Courses

CBES 685 - Behavioral Ecology & Evolution Analysis Biology 280 - BioStatistics Biology 357 - Evolution Biology 357L - Evolutionary Genetics Laboratory

Course


CBES 685

Principles of behavioral ecology and evolution with a focus on conservation biology. Research techniques in behavioral ecology related to analyzing populations in geographically and age-structured populations. The importance of reproductive strategies, habitat selection, foraging behavior, parental care, social organization, and the importance of migration and movement patterns on the regulation of population sizes and evolution. Population, quantitative, and species genetics as it relates to evolution, speciation, and biodiversity.

Biology 280

Statistical analysis as applied to research in the biological sciences. Theory and applications of statistics; experimental design; basic statistical concepts; hypothesis testing; parametric and non-parametric analyses. Group and independent projects, computer analysis of data

Biology 357

Organic evolution as a unifying theory of biology. Topics include the history of ideas of evolution, adaptation of populations, genetic drift, molecular evolution and the neutral theory, quantitative genetics, speciation and phylogeny, biogeography and macro-evolutionary trends, and mass extinctions.

Biology 375 Lab

A laboratory and field course to be taken in conjunction with BIOL 357 lecture. Laboratory exercises will introduce students to the techniques in evolutionary genetics with special reference to Hawaiian plants and animals. Topics to be covered include: quantitative genetics, natural selection, molecular genetics analysis of populations and species, ecological genetics and adaptation, and conservation genetics.