EVE 100
An upper-division undergraduate class. A general survey of the origins of biological diversity and evolutionary mechanisms. This course is arranged into Themes that each occupy several lectures. In addition, we have two Synthesis lectures, which integrate ideas from several themes and apply them to practical problems.
Overview
| Theme 1 | Evolution as an algorithm |
| Theme 2 | Variation in nature |
| Theme 3 | Evolutionary forces |
| Theme 4 | Phylogenetic and camparative analysis |
| Synthesis 1 | Evolution of the HIV virus |
| Midterm 1 | |
| Theme 5 | Speciation |
| Theme 6 | Genetic basis of phenotypic change |
| Theme 7 | Macroevolution |
| Theme 8 | Evolution of genes and genomes |
| Synthesis 2 | Human evolution and evolutionary medicine |
| Final exam |