BIOL 481

Experimental Evolutionary Ecology

NSc

Prerequisites

Either BIOL 180, BIOL 240, B BIO 180, or T BIOL 120.

Description

Explores experimentally approachable questions in ecology and evolution through lectures, laboratory, and field experiments. Topics may include evolution of bacterial antibiotic resistance, the evolution of virulence, seed predation, plant biodiversity, and others.

CEC Data

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