Topics include experimental design, parametric and nonparametric methods, analysis of variance and covariance, and multiple regression. Open to graduate students only. A summary of information in organismal biology, comparative and ecological physiology, and the biophysical basis of organismal function. Enrollment in the following courses may be approved for undergraduate students with advanced standing. Physical and functional principles common to many living forms.
Course forms a basis for subsequent specialization in any of the subdisciplines of physiology.
May be repeated for credit. Content and instructor will vary from quarter to quarter. Possible topics include quantitative genetics, experimental methods of evolutionary studies, mathematical modeling in evolutionary studies, and the evolution of genetic systems. Content and instructor will vary from year to year. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.