College of Chemistry Course Guide

IB 161 - Population and Evolutionary Genetics (4 Units)

(Taken from the UC Berkeley Course Guide)

Course Overview

Summary

Population genetics provides the theoretical foundation for modern evolutionary thinking. It also provides a basis for understanding genetic variation within populations. We will study population genetic theory and use it to illuminate a number of different topics, including the existence of sex, altruism and cooperation, genome evolution speciation, and human genetic variation and evolution.

Prerequisites

Biology 1A/1B, Mathematics 16A or 10A

Spring only

Workload

Time Commitment

3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week.




UC Berkeley Course Guide