BIO-427 Seminar in Disease and Behavior

The relationship between animal behavior and disease is bidirectional: behavior can affect the likelihood of acquiring a disease, and disease can subsequently alter behavior. In this class, we examine the fundamentals of animal behavior (e.g., sexual selection, kin selection, social evolution, communication and signals, reproductive strategies) and apply them to current research on the ecology and evolution of disease. Discussion of foundational readings and the primary literature.

Maximum Enrollment

Seminar (12)

(Seminar.)

Prerequisite

Bio 237 or consent of instructor.

Offered

Spring

Notes

Students must have Junior or Senior standing. Not open to students who have taken BIO 430.