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A crash course in Evolutionary Biology
133 students
A crash course in Evolutionary Biology
the essentials of evolutionary theory from Darwin to the modern day
Created byKane Colston
Last updated 8/2020
English
What you'll learn
- evolution by natural selection
- the history of evolutionary theory
- adaptive theory
- evolutionary genetics
- evolution by other mechanisms
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Course content
6 sections • 18 lectures • 3h 9m total length
Requirements
- a reasonable understanding of high school biology, or a willingness to do some brushing up if not!
- a good grasp of high school maths
Description
This course is aimed at providing a broad introduction to evolutionary biology. It will cover both the history behind the theory, the key principles underpinning the theory itself as well as more modern advancements made in evolutionary genetics that bring the theory to the present day. This course requires some preliminary grasp of biology, though everything is explained from first principles and a glossary for each section is provided to help.
Who this course is for:
- anyone interested in improving their understanding of biological evolution