BIOL 409 – Evolutionary Biology
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take BIOL-105 BIOL-115L BIOL-107 BIOL-106 BIOL-108 CHEM-201. (Required, Previous). | Take BIOL-409L. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: Topics include the theory of natural selection, mechanisms of evolutionary change, the fossil record, biogeography, molecular evolution, speciation, phylogeny reconstruction and evolutionary rates.
BIOL 403 – Plant Genetics and Breeding
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take BIOL-105 BIOL-115L BIOL-107 BIOL-106 BIOL-108 CHEM-112 CHEM-112L. (Required, Previous). | Take BIOL-403L. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: An exploration of the fundamentals of quantitative, population, and molecular genetics in plants. Largely using horticultural crop species as model organisms, we will explore historical and contemporary plant breeding and improvement techniques. Topics […]
BIOL 401 – Genetics
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take BIOL-105 BIOL-115L BIOL-107 BIOL-106 BIOL-108 CHEM-201. (Required, Previous). | Take BIOL-401L. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: Mendelian genetics, the chromosome, probability, and mapping in diploids, fungi, bacteria, and viruses; chemical basis of DNA replication and mutation and the genetic code.