Students will be able to:

- describe microevolutionary mechanisms,

- explain basic evolutionary processes, including genetic drift and various forms of selection,

- describe and use population genetic models, including simulations,

- evaluate and draw phylogenetic trees,

- describe the major models of speciation,

- evaluate molecular and phenotypic evidence for natural selection,

- describe evolutionary dynamics of sexual conflict and genome evolution,

- describe the major transitions in the history of Life, including human evolution.