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Abstract
This course introduces important questions about the evolutionary processes involved in the generation and maintenance of biological diversity across all domains of life and how evolutionary science investigates these questions.
Objective
Students will learn about several major different approaches to investigating evolutionary questions and how these approaches are applied to a wide variety of topics. Topics covered include different forms of selection, phylogenetic analysis, population genetics, life history theory, the evolution of sex, social evolution and human evolution. These topics are important for the understanding of a number of evolutionary problems in the basic and applied sciences.
Content
Topics likely to be covered in this course include research methods in evolutionary biology, adaptation, evolution of sex, evolutionary transitions, human evolution, infectious disease evolution, life history evolution, macroevolution, mechanisms of evolution, phylogenetic analysis, population dynamics, population genetics, social evolution, speciation and types of selection.
Resources
Lecture Notes
Lecture slides, Papers, and Online Tools
Literature
Main Textbook: Evolutionary Analysis Scott Freeman and Jon Herron 5th Edition, English. Minor resource: Evolutionary Parasitology Paul Schmid-Hempel 2nd edition, English.