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Prerequisites: microbiology, genetics, and biochemistry or cell biology. In-depth treatment of bacterial structure and function including metabolism, genetics, control mechanisms, chemotaxis. Scheduled spring terms. 3 credits
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Prerequisite: general microbiology. A study of currently emerging infectious diseases, the organisms that cause them and the environmental, demographic, and economic conditions that influence their emergence. Scheduled fall terms. 3 credits
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Ichthyology Biology, systematics, and ecology of freshwater and marine fishes. Laboratory studies stress taxonomic competence with common species native to eastern North America. Scheduled fall terms. 3 credits
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Herpetology The morphology, systematics, and natural history of amphibians and reptiles. Background for conducting research in related fields, such as vertebrate paleontology, ecology, genetics, evolution, embryology, comparative anatomy, physiology, and field natural history. Scheduled summer terms. 3 credits
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Mammalogy Classification, life history, ecology, evolution, and economic relationships of mammals. Identification and familiarity with North American species. Scheduled spring terms. 3 credits
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Prerequisites: one year of chemistry and three semesters of biology including animal, human, or cell physiology. An advanced physiology course with focus on the cellular mechanisms underlying hormone action. Topics covered include the biosynthesis of hormones, their interaction with receptors, the subsequent signal transduction pathway, their psychological effects and the regulation of their secretion. Scheduled alternate fall terms. 3 credits.
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Prerequisites: one year of biology. Collection and preservation of animals in selected New England ecosystems. Equipment, methodologies, classification, and museum preparation techniques. Scheduled summer terms. 3 credits
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Prerequisite: one year of biology. Collection and preservation of plants. Field trips to selected natural communities of Connecticut. Equipment, methods, classification, and museum preparation techniques are emphasized as well as techniques for field identification of plants. Scheduled wintersession and summer terms. 3 credits
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Human Anatomy The anatomy of selected areas of the human body. Discussion of embryology, skeletal, muscular, respiratory, circulatory, endocrine, excretory and nervous systems, as they pertain to the actions of respiration. Laboratory consists of dissection of the cat or monkey with demonstrations on human organs and models. Scheduled summer terms. 3 credits
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Prerequisites: BIO 229, 429 or 438 or departmental permission. Current concepts in ecology, systematics, biology, and biogeography of aquatic insects are discussed in detail. Aquatic insect ecology and stream ecology are used as unifying subject areas. The Neararctic and Palearctic faunas will be stressed, but examples may be taken from the other major zoogeographic realms. 3 credits
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