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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
(Same as BIO 212, HUMBIO 133.) The functioning of organ systems emphasizing mechanisms of control and regulation. Topics: structure and function of endocrine and central nervous systems, cardiovascular physiology, respiration, salt and water balance, exercise, and gastrointestinal physiology. Prerequisite: Biology or Human Biology core. GER:DB-NatSci 4 units, Win (Garza, D)
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3.00 Credits
(Same as BIO 244.) The inference of key molecular evolutionary processes from DNA and protein sequences. Topics include random genetic drift, coalescent models, effects and tests of natural selection, combined effects of linkage and natural selection, codon bias and genome evolution. Prerequisites: Biology core or graduate standing in any department, and consent of instructor. GER:DB-NatSci 4 units, not given this year
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3.00 Credits
(Same as EARTHSYS 114.) Post-field seminar for students who went on the two-week field trip to the Amazon in September with Brazilian students under Professor Martinelli of the University of S o Paulo and Stanford Latin American Studies. Land use changes over the last 30 years including the conversion of natural forest for cattle ranching and soy beans in the Amazon, the largest continuous area of tropical forests on Earth with the greatest number of plant and animal species. In English. 3 units, not given this year
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3.00 Credits
(Same as EARTHSYS 111, EESS 111.) The biological causes and consequences of anthropogenic and natural changes in the atmosphere, oceans, and terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Topics: glacial cycles and marine circulation, greenhouse gases and climate change, tropical deforestation and species extinctions, and human population growth and resource use. Prerequisite: Biology or Human Biology core or graduate standing. GER:DB-NatSci 4 units, Win (Vitousek, P; Arrigo, K)
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3.00 Credits
(Same as BIO 218.) Genetic principles and their experimental applications. Emphasis is on the identification and use of mutations to study cellular function. Prerequisite: Biology core. GER:DBNatSci 5 units, Spr (Staff)
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3.00 Credits
Global distributions of organisms through the Phanerozoic, with emphasis on historical causes. Topics: plate tectonics, island biogeography, climatic change, dispersal, vicariance, ecology of invasions, extinction, gradients, diversity. GER:DB-NatSci 3 units, Spr (Hadly, E), alternate years, not given next year
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3.00 Credits
The diversity and functioning of California ecosystems through time and how human beings have impacted and managed them. Prerequisite: 43, HUMBIO 2A, or EARTHSYS 10. GER:DB-NatSci 3 units, Spr (Mooney, H)
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3.00 Credits
Cell motility emphasizing role of actin assembly and dynamics coupling actin organization to cell movement. Interaction of cells with extracellular matrix, and remodelling of extracellular matrix in development and disease. Directed cell migration by chemotaxis (neuronal path-finding, immune cells). Cell-cell adhesion, formation of intercellular junctions and mechanisms regulating cell-cell interactions in development and diseases. Experimental logic, methods, problem solving, and interpretation of results. Students present research papers. Prerequisite: Biology core. GER:DB-NatSci 4 units, not given this year
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3.00 Credits
Principles of cell organization; how common biochemical pathways are modified to generate diversity in cell structure and function. Roles of actin and microtubule cytoskeletons in cellular architecture. Mechanisms of protein sorting and trafficking, and protein modules and switches in regulating cell polarity. Yeast to polarized epithelial cells and neurons. Experimental logic, methods, problem solving, and interpretation of results. Students present research papers. Prerequisite: Biology core. Recommended: 129A. GER:DB-NatSci 4 units, not given this year
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1.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 162C, ANTHRO 262C.) Current issues in fossil, archaeological, and genetic evidence for human evolution. Topics chosen by participants. May be repeated for credit. 1 unit, Aut (DeGusta, D), Win (DeGusta, D), Spr (DeGusta, D)
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