Describe the most basic similarities and differences between Bacteria, Archaea and Eukaryotes, and the evolutionary relationships between ‘protists’ and animals, plants and fungi. [BIOL 1010] 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. [BIOL 1010]
Argue for or against interpretations of major events in vertebrate history(dinosaur endothermy, origin of flight, relationships between fin types etc.) [BIOL 3326] Assess new paleontological evidence (fossils) and their implications for interpretations of vertebrate history [BIOL 3326] Classify bird species into their families and orders. [BIOL 3622] Demonstrate knowledge of insects' classification, nomenclature, and identification. [BIOL 3327] Describe the basic evolutionary tree of eukaryotes; and show understanding of major unresolved questions [BIOL 3102] Describe the taxonomical position of each collected insect species. [BIOL 3327] Explain the systematics and evolution of insects. [BIOL 3327] Recall distinguishing feature of particular families and orders. [BIOL 3622] Synthesize a phylogeny showing relationships of arbitrarily chosen lineages of vertebrates [BIOL 3326] Trace the ancestry and evolutionary changes in morphology from modern vertebrates back to early Paleozoic animals [BIOL 3326]
