Evolutionary Biology

Syllabus

1. Evolutionary theory, evolution and science, evolution and probability, evolution and history

2. Evidence of evolution

3. Adaptation

4. Selection

5. Evolutionarily stable strategies and origin of the cooperation

6. Evolution and genetics, selfish gene, extended phenotype

7. Gene conflict

8. Altruism and group and kin selection

9. Genetic drift, neutral evolution

10. Lamarckism, epigenetics, phenotype plasticity

11. Sex and evolution

Annotation

The graduate of this fundamental course has a basic knowledge of the (micro)evolutionary mechanisms (selection, drift), origin of the evolutionary novelties, relations of development and evolution, relations of biological and cultural evolution, adaptations, and anthropological applications of the evolutionary biology