Status
O
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
301
Title (text only)
Theoretical Population Biology
Term
2019A
Subject area
BIOL
Section number only
301
Section ID
BIOL417301
Course number integer
417
Meeting times
MW 02:00 PM-03:30 PM
Meeting location
GLAB 100
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Erol Akcay
Description
Introduction to basic theoretical tools to study the evolutionary and ecological dynamics of populations. Topics to be discussed include: basic population dynamics and population genetics theory, evolutionary game theory/adaptive dynamics, social evolution (kin selection/multilevel selection), life-history evolution, and stochastic models. Other topics may be added based on the specific interests of students in the class.
Course number only
417
Use local description
No