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1 Course introduction
2 Fundamentals of evolution: natural selection, modern synthesis, adaptation
3 Phylogeny and the tree of life
4 Molecular evolution and phylogenetic inference: case of HIV
5 Detecting horizontal gene transfer
6 Limits to horizontal gene transfer
7 Microbial species and biogeography
8 Microbial speciation
9 Selection upon codons
10 Evolution of digital organisms: introduction to ‘Avida’
11 Dynamics of adaptation
12 Tradeoffs, specialization and pleiotropy
13 Mutation rate and population size I.
14 Mutation rate and population size II.
15 Genetic and physiological basis of adaptation
16 Fitness and optimality
17 Epistasis
18 Phenotypic diversity and epigenetics
19 Diversification and coevolution
20 Evolution of cooperation
21 Evolution of pathogens
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