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BIOLOGY 380 
Evolution and Biosystematics 
Instructor: Dr. Ron Matson 
Winter quarter, 1998 

Why dream about the future when we can live in it and enjoy? Aren't we in a time when a lot of our ancestors wanted to live? Yes, we are! Moreover, we live in a time where a lot of us want to live, but don't realize the time is here. No more words. Let us enjoy.  
 

• Lecture block 1: Background to the Study of Evolution, Patterns and History (Evolution, Big People in Evoltion, Modern Synthesis, Systematics, Cladistics, Deciding on Character States, Ages of Universe, Earth)

• Lecture block 2: Evolutionary Processes in Populations and Species (Variation, Mutations, Polymorphism, Hardy-Weinberg Distribution, Genetic Drift, Inbreeding, Gene Flow)

• Lecture block 3: Evolutionary Processes in Populations and Species (Natural Selection, Adaptation, Species and Speciation, Modes of Speciation, Alternative Species Concepts, Extinction)

DISCLAIMER: The content of the lecture notes may differ from the objective reality or the professor's reality. It may even differ from my reality, since written communication is not perfect. The notes are intended to stimulate thinking through comparing against own notes. Use at your own risk. 

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