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This advanced learning path equips evolutionary biology graduate students with the practical skills to conduct phylogenetic analyses using modern bioinformatics tools. It covers sequence data handling, multiple sequence alignment, model selection, and both maximum likelihood and Bayesian tree building, culminating in tree visualization and interpretation. The path emphasizes hands-on application with widely used software packages.
This advanced graduate-level path explores the evolutionary mechanisms shaping ecological strategies and species interactions. It covers foundational concepts in ecology and evolution, life history theory, trade-offs, optimal foraging, and the evolution of aging, culminating in an integrative understanding of how organisms adapt to their environments.
This advanced graduate-level learning path equips evolutionary biology students with the skills to analyze trait evolution across species using phylogenetic comparative methods. It covers the essential foundations of phylogenetics, then progresses through independent contrasts, phylogenetic generalized least squares (PGLS), Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) models, trait correlations, and ancestral state reconstruction. The path emphasizes conceptual understanding and practical application, preparing learners for research and career applications.
A graduate-level path exploring the evolutionary explanations for altruistic behavior, from foundational population genetics to inclusive fitness theory, reciprocal altruism, group selection, and eusociality. It integrates theoretical concepts with empirical evidence and current debates, emphasizing the logic of natural selection at different levels.
This advanced graduate-level path equips pre-med and biology students with the conceptual toolkit of evolutionary medicine. It begins with foundational evolutionary biology, then applies these principles to understand pathogen evolution, antibiotic resistance, host-pathogen coevolution, and the mismatch hypothesis, culminating in practical applications for clinical and public health contexts.
This advanced graduate-level path traces human evolutionary history from primate origins through hominin diversification to modern humans, integrating fossil, archaeological, and genetic evidence. Learners will understand the major adaptive transitions and the evidence supporting our evolutionary narrative.
An advanced graduate-level path exploring the evolutionary paradox of sex, covering the costs and benefits of sexual reproduction, the role of recombination, the Red Queen hypothesis, and the diversity of mating systems. Grounded in population genetics and evolutionary genetics, the path builds from foundational concepts to current theoretical debates.
This advanced graduate-level path explores how developmental processes shape evolutionary change. It covers foundational developmental biology, core evo-devo concepts (toolkit genes, Hox genes, modularity, heterochrony), and regulatory evolution, emphasizing the causal links between development and evolution.
This advanced graduate-level path explores the evolutionary forces that shape genome structure, focusing on gene duplication, genome duplication (polyploidy), transposable elements, and the C-value paradox. It builds from foundational genomics and evolutionary concepts to advanced mechanisms and their implications for genome evolution.
This learning path explores the principles of biogeography, focusing on how geological history and evolutionary processes shape species distributions. Learners will study continental drift, vicariance, dispersal, island biogeography, and endemism, building from foundational evolutionary concepts to advanced applications.