WesMaps - Wesleyan University Catalog 2014-2015       Summer Session       Winter Session       Home       Archive       Search
CS92PROD
Evolution Journal Club II

BIOL 508
Spring 2015
Section: 01  
This course may be repeated for credit.
Certificates: Environmental Studies

Presentation and active discussion of current research articles in evolutionary biology. Each semester the class will choose one theme within evolutionary biology to be the focus of discussion. Themes from recent semesters have included coevolution, speciation, phylogenetic approaches for investigating natural selection, the role of competition in evolution, evolution of host-parasite relationships, and the evolution of behavior. Articles for discussion generally come from the journals EVOLUTION, AMERICAN NATURALIST, GENETICS, SCIENCE, and NATURE.
Credit: .25 Gen Ed Area Dept: None
Course Format: SeminarGrading Mode: Student Option
Level: GRAD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Requirement for: (CIS)(ENVS-MN)(ENVS)
Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available

Last Updated on DEC-04-2024
Contact wesmaps@wesleyan.edu to submit comments or suggestions. Please include a url, course title, faculty name or other page reference in your email ? Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 06459