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Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random.
Richard Dawkins


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Lecture 19: Moving to Land
The four-legged body plan first evolves in fish; the rise of modern amphibians.

  Lecture 23: Avian Ancestors
While crocodiles still roam the earth, the dinosaurs came and went, or did they?

 
Lecture 20: Modern Amphibians
Frogs and salamanders can live on land, but are still tied to water.

Lecture 24: Birds
Taking flight in an amazing adaptative radiation.

Lecture 21: Making An Egg
Amniote characteristics and the radiation of turtles.
Lecture 25: Mammals
Egg-laying monotremes and pouched marsupials.

Lecture 22: Squamates
Reptile characteristics and the diversity of lizards and snakes.
Lectures 26 & 27: Placental Mammals
The most successful radiation of mammals is tied to the umbilical cord.




Lecture 28: Video on Evolution
Why do we need to have sex? What is the usefulness of the male in natural populations?


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April 8 Lecture 19
April 10 Lecture 20
April 15 Lecture 21
April 17 Lecture 22
April 22 Lecture 23
April 24 Lecture 24
April 29 Lecture 25
May 1 Lecture 26
May 6 Lecture 27
May 8 Lecture 28
May 13 Final Exam

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