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Aug 29, 2025
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Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog
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HBA 551 - Phylogenetic Systematics, Biogeography and Comparative Methods
This course will provide students with a familiarity in the practical application of modern phylogenetic methods and the use of phylogenies in framing evolutionary hypotheses. The course will have both a lecture and laboratory component with lectures including in-class discussions of assigned readings. Lab exercises will be devoted to hands-on experience with available software for phylogenetic and comparative methods. Comparative methods examined will include a focus on historical biogeography as well as ancestral state reconstruction, rates of evolution and diversification, and analysis of adaptation and key innovations.
4 credits
Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)
Offered Spring
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