Evolution

Using this textbook, students will learn about cladistics, molecular phylogenies and the molecular-genetical basis of evolutionary change, including the important role of protein networks, symbionts and holobionts, together with the core principles of developmental biology.

Professor Jonathan Bard is a vertebrate developmental anatomist who has also published research papers in evolutionary, theoretical and systems biology and in bioinformatics. He worked at the MRC Human Genetics Unit and at the University of Edinburgh and is currently a graduate advisor at Balliol College Oxford.