Topics include paleoclimate and species migrations, current species alliances, biogeochemical cycles, and climate change and ecosystem stability. Survey of theoretical and applied aspects of population processes stressing models of growth, interspecific interactions, and adaptation to physical and biotic environments. 4613 Primate Adaptation and Evolution Introduction to the biology of the order Primates. This course considers the comparative anatomy, behavioral ecology and paleontology of our nearest living relatives. Project oriented approach employing current field and laboratory techniques, experimental design, and data analysis.
Field trip is required.
Credit is variable but will not exceed 3 credits in any semester. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours. Lectures and laboratories based on modern molecular genetic techniques for analyses of eukaryotes and manipulation of prokaryotes. CHEM 3813 or equivalent, consent. Analysis of the genetics of natural and laboratory populations with emphasis on the ecological bases of evolutional change.