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May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Living World. Class of 2009 & prior only. Cheney/Seyfarth/White. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 102 or 121 or PSYC 001. The evolution of social behavior in animals, with special emphasis on group formation, cooperation among kin, mating systems, territoriality and communication.
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Helliker/Casper. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 102 or 121. The study of living organisms in their natural environment, spanning the ecological physiology of individuals, the structure of populations, and interactions among species, including the organization of communities and ecosystem function.
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Schmidt, M./Abel/Peachey. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and 102, or BIOL 121; PHYS 102 or 151 strongly recommended. Lab fee $150. (3hrs. lec., 3hrs. lab, 1.5 c.u.). Cellular physiology of neurons and excitable cells, molecular neurobiology and development. Topics include: action potential generation, synaptic transmission, molecular and physiological studies of ion channels, second messengers, simple neural circuits, synaptic plasticity, learning and memory, and neural development.
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Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and 102, or BIOL 121 and 202 preferred. Lab fee $150. Only offered through the College of Liberal and Professional Studies. This course is designed to introduce the undergraduate student to the structure of tissues at the cellular level and to the way in which those tissues are assembled into organs. This knowledge of structure will be the basis for discussion of tissue and organ function.
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Petraitis. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 102 or 121 or permission of instructor. An introduction to marine biology and oceanography. Topics will include chemical and physical oceanography, a survey of form, function and phylogeny of algae, invertebrates and vertebrates, and an examination of ecological and evolutionary principles as applied to marine organisms and ecosystems.
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Dunham. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 102 or 121. Lab fee $150. (3 hrs. lec., 2 hrs. lab, 1.5 c.u.). This course will survey the phylogeny and anatomy of vertebrate organisms from a comparative evolutionary perspective. The lecture will concentrate on the history, diversity, structure and function of vertebrates. In the laboratory portion of the course, students will learn comparative anatomy through dissection of representative vertebrates.
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Wagner J. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 202 and 221. A view of how an animal embryo is specified to develop and differentiate into a wide spectrum of cell types, and how the spatial patterns and axes of embyros are determined. The course will focus on genetic and molecular approaches, but will also cover the comparative anatomy of developing embryos to the extent necessary to understand the conserved aspects of embryonic patterning. Special emphasis will be placed on organisms with particular advantages for the study of embryonic development: e.g., mouse, frog, zebrafish, and Drosophila. The first half of the course will cover cell fate restrictions, cloning animals using nuclear transfer, stem cell biology, formation of the embryonic axes in vertebrates and Drosophila, and patterning of the neural tube and mesodermal tissues. The second half of the course will focus on emerging ideas and findings in the field, with emphasis on analysis of original literature.
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Laboratory or library research with a faculty member in the Department of Biology. Research may also be conducted elsewhere on campus but sponsored by a faculty member in Biology. A final paper is required. Apply at the Biology Academic Office, 102 Leidy Labs.
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Rhoads/Block. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 or 124 or permission of instructor. Students will learn to identify plants in the field using keys and manuals; lab exercises will also include the use of quantitative techniques for measuring plant populations and characterizing plant communities. Students will also learn how to collect and prepare herbarium specimens. Most of the class time will be spent outdoors.
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Rea/Staff. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 202, CHEM 241, the latter of which may be taken concurrently. CHEM 242 is recommended and may also be taken concurrently. Basic principles of protein characterization, enzyme kinetics and mechanism, membrane structure and function, metabolism, and biochemistry of energy and signal transduction. A problem-solving approach will be employed and emphasis will be placed on the application of quantitative methods to biochemical problems. Each of the five major sections of the course will be concluded with group discussions specifically directed at the solution of numerical problems and the interpretation of experimental results. In order to maximize the opportunities for students to think critically, analytically and creatively, most of the material covered in the course will be tested using take-home examinations. Students will have the option of attending sessions in which the recent original literature will be discussed.
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