Biol412: Evolutionary Biology
An introductory course aimed at exposing students to the patterns and mechanisms of biological evolution. This course integrates multiple areas of evolutionary research including macroevolution, phylogenetics, speciation, genetics, selection, and adaptation. Students should come away from the course with a general understanding of how scientists address evolutionary questions, and the importance of evolutionary approaches to all fields of biological inquiry. Prerequisites: Biol 152 and Biol 350/404 (Genetics), or consent of instructor.
Biol545: Evolution of Development, a lecture+lab course, co-instructed with Dr. Paulyn Cartwright
An advanced course designed to expose students to evolutionary change in the developmental patterning of plant and animal form. This course integrates multiple biological disciplines including phylogenetics, comparative morphology, molecular evolution and developmental genetics to explore biodiversity at a mechanistic level. Topics range from issues surrounding homology assessment to empirical examples of how changes in gene expression or function may have shaped morphological diversity. The 1st half of the semester labs expose students to plant and animal development, as well as bioinformatic and gene expression tools for the study of comparative development. The 2nd half of the semester, students pursue independent research projects. Prerequisites: Biol 350/404 (Genetics), or consent of instructor.
Follow the Fall 2015 lab on twitter #kuevodevo2015
An introductory course aimed at exposing students to the patterns and mechanisms of biological evolution. This course integrates multiple areas of evolutionary research including macroevolution, phylogenetics, speciation, genetics, selection, and adaptation. Students should come away from the course with a general understanding of how scientists address evolutionary questions, and the importance of evolutionary approaches to all fields of biological inquiry. Prerequisites: Biol 152 and Biol 350/404 (Genetics), or consent of instructor.
Biol545: Evolution of Development, a lecture+lab course, co-instructed with Dr. Paulyn Cartwright
An advanced course designed to expose students to evolutionary change in the developmental patterning of plant and animal form. This course integrates multiple biological disciplines including phylogenetics, comparative morphology, molecular evolution and developmental genetics to explore biodiversity at a mechanistic level. Topics range from issues surrounding homology assessment to empirical examples of how changes in gene expression or function may have shaped morphological diversity. The 1st half of the semester labs expose students to plant and animal development, as well as bioinformatic and gene expression tools for the study of comparative development. The 2nd half of the semester, students pursue independent research projects. Prerequisites: Biol 350/404 (Genetics), or consent of instructor.
Follow the Fall 2015 lab on twitter #kuevodevo2015