INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY
104
LECTURE SYLLABUS:
FALL 2008
11:00 AM, MWF, 228
Natural History Building
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Lecture |
Date |
Topic |
Reading:
11th edition, |
Laboratory
Exercise |
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Starr
& Taggart |
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1 |
8/25 |
Ch.
1 |
1.
Microscope & Phylogeny |
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2 |
8/27 |
Ch.
17 |
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3 |
8/29 |
Sponges
to Cnidaria |
Ch.
25 |
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4 |
9/1 |
Labor
Day - Holiday |
------ |
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5 |
9/3 |
Worms |
Ch.
25 |
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-- |
9/5 |
Molluscs
to Arthropods |
Ch.
25 |
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6 |
9/8 |
Chordates |
Ch.
26 |
2.
Two Phyla & Worms |
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7 |
9/10 |
Respiration |
Ch.
40 |
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|
8 |
9/12 |
Digestion |
Ch.
41 |
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|
9 |
9/15 |
Excretion |
Ch.
42 |
3.
Complex protostomes |
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--- |
9/17 |
Review Session &
1st Exam: Through Digestion; labs 1-2 |
Time: 7-9 PM Rooms to be announced |
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10 |
9/19 |
Nervous
system 1 -- Basics |
Ch.
34 |
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|
11 |
9/22 |
Nervous
system 2- Brain |
Ch.
35 |
4.
Deuterostomes Quiz 1, labs 1-3 |
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12 |
9/24 |
Nervous
System 3 - Senses |
Ch.
34 |
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13 |
9/26 |
Endocrine
System |
Ch.
36 |
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|
14 |
9/29 |
Immune
System 1 - Innate |
Ch.
39 |
5.
Pig 1 |
|
15 |
10/1 |
Immune
System 2 -- Adaptive |
Ch.
39 |
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16 |
10/3 |
Reproduction
and Development |
Ch.
43 |
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|
17 |
10/6 |
Molecules
of Life |
Ch,
2 and Ch. 3 |
6.
Skeleton |
|
18 |
10/8 |
Organization
of Cells |
Ch.
4 |
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|
19 |
10/10 |
Membranes
and Transport |
Ch.
5 |
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|
20 |
10/13 |
Metabolism |
Ch.
6 |
7.
Heart and brain |
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--- |
10/15 |
Review Session &
2nd Exam: Through Membranes; labs 3-6 |
Time: 7-9 PM Rooms to be announced |
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|
21 |
10/17 |
Energy |
Ch.
8 |
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|
22 |
10/20 |
DNA |
Ch.
13 |
8. Development Quiz 2, labs 4-7 |
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23 |
10/22 |
RNA |
Ch.
14 |
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|
24 |
10/24 |
Proteins |
Ch.
14 |
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|
25 |
10/27 |
Gene
Regulation |
Ch.
15 |
9.
Mitosis & Meiosis |
|
26 |
10/29 |
Genetic
Engineering |
Ch.
15 |
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|
27 |
10/31 |
Mitosis |
Ch. 9 |
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|
28 |
11/3 |
Meiosis |
Ch.
10 |
10.
Mendelian Genetics Quiz 3, labs 8-9 |
|
29 |
11/5 |
Genetics |
Ch.
11 |
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|
30 |
11/7 |
Human
Genetics |
Ch.
12 |
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|
31 |
11/10 |
Population
Genetics |
Ch.
18 |
11.
Population Genetics |
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--- |
11/12 |
Review Session &
3rd Exam: Through Hum. Gen.; labs
7-10 |
Time: 7-9 PM Rooms to be announced |
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|
32 |
11/14 |
Speciation |
Ch.
19 |
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|
33 |
11/17 |
Evolution |
Ch.
17/25 |
12.
Animal Ecology Quiz 4, labs 10-11. Genetics homework
given out in lab |
|
34 |
11/19 |
Human
Evolution |
Ch.
26 |
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|
35 |
11/21 |
Behavior |
Ch.
49 |
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-- |
11/22-11/30 |
Thanksgiving
vacation |
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|
36 |
12/1 |
Sociobiology |
Ch.
49 |
13.
Review session. Return genetics homework, quiz |
|
37 |
12/3 |
Ecology |
Ch.
45/46 |
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|
38 |
12/5 |
Ecosystems |
Ch.
47 |
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|
39 |
12/8 |
Global
Ecosystems |
Pp
856-859 |
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|
40 |
12/10 |
Human
Impacts |
Ch.
47 |
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12/18 |
Final
Examination |
8 AM –
11 AM Rooms to be
announced |
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