BIOL3770-BC.Population Genetics/Evolution.Sp14.Farris,Michael

Faculty Name

Michael Farris

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

BIOL

Course Subject

BIOL

Course Number

3770

Course Section

BC

Course Title

Population Genetics/Evolution

Academic Term and Year

Spring 2014

Credits

4.00

Area of Study

BIOL

Course Description

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 led to the evolutionary history seen in the fossil record. Content: The nature of biological variation, genetic structure of populations, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, quantitative genetics, principles of evolutionary phylogenetics, evolutionary processes, and the evolutionary history of major taxa. Prerequisite: BIOL 3050.

Recommended Citation

Farris, Michael, "BIOL3770-BC.Population Genetics/Evolution.Sp14.Farris,Michael" (2014). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 2571.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/2571