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Biology 441a Evolution

Natural selection, fitness and adaptation; levels of selection--genic, individual or group; speciation and patterns of diversification; problems in taxonomy and phylogeny; origin and radiation of selected groups; extinction; biogeography.

Antirequisite: The former Zoology 441a.
Prerequisites: Biology 283a and either Biology 284a or 285b, or comparable background.
2 lecture hours, 3 laboratory/discussion hours, half course.


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