BIOL 4603

Exclusion(s): Unavailable to students with credit for BIOL469. An introduction to the theory and practice of phylogenetic systematics, the predominant methodology for evaluating the interrelationships of organisms. Students will learn the basic techniques of character analysis, tree building and evaluation of phylogenetic hypotheses. Application of methodology to classification, co-evolutionary studies, biogeography and extinction studies. Course includes lab component.