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2009-2010 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

BIO 428 - Evolutionary Ecology

3 credits
Prerequisites: BIO 314, 420 or 437
Natural selection theory applied to diverse problems in evolutionary biology including the levels of selection, adaptation and optimality models, kin selection, recognition systems, cooperation and altruism among non-relatives, co-evolution, mutualism and parasitism, specialization, sex ratio evolution, genetic conflicts, the evolution of sex, sexual selection, parental care, life history evolution, game theory and animal contests, group living and social organization in birds and mammals.