Course Format: Lecture: 9:05A-9:55A, MWF, JH 124. One fifty-minute
discussion per week.

Prerequisites:  For biological and other science majors.

Course Description: In this course, students will study the interaction of
genetical, ecological, and evolutionary processes and learn how these
processes interact to create and sustain bio-diversity and adaptation.
Each of the five fundamental evolutionary processes (natural selection,
random genetic drift, mutation, migration, and meiotic drive) leaves a
unique signature on the genetic variation of every species.  However,
because they all operate simultaneously, it can be difficult to understand
the unique role of each process in creating patterns in nature.  Special
topics will include: (1) sexual selection and the evolution of mating
systems; (2) the evolution of sex and the paradox of sexual reproduction;
(3) the evolution of social behaviors; and, (4) the co-evolution of hosts
and pathogens.  The overall goal is for the student to develop the ability
to think critically and quantitatively about patterns in nature and to
apply evolutionary and ecological principles to understand those patterns.

Required Text: TBA

Weekly Assignments: Fourty-sixty pages of text and outside readings and one
problem set.

Exams/Papers: Four in-class written exams.