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Mar 28, 2024
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BIOL 227 - Vascular Plant Systematics Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 4 hours Attribute: 4NS How did Earth’s biodiversity attain its current form and distribution? Systematists strive to answer this question by reconstructing the history of organismal diversity using diverse lines of evidence, ranging from anatomy to biogeography to genomics. Lectures introduce important principles and concepts in systematics, including taxonomy, phylogenetics, speciation, and character evolution. Labs provide a hands-on introduction to modern molecular systematics techniques and to plant diversity, through a combination of lab activities and field trips. Enrollment Limit: 14 Instructor: M. Moore Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite & Notes: Prerequisites: BIOL 102 or BIOL 120 or BIOL 605.
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