Anthropology 516 - Evolutionary Genetics

This course intends to provide you with both a background in elementary genetics and also a brief review of some of the major research in molecular anthropology and primatology. The section will begin with a review of genetics, inheritance, and population genetics. Subsequently, the major methodological advances of genomics will be addressed. Finally, we will review some of the major findings in human and primate genetics, including work on phylogeny, population genetics, molecular adaptation, and species' history.