Course Description

BI306 Topics in Systematic Zoology 0.5

The study of biological diversity in an evolutionary context, with an emphasis on methods used in constructing phylogenies, and the naming and classification of organisms. Topics may include the examination of fossils (paleontology), the effect of continental drift, the significance of mass extinctions, hierarchical classification systems (taxonomy), phenetic analysis, cladistic analysis, and molecular systematics. Laboratory work may include preparation of museum specimens.

Prerequisite: BI100*, and either one of BI253*, BI263*, BI273, or BI283*.

Exclusion: BI352.

2 lecture hours, 3 lab or seminar hours

Official electronic version updated at 10:33 a.m. March 31, 2005

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