BIOL 474 Principles of Evolution

3 semester hours

Study of the pattern and process of evolution. Topics include the development of theories of evolutionary change; the mechanisms of evolutionary change at the population (micro) level; and evolution at the macro level, focusing on speciation, phylogenetic analysis, historical biogeography, and extinctions.

Lecture, 3 hours.

Prerequisites: BIOL 101 , BIOL 102 , BIOL 111 , BIOL 201 , BIOL 202 .