| Methods for inferring evolutionary trees and their applications to the fields of comparative biology, molecular evolution, and systematics. Topics to be covered include sequence alignment, phylogenetic inference, ancestral character state reconstruction, comparative methods, and molecular adaptation. Labs emphasized practical experience in data analysis. Prerequisites: BIOL 2013, BIOL 2018, BIOL 2263, and BIOL 2268 or equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Credit cannot be obtained for both BIOL 4523 and BIOL 6523. |
