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BIOL 439

Natural Selection and Microevolution

3.00 units · Undergraduate

Winter 2026

Topics

  • Natural selection
  • Adaptation
  • Genetics
  • Genomics
  • Evolution
  • Aging

Readings

  • Listed material: Pearson Publishers. Evolution: Making Sense of Life by Doug Emlen & Carl Zimmer. MacMillan Learning.
Fall 2024

Topics

  • Natural selection
  • Adaptation
  • Genetics
  • Genomics
  • Evolution
  • Aging

Readings

  • Listed material: Pearson Publishers. Evolution: Making Sense of Life by Doug Emlen & Carl Zimmer. MacMillan Learning.
Fall 2023

Readings

  • Listed material: Pearson Publishers. Evolution: Making Sense of Life by Doug Emlen & Carl Zimmer. MacMillan Learning.
Fall 2022

Topics

  • Local adaptation
  • Testing for adaptation
  • Genetic correlation & trade-offs
  • Rapid and novel evolution
  • Rapid and novel evolution (invasive)
  • Rapid and novel evolution (human)

Readings

  • Optional: Evolutionary Analysis by Jon C. Herron and Scott Freeman. Pearson Publishers. Evolution: Making Sense of Life by Doug Emlen & Carl Zimmer. MacMillan Learning.
2016-2017

Topics

  • Evolution
  • Natural selection
  • Development
  • Research methods
  • Critical thinking

Readings

  • Required: Herron, J.C. and S. Freeman. 2014. Evolutionary Analysis (5th ed). Pearson.
2015-2016

Topics

  • exercises. Emphasis is placed on the development of independent study skills, modern
  • library research methods, critical thinking and writing, and effective oral presentation
  • and discussion skills, and basic computer simulation and data management. The course
  • Evolution
  • Natural selection

Readings

  • Required: Herron, J.C. and S. Freeman. 2014. Evolutionary Analysis (5th ed). Pearson.
2013-2014

Topics

  • Evolution
  • Natural selection
  • Development
  • Research methods
  • Critical thinking
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