Macroevolution

BIOLOGY AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES 4182

An advanced introduction to the study of macroevolutionary patterns and processes with emphasis on the systematic methodology employed. Topics: theories of classification, phylogenetic reconstruction, testing of historical hypotheses, hierarchy theory, adaptation, extinction, speciation, developmental mechanisms of organismal evolution, biogeography. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. (Biology Major Area C)
Course Attributes: FA NSM; AR NSM; AS NSM

Section 01

Macroevolution
INSTRUCTOR: Larson
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