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3.00 Credits
This course explores the science of ecology, including factors that control the distribution and population dynamics of organisms, the structure and function of biological communities, how energy and nutrients flow across ecosystems, and what principles govern ecological responses to global climatic and other environmental changes. The class format includes lectures, discussions, and small group exercises. Assignments include quantitative data analysis, ecological modeling, and scientific writing.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Exceptional undergraduates serve as teaching assistants for laboratory and/or discussion sections in departmental courses. Normally 2 or 3 units are given per semester, subject to the approval of the instructor and the department. Credit may not be counted toward fulfilling the biology major; application form in Department of Biology Student Affairs office. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Credit /no credit only.
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3.00 Credits
Same as Anthro 3873
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2.00 Credits
Same as EnSt 393
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of how plants grow, metabolize and respond to their environment. Topics to be covered include the conversion of light energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis and carbon fixation; nitrogen assimilation; water and mineral uptake and transport; source-sink relationships and long-distance transport of carbon and nitrogen; cell growth and expansion; hormone physiology; and physiological responses to a changing environment. Prerequisite: Biol 2970 or permission of instructors.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the unique features of plant cells, plant genomes, and plant development, and examines the many significant ways in which plants differ from animals. Major topics include how plant stem cells continuously give rise to leaves and flowers (unlike animals, where organs are pre-formed during embryogenesis), and how plants reproduce without a dedicated germline (animals set aside germ cells early in development). A number of mutants that are defective in important developmental transitions are discussed, some of which are the basis for familiar fruit and vegetable crops. Also covered are the genetic and genomic methods used to generate and to analyze plant mutants, and recent technical advances that have furthered our understanding of plant growth and development. Reading of primary literature and computer-based exploration of online genomics tools are parts of the course. Prerequisite: Biol 2970 or permission of Dr. Haswell.
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4.00 Credits
Neurophysiology is the study of living neurons. Students record electrical activity of cells to learn principles of the nervous system including sensory transduction and coding, intercellular communication and motor control. The course meets for eight hours each week. Students may leave the lab for up to two hours. Prerequisites: Biol 3411 or Psych 4411, and permission of instructor. Biol 3411 may be taken concurrently.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the ecological factors that cause fluctuation and regulation of natural populations and emphasizes the utility of mathematical models to assess the dynamics of populations. The course includes lecture, discussions, and computer labs using the programming language MATLAB. Emphasis is placed on principles as applied to conservation and management. Topics include assessing extinction risk of rare species, invasion dynamics of exotic species, demographic, and environmental stochasticity, metapopulation dynamics, structured populations, the role of species interactions, and microevolutionary processes. Prerequisites: Calculus (Math 131 and 132), and either or both of Biol 2970 and EnSt 295.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the basic principles of population and ecological genetics. Mechanisms of microevolutionary processes; integrated ecological and genetic approach to study the adaptive nature of the evolutionary process. Prerequisite: Biol 2970.
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3.00 Credits
An advanced introduction to the study of macroevolutionary patterns and processes with emphasis on the systematic methodology employed. Topics: theories of classification, phylogenetic reconstruction, testing of historical hypotheses, hierarchy theory, adaptation, extinction, speciation, developmental mechanisms of organismal evolution, biogeography. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
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