BIOL 3770 - Population Genetics and Evolution

Goals: To understand the basis of microevolution through population genetics; to demonstrate the uses of molecular genetic data in evolutionary biology; to explore the mechanisms of evolutionary change; and to show how these mechanisms have lead to the evolutionary history seen in the fossil record.

Content: Geological processes, the fossil record, evolutionary history of major taxa, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, quantitative genetics, molecular population genetics; classification and systematics using molecular and morphological data.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3050.