Course Outline - IB 426 - Fall 2007
Link to Fall 2007 Syllabus_pdf file
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BASIC PRINCIPALS IN PHYSIOLOGY (Aug. 22 – Oct. 10, 2007)
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| 1-2 | Introduction to course
Origin and formation of planet earth Geological time line and major speciation events Overview of diverse environments and physiological demands
Concepts of adaptations; Range of responses Size and Scaling |
1,2,3
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8-22-07Wed.ppt (15.6MB) | Geological time and speciation (70K) |
| 3-6 | Properties of water
Osmotic demands of aquatic and terrestrial environments Osmotic physiology - animal salt and water balance Osmoregulation and excretion |
4, 5
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8-27-07Mon.ppt (3.6MB) |
Basilisk, Glasheen, McMahon JEB96 (150kb) Basilisk running & ecology Copeia67 (154K) Water Strider Locomotion |
| 7-9 | Food sources and digestive strategies
Snake digestion Forgut and hindgut fermentation Lyzozyme evolution in foregut fermentation |
6,13
| 9-07-07Fri.ppt(6.7MB) | Secor & Diamond Nature98.pdf (214K) |
| 10-12 | Evolution of the Earth's atmosphere
Atmospheric and aquatic gaseous compositions and properties Terrestrial and aquatic respiratory systems and mechanisms Cardiovascular systems and circulation Respiratory and circulatory physiology |
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9-14-07Fri.ppt(3.1MB) | |
| 13-14 | Respiratory pigments and gas exchange
Teleost swim bladder Control of respiration |
9-21-07Fri.ppt (7.9MB) | ||
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Exam I Oct. 1, 2007 (Monday), on lectures 1-14 (14 lectures)
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| 15-20 | Range of thermal environments
Thermal balance and thermal exchanges Biochemical effects of temperature Short-term, long-term and evolutionary temperature compensations Thermal strategies and mechanisms -endothermy, torpor, avoidance, tolerance Evolution of endothermy |
8,9
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9-26-07Wed.ppt(6.6MB) | Second Homework Assignment.pdf(19k) |
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COPING WITH VARYING ENVIRONMENTS (Oct. 15 – Nov. 30, 2007)
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| 21-26 | Polar and freezing environments
Paleogeography and glacial histories of Antarctic and Arctic Hypotheses on causes of Ice Ages Problems of extreme cold for ectotherms Freezing avoidance and tolerance strategies and mechanisms Origin and Evolution of antifreeze proteins Evolutionary Loss of Hb and Mb phenotype in the cold - antarctic fishes |
9,14
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10-12-07Fri.ppt(18.3MB) | Supercooling_Freezing video(7.8Mb)
AF Evolution (Cheng98).pdf (748KB) Mechanism of AFGP Evolution (Cheng98).pdf (107KB) AF Review (Cheng02).pdf (865 KB) |
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Exam II Oct.29, 2007 (Monday), on lectures 15-26 (12 lectures)
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| 27-28 | Air-Breathing Mammals and Birds in Water
Return to the sea-Evolution of marine mammals Problems for air-breathing divers Adaptations of diving marine mammals and birds |
9
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10-26-07Fri.ppt(15.3MB) | Diving adaptations_Hochachka81(1.5MB) |
| 29-30 | High Altitude and Hypobaric Hypoxia
Plate tectonics and formation of Andes and Himalayas Problems of high altitudes Acclimatory responses and evolutionary adaptations Evolution of hypoxia response systems in humans zone |
14
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11-02-07Fri.ppt(6.5MB) | |
| 31-32 | Sulfidic Environments
Deep sea explorations, hydrothermal vents geology and geochemistry Hydrothermal vent fauna, chemoautotrophy, symbiosis, sulfide detoxification and utilization Cold Seep and mud flat fauna and biology |
12
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11-07-07Wed.ppt(1.8MB) | McMullin Bergquist Fisher.pdf (358K) |
| 33-37 | Light and Visual Ecology and Evolutionary Physiology
Bioluminescence - luciferins and photoproteins Function and evolution of lens crystallins Phototransduction in vertebrates Spectral tuning in deep water - coelacanth, Lake Baikal species flock of sculpins |
9
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11-12-07Mon.ppt(3.1 MB) | Trimmer et al Firefly biolux (217K)
Wistow Crystallin genes & evolution review.pdf (493K)
Gehring2004_eye evolution.pdf (216K)
Rees et al Origin of marine biolux.pdf (88K)
phototransduction animation (1.9MB) Hunt et al Baikal sculpins spectral tuning.pdf (585K) |
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Exam III Nov. 30, 2007 (Friday in class). On lectures 27 – 37 (11 lectures)
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