EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

BBT 2304

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 2

Year of Study:

Year 2

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

College:

College of Natural Sciences

School:

School of Biological Sciences

Department:

Botany

Course Discipline:

Biology

Course Description & Objectives:

This course will cover the role of heritable variation in natural selection, factors and evolutionary changes in panmictic populations, the role of polyploidy in speciation, different mechanisms of speciation.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

demonstrate the role of heritable variation, as a raw material for
natural selection,
discuss the factors that affect evolutionary changes in panmictic
populations,
explain the significance of different breeding systems,

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