11:216:252 Fundamentals of Evolution Lab (3 cr)
Syllabus 11:216:252 (215k PDF)
Instructor: Drs. Lena Struwe & Siobain Duffy
Pre-Requisite(s): 01:119:116
Co-requisite: 11:216:251.
One 3-hr. lab.
The Fundamentals of Evolution Lab provides students with hands-on experiences related to generation, analysis, and evaluation of evolutionary data, from populations to macroevolution. Skills developed in the lab include DNA extraction, PCR, sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis, DNA barcoding, population genetics calculations, and many other aspects of evolutionary research.