EE BIOL C174

Comparative Biology and Macroevolution

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Recommended: one introductory statistics course. Modern comparative biology provides framework for studying broad questions in evolution—How do body shapes evolve? What are dynamics of evolutionary arms race? Why are there so many species in tropics? Why are there so many beetles and so few crocodiles? Did dinosaurs put brakes on diversification of mammals? Examination of why tree of life is essential to understanding patterns of biological diversity and how phylogenetic comparative methods are used to test macroevolutionary hypotheses. Concurrently scheduled with course C230.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.

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Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Requisite: Life Sciences 1 or 7B.

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· "LIFESCI 1" is not in this catalog version

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

EE BIOL C174

LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecology
- LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biology

1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 2 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

Unlocks

What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

EE BIOL C174

EE BIOL 184Evolution, Development, and Disease

1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.