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I'd like to learn more about molecular evolution (or I think I would)...

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I think you would like it Alex. The course I'm in doesn't get very mathematical. It gets to the basics of evolution and what has been discovered is very interesting...

On the molecular level, natural selection (the positive selection for certain phenotypes, or traits) isn't that important, there's still some debate but...it seems that random chance events have more to do with evolution than once thought...

Evolution may work only through the elimination of deleterious mutations...the rest of the variations being neutral mutations that are on a stochastic roller coaster ride...either on their way to extinction or fixation

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I've been reading an anatomy / physiology textbook and that was really interesting

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That's great! I'm always amazed at the wide variety of knowledge you possess.

Physiology...the importance of the structure-function relationship...it's almost miraculous...how things work. Physiology is challenging...it encompasses many levels of understanding...from first principles of physics to ecological interactions...

It's so cool. Thanks for reminding me why I like science. :-)