Evolution

5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Requisites: Life Sciences 7A, 7B, 7C, 7L, Mathematics 3A and 3B (or 31A or Life Sciences 30B). Not open for credit to students with credit for course 185. Designed for departmental majors specializing in environmental and population biology. Introduction to mechanics and processes of evolution, with emphasis on natural selection, population genetics, speciation, evolutionary rates, and patterns of adaptation. P/NP or letter grading.