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]
Explain how the field of phylogeography examines questions of historical structure and dispersal of populations, and describe the underlying DNA-based methods involved [BIOL 3042] Interpret evidence to determine which mechanisms might be acting in simple cases of speciation. [BIOL 2040]
BIOL 2040