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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

BIO 551. Current Topics in Human Development and Evolution

Cross listed with: BIO 451
Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID: 008729 Grading Basis GRD

Discussion-based course on the developmental changes involved in our evolution from ape-like ancestors; using the science of cloning and embryonic stem cells to prolong human life; the evolutionary theory of aging; the genetic conflict theory of human pregnancy; the developmental basis of variation in human sexuality; and the direct effects of environment on modern human development and evolution. Prerequisite(s): Credit may not be earned in both BIO 451 and BIO 551.