BIOL 248 - Evolutionary Genetics

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

What do wolves, bananas, and staph infections have in common? The link is genetics - conservation genetics, the genetics of domestication, and the genetic changes resulting in antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria. In this course we cover the foundations of evolutionary biology, starting with the genetic principles that underlie the process of evolutionary change and how populations and species respond to evolutionary pressures. Building on this understanding of the genetic mechanisms involved in both micro- and macroevolutionary processes, we can then address the potential for evolutionary responses to environmental change. Ms. Ronsheim, Mr. Schlessman.

Prerequisites: BIOL 106, or ENST 124, or permission of the instructor prior to registraton.

Two 75-minute periods; one 4-hour laboratory.