BIOMG 4840 - Molecular Evolution

Spring. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: BIOMG 2810. Lec.

D. Barbash.

Explores the various processes by which DNA and protein sequences evolve over time, and how this evolution at the molecular level relates to changes in the morphology, behavior, and physiology of organisms that have occurred over time scales ranging from thousands to billions of years. After developing basic principles the course discusses the evolution and organization of genomes from microbes to higher eukaryotes, including humans, and the relationship between molecular evolution at the sequence level and the evolution of developmental pathways and systems.