2024-2025 Catalog

BIOL 336 Evolutionary Genetics

This course introduces students to topics in population genetics and molecular evolution, with particular emphasis on the experimental quantitation of genetic variation, molecular systematics, and the molecular evolution of genes. The main focus is to give students direct experience in the critical reading, evaluation, presentation, and discussion of primary literature in the field of evolutionary genetics.

Prerequisite

BIOL 111 and/or BIOL 112 and at least one of the following: BIOL 235, BIOL 255, CHEM 351

Instructor

Leibel