PCB 4674 EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 3 credits

Prerequisites: BSC 2010/2010L and BSC 2011/2011L and PCB 3043C. This lecture course is designed to teach both the mechanisms of adaptation and the resulting traits that arise. The course will emphasize the environmental (both biotic and abiotic) pressures that drive adaptation and will investigate the morphological, physiological, behavioral and demographic adaptations resulting from specific environmental pressures. 47 contact hours.