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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
(Same as BIO 265.) Current therapeutic research for neurological conditions, including stroke, epilepsy, neurodegenerative disorders, depression, anxiety, and aging. Sources include primary literature. Guest lecturers. 1 unit, Win (Sorrells, S)
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5.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 113, ANTHRO 213, BIO 266.) The analysis of fossil animal bones and shells to illuminate the behavior and ecology of prehistoric collectors, especially ancient humans. Theoretical and methodoloigcal issues. The identification, counting, and measuring of fossil bones and shells. Labs. Methods of numerical analysis. 5 units, Spr (Klein, R)
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5.00 Credits
Field trip to a field station at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico; lectures at Stanford. How to address scientific questions concerning ecology and conservation. Field trip includes natural history observations and group research projects. Symposium based on project results. Recommended: 43, 101, and 141 or STATS 60. GER:DB-NatSci 5 units, Spr (Dirzo, R)
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3.00 Credits
(Same as BIO 277.) Plant pathology and plant symbiosis.Topics include: prokaryotic and eukaryotic pathogens; molecular, genetic, and cellular basis for microbial pathogenicity and host defense; genetics and cell biology of nitrogen-fixing symbiosis and for mycorrhizal associations. Evolutionary context. Prerequisites: Biology core and two or more upper division courses in genetics, molecular biology, or biochemistry. Recommended: plant genetics or plant biochemistry. 3 units, alternate years, not given this year
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3.00 Credits
(Same as BIO 278.) Critical reading of the research literature in prokaryotic genetics and molecular biology. For advanced undergraduates and first or second year graduate students. Classic and foundational papers in microbiology and molecular biology; more recent literature on prokaryotic biochemistry, genomics, pathogenesis, and cell biology. Prerequisites: Biology Core and two upper-division courses in genetics, molecular biology, or biochemistry. 3 units, Win (Long, S)
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3.00 Credits
(Same as BIO 280, EARTHSYS 180, EARTHSYS 280.) Ecological, economic, and social dimensions of sustainable agriculture in the context of a growing world population. Focus is on management and technological approaches, and historical content of agricultural growth and change, organic agriculture, soil and water resource management, nutrient and pest management, biotechnology, ecosystem services, and climate change. GER:DB-NatSci 3 units, Spr (Naylor, R), alternate years, not given next year
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3.00 Credits
(Same as BIO 283.) Models in population genetics and evolution. Selection, random drift, gene linkage, migration, and inbreeding, and their influence on the evolution of gene frequencies and chromosome structure. Models are related to DNA sequence evolution. Prerequisites: calculus and linear algebra, or consent of instructor. 3 units, not given this year
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3.00 Credits
(Same as BIO 285.) Seminar. Controversies surounding theory and data for the evolution of sex, gender, and sexuality. Issues include the critique of Darwin's theory of sexual selection, and the accuracy of the metaphor of universal selfishness and sexual conflict in biological nature. Readings include Evolution's Rainbow and The Genial Gene, and primary literature. GER:DB-NatSci 3 units, Aut (Roughgarden, J), alternate years, not given next year
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3.00 Credits
(Same as BIO 288, CHEMENG 181, CHEMENG 281, CHEM 181. CHEMENG offerings formerly listed as 188/288.) Chemistry of major families of biomolecules including proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, lipids, and cofactors. Structural and mechanistic analysis of properties of proteins including molecular recognition, catalysis, signal transduction, membrane transport, and harvesting of energy from light. Molecular evolution. Prerequisites: CHEM 135 or 171. GER:DB-NatSci 3 units, Win (Zare, R; Altman, D)
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3.00 Credits
(Same as BIO 289, CHEMENG 183, CHEMENG 283, CHEM 183. CHEMENG offerings formerly listed as 189/289.) Metabolism. Glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, pentose phosphate pathway, glycogen metabolism, fatty acid metabolism, protein degradation and amino acid catabolism, protein translation and amino acid biosynthesis, nucleotide biosynthesis, DNA replication, recombination and repair, lipid and steroid biosynthesis. Medical consequences of impaired metabolism. Therapeutic intervention of metabolism. Prerequisite: BIO 188/288 or CHEM 181 or CHEMENG 181/281 (formerly 188/288). GER:DB-NatSci 3 units, Spr (Dunn, A)
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