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4.00 Credits
An introduction to chemical properties and biological functions of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids. Topics in lecture and lab include purifying and characterizing proteins, enzyme kinetics, and basic energy metabolism. Three lectures and one scheduled lab each week. Prerequisite: Biology 251, Chemistry 221, and completion of or concurrent registration in Chemistry 222; or permission of instructor. LEVANDOSKI, TRIMMER.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to how biologists pose questions, design experiments, analyze data, and communicate scientific information, for prospective biology and biological chemistry majors as well as nonmajors. Although individual sections will have different topics and formats, all sections will involve intensive student-directed investigation and include a laboratory component. Prerequisite: none. STAFF.
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4.00 Credits
An investigation of genetic engineering techniques and products as applied in agriculture, medicine, industry, law, and the environment, as well as the social, economic, and technical implications of their use. Topics include genetically engineered plants and animals, gene therapies, in vitro fertilization and human cloning, DNA fingerprinting, and genetic testing. Does not count toward the major. Prerequisite: second-year standing. ROBERTSON.
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4.00 Credits
Investigations of the cellular and molecular basis of organismal structure and function, including studies of how organisms acquire and expend energy, acquire and transport materials, regulate internal conditions, transmit information, reproduce, develop, grow, and move. Three lectures and one scheduled lab each week. Prerequisite: Biology 150, Chemistry 129, and completion of or concurrent registration in Chemistry 221; or permission of instructor. STAFF.
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4.00 Credits
Investigations of the evolutionary causes and ecological consequences of organismal structure and function, including studies of why organisms acquire and expend energy, acquire and transport materials, regulate internal conditions, transmit information, reproduce, develop, grow, and move. Three lectures and one scheduled lab each week. Prerequisite: Biology 251 and Mathematics 124 or 131. STAFF.
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4.00 Credits
This seminar course will consider how biological theories emerge and change in a complex environment of empirical knowledge and social/political concerns. Areas of study may include reproductive biology, evolution, genetics, ecology and conservation, and medicine. Three lecture/discussion sections each week. Prerequisite: Biology 252 or permission of instructor. BROWN.
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4.00 Credits
Investigations of the history of Iowa's plant diversity from three perspectives: (1) taxonomy and systematics; (2) paleoecology and community assembly; and (3) population structure, biogeography, and conservation. Three lectures and one laboratory each week. Prerequisite: Biology 252 or permission of instructor. ECKHART.
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4.00 Credits
An integrative survey of the fungal kingdom, emphasizing current topics in developmental biology, physiology, genetics, evolution, systematics, ecology, and human interactions with fungi. Combined lecture/lab periods meet two times each week for three hours. Emphasis is on interactive learning through field and laboratory investigations. Prerequisite: Biology 252 or permission of instructor. K. JACOBSON.
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4.00 Credits
Plant functions emphasizing the physiology of photosynthesis, respiration, translocation, control of growth, and major processes of the living plant. Three lectures, one laboratory each week. Prerequisite: Biology 252 or permission of instructor. DERIDDER.
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4.00 Credits
Study of the effects of life on the Earth's chemistry. This course will examine the interactions among biological and chemical processes that determine the cycling of biologically significant elements in soils, sediments, waters, and the atmosphere. Lectures and discussions focus on current topics, with particular emphasis on the effects of human activity on biogeochemical cycles. Field and laboratory investigations emphasize quantitative analysis and experimental design. Three lecture/discussions and one laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Biology 252, or Biological Chemistry 262, or permission of instructor. P. JACOBSON
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