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