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Demonstrate an understanding of molecular phylogenetics, including the concept of tracing the evolution history of genes (e.g. gene duplication, horizontal gene transfer).
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BIOL 1010
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Demonstrate the ability to learn and synthesize a large body of knowledge, including a vast terminology.
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BIOL 1010
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Describe the diversity of some major groups of prokaryotes: focus on Proteobacteria; Gram-positives; Cyanobacteria.
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the Geologic history and time-scales associated with the evolution of metazoans
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BIOL 2003
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Interpret the information in simple phylogenetic trees and taxonomies, including distinguishing between monophyly, paraphyly and polyphyly. Construct phylogenetic trees using shared characters and parsimony, and use trees to generate testable predictions.
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BIOL 1010
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Relate animal phyla to key transitions of cladogram
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BIOL 2003
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Describe the Archaea: Shared features with Eukaryotes; Thermophily and Methanogenesis.
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the bacterial species ‘concept’, phylogenetic tree of prokaryotes (including the role of gene transfer)
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BIOL 2004
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Infer the phylogenetic history of organisms from simple data sets.
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BIOL 2040
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Interpret phylogenetic trees
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BIOL 2040
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Interpret phylogenies, and use phylogenies to test hypotheses about evolution (e.g. adaptation, speciation etc)
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BIOL 2040
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Understand the concepts and role genetics plays in conservation of marine mammals
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BIOL 3090
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Describe the basic evolutionary tree of eukaryotes; and show understanding of major unresolved questions
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BIOL 3102
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Explain how DNA sequence data are used to identify species, and how this methodology has developed into a new subdiscipline of taxonomic science known as ‘DNA barcoding’
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BIOL 3042
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Synthesize a phylogeny showing relationships of arbitrarily chosen lineages of vertebrates
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BIOL 3326
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Compare and describe Linnaean system of classification and evolutionary phylogenetics
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BIOL 3301
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Comprehend different evolutionary models for genetic load and how these led to the neutral theory of molecular evolution. Understand and describe the “Neutral theory” and the “nearly neutral theory”. Know the major predictions of neutral theory and give examples where predictions have been validated with real molecular data. Comprehend both the benefits and pitfalls of neutral theory.
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BIOL 3046
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Comprehend the complexity of homology relationships under a variety of different molecular evolutionary processes.
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BIOL 3046
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Describe the basic biology of the most important major groups of microbial eukaryotes
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BIOL 3102
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Describe the basic elements of how the field of ‘metagenomics’ examines the genetic diversity of microbial communities and how the new methods of DNA sequencing are revolutionizing this field
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BIOL 3042
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Describe the body plans of the 34 metazoan phyla focusing on invertebrates
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BIOL 3301
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Describe the morphological and meristic characteristics of different phylogenetic groups of fishes and identify the divergent characters that differentiate them.
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multiple courses
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Develop basic understanding of molecular phylogenetics
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BIOL 3301
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Identify the evolutionary history of the metazoan phyla through understanding of phylogenetic trees
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BIOL 3301
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Identify the invertebrate phyla using taxonomic keys and, for the major phyla, be able to identify classes
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BIOL 3301
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Know mechanisms for functional divergence at the molecular level that span a wide range of biological complexity. Understand how specific models of adaptive evolution explain real examples of functional divergence.
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BIOL 3046
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Know terminology and concepts related to metazoan body plans, classification, and evolution
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BIOL 3301
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Know updates and extensions to Darwinian theory that led to modern theory. Comprehend and explain principles arising from the neo-Darwinian synthesis and neutral theory.
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BIOL 3046
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Understand how molecular evolutionary processes give rise to patterns of genetic diversity that we observe in the natural world, and how to use those patterns to make inferences about different processes.
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BIOL 3046
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Understand the evolutionary significance of mutations at different levels of complexity. Apply evolutionary theory to understand impacts of mutations on fitness, rates of molecular evolution and genetic control of mutation.
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BIOL 3046
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Understand the importance of molecular evolution in the post-genomic era, and be able to explain this to non-specialists.
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BIOL 3046
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Use cladistic analysis of morphology to evaluate phylogenetic hypotheses
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BIOL 3326
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