601, 2801)