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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 in Flight
Taking flight in an amazing adaptative radiation.

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

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




Lecture 27: Video on Evolution
Why do we need to have sex? What is the usefulness of the male in natural populations?


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November 10 Lecture 19
November 12 Lecture 20
November 17 Lecture 21
November 19 Lecture 22
November 24 Lecture 23
December 1 Lecture 24
December 3 Lecture 25
December 8 Lecture 26
December 10 Lecture 27
December 17 Final Exam

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