Mechanisms of Evolution
A 19-module path through mechanisms of evolution, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- The History of Evolutionary Thought
- Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selection
- Descent with Modification
- The Evidence for Evolution
- Genetic Variation as the Raw Material of Evolution
- Allele and Genotype Frequencies
- The Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium as a Null Model
- Mutation as a Source of Genetic Variation
- Natural Selection and the Concept of Fitness
- Modeling Selection at a Single Locus
- Directional Selection
- Stabilizing and Disruptive Selection
- Sexual Selection
- Adaptation and Its Limits
- Genetic Drift and Random Change
- The Founder Effect and Bottlenecks
- Gene Flow and Migration
- Mutation as an Evolutionary Force
- Evolution at Multiple Loci