INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 104

LECTURE SYLLABUS: FALL 2008

11:00 AM, MWF, 228 Natural History Building

 

Lecture

Date

Topic

Reading: 11th edition,

Laboratory Exercise

 

 

 

Starr & Taggart

 

 1

8/25

Introduction

Ch. 1

1. Microscope & Phylogeny

 2

8/27

Phylogeny and Classification

Ch. 17

 

 3

8/29

Sponges to Cnidaria

Ch. 25

 

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9/1

Labor Day  - Holiday

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 4

9/3

Worms

Ch. 25

 

 5

9/5

Molluscs to Arthropods

Ch. 25

 

 6

9/8

Chordates

Ch. 26

2. Two Phyla & Worms

 7

9/10

Molecules of Life

Ch. 2 and 3

 

 8

9/12

Organization of Cells

Ch. 4

 

 9

9/15

Membranes and Transport

Ch. 5

3. Complex protostomes

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9/17

Review Session &  1st Exam:

Through Organization; labs 1-2

Time: 7-9 PM

Rooms to be announced

 

10

9/19

Metabolism

Ch. 6

 

11

9/22

Energy

Ch. 8

4. Deuterostomes Quiz 1, labs 1-3

12

9/24

DNA

Ch. 13

 

13

9/26

RNA

Ch. 14

 

14

9/29

Proteins

Ch. 14

5. Pig 1

15

10/1

Gene Regulation

Ch. 15

 

16

10/3

Genetic Engineering

Ch. 15

 

17

10/6

Respiration

Ch. 40

6. Skeleton

18

10/8

Digestion

Ch. 41

 

19

10/10

Excretion

Ch. 42

 

20

10/13

Nervous system 1 -- Basics

Ch. 34

7. Heart and brain

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10/15

Review Session &  2nd Exam:

Through Excretion labs 3-6

Time: 7-9 PM

Rooms to be announced

 

21

10/17

Nervous system 2- Brain

Ch. 35

 

22

10/20

Nervous System 3 - Senses

Ch. 34

8.  Development   Quiz 2, labs 4-7

23

10/22

Endocrine System

Ch. 36

 

24

10/24

Immune System  1 - Innate

Ch. 39

 

25

10/27

Immune System 2 -- Adaptive

Ch. 39

9. Mitosis & Meiosis

26

10/29

Reproduction and Development

Ch. 43

 

27

10/31

Mitosis

Ch.   9

 

28

11/3

Meiosis

Ch. 10

10. Mendelian Genetics  Quiz 3, labs 8-9

29

11/5

Genetics

Ch. 11

 

30

11/7

Human Genetics

Ch. 12

 

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

 

32

11/14

Speciation

Ch. 19

 

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

 

35

11/21

Behavior

Ch. 49

 

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11/22-11/30

Thanksgiving vacation

  

 

36

12/1

Sociobiology

Ch. 49

13. Review session.

      Return genetics homework, quiz

37

12/3

Ecology

Ch. 45/46

 

38

12/5

Ecosystems

Ch. 47

 

39

12/8

Global Ecosystems

Pp 856-859

 

40

12/10

Human Impacts

Ch. 47

 

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12/18

Final Examination

8 AM – 11 AM

Rooms to be announced