Evolution
-- BIO3321
This drawing of a "pletiosaur" was done by Courtney Krasowski.
The misspelling is intentional, a class joke.
About the course: The course description in the college
catalog includes:
The evidences, the mode, and the implications of organic evolution treated in such a manner as to emphasize the function of evolution as the greatest general unifying principle in biology. Special attention is paid to the many recent contributions of research to this field.
Prerequisite, Biology 2203 (Genetics).
The idea of evolution includes the
concept that present-day living things are descended from, ultimately, one
common ancestor; i.e., all creatures are related to each other. We tend to
resemble our relatives. This concept of relatedness is what allows biologists
working on a problem of human disease, for example, to use the work of others
who study worms or flies to guide their research. There ought to be
characteristics that we humans hold in common with our relatives, even with
flies and worms. Therefore, what you do in your laboratory is of interest and
importance to my work, as mine is to yours. This is what we mean by evolution's
being a "unifying principle."
This course is designed to help
new biologists understand the nature of the principles of evolution, some ways
they can use them to help their investigations, and some of the limits on how
they can be used.
Ahh! Courtney's at it again!