BIOL 569 Developmental Evolution

3 credits · Biology · Faculty of Science · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

The influence of developmental mechanisms on evolution. This course draws on recent examples from plants and invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Topics include homology, modularity, dissociation, co-option, evolutionary novelty, evolution of cis-regulation and gene regulatory networks, developmenta…

Prerequisites

BIOL 303 and BIOL 304; or permission of instructor.

Prerequisite courses: BIOL 303, BIOL 304

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