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Syllabus - course goals and philosophy - questions Who are you? What is evolution?

Evolution BIO 665 Dr. Allison Welch. Syllabus - course goals and philosophy - questions Who are you? What is evolution?. Syllabus - Course website: http://www.unc.edu/~welcha/bio665 - Objectives – course goals & philosophy - Schedule Assignments

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Syllabus - course goals and philosophy - questions Who are you? What is evolution?

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  1. Evolution BIO 665 Dr. Allison Welch Syllabus - course goals and philosophy - questions Who are you? What is evolution?

  2. Syllabus - Course website: http://www.unc.edu/~welcha/bio665 - Objectives – course goals & philosophy - Schedule Assignments Readings – print this list/study guide http://www.unc.edu/~welcha/bio665/readings Grading Expectations - Questions?

  3. What is evolution? Change through time Biological evolution - change in allele frequencies in populations - genetic changes in populations Microevolution – changes within species - natural selection - other evolutionary forces Macroevolution – changes between species

  4. Case study (Chapter 1) – HIV evolution 1) Pattern of evolution - population differs between two points in time new traits can  new problems for infected individuals 2) Process – HOW has this change happened? - change in allele frequencies in populations 3) Where did HIV come from? What is HIV related to? How did it become a new disease? microevolution macroevolution

  5. time 2 time 3 time 1 high viral load begins AZT therapy lower viral load continues AZT therapy lower viral load AZT therapy ineffective What happened? Has there been evolution?? What has changed? Has the change been genetic? Biological evolution - genetic change in population through time HIV+ patient

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