Microbial Evolution and Systematics
http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~stevenjr/mbi202/evolution202.html

John R. Stevenson, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056


This set of undergraduate course notes addresses microbial evolution and systematic. Major topics include Physical Evolution of Earth; Origin of Life on Earth; Early Evolution of Organisms with Increasing Complexity; Atmospheric Oxygen; Classification; Molecular Approaches to Phylogeny; and an Overview of Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya. The notes include several outlinks to additional sources of information.


Subject: Biology, Microbiology, Evolution:Patterns, Processes, Biology:Evolution, Ecology, Ecology:Metabolism
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Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)Keywords: microbial evolution, Earth history, photosynthesis, endosymbiotic theory, systematics