ANTH 246 - Sex and Evolution

Credits: 4

Course lays a foundation in evolutionary theory through exploration of why sex evolved despite its evident costliness: organisms may reproduce asexually, transmitting 100% of their genes instead of 50%, generating identical genotypes instead of risky new ones, and circumventing the problem of finding mates. Examines the biological ramifications of sexual reproduction, and the hypotheses of evolutionary models. Biological anthro course.