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A survey of invertebrate animals emphasizing evolutionary patterns and ecological relationships. Functional morphology, physiology, reproduction, development, and behavior of invertebrates will be examined. Laboratory exercises and two separate day-long field trips provide firsthand experience with the animals. Expected: BIOL 0200 or equivalent. Students MUST register for the lecture section and a lab.
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The principles, concepts, and controversies involved in the study of the distribution and abundance of plant and animal populations and their integration into natural communities. Emphasizes interactions among organisms and the hierarchical nature of ecological processes affecting individuals, populations, and communities. Expected: BIOL 0200 (or equivalent) and MATH 0090. Lectures and weekly discussion, arranged.
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Examines the evolutionary history of plants from a phylogenetic perspective. Introduces the science of phylogenetics - how to infer phylogenies and how to use them to understand organismal evolution. Highlights major trends in plant evolution over the past 400 million years. Lectures survey major plant lineages, with special focus on flowering plants. Weekly labs, field trips, and assignments stress basic plant anatomy and morphology, identification, and learning the local flora. Expected: BIOL 0200 (or equivalent placement). Students MUST register for the lecture section and a lab.
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This course focuses on what plants do and how they do it. Introduces the biology of plants, their growth and development, structural features, and their cellular and organismal responses to key stimuli. Examines physiological, reproductive and developmental strategies throughout the plant life cycle and in relation to environmental challenges. Discusses the significance of various plant model systems for genetic research and understanding of mechanisms controlling plant growth and development. Prerequisites: BIOL 0200 (or equivalent placement). Students MUST register for the lecture section and a lab.
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Focuses on the characteristics that make insects unique and why more insect species have been described than all other organisms combined; the opportunity they provide to investigate diversity and adaptation within a group sharing common constraints; their abundance, small size, and short lifespans; their importance as agents of biological control, pollinators, agricultural pests, and disease vectors. Expected: BIOL 0200 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 20. Students MUST register for the lecture section and the lab.
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Genetic phenomena at the molecular, cellular, organismal, and population levels. Topics include transmission of genes and chromosomes, mutation, structure and regulation of the expression of the genetic material, elements of genetic engineering, and evolutionary genetics. One laboratory session and one discussion session per week. Students should not plan to take BIOL 0470 after 1540. Expected: BIOL 0200 (or equivalent placement). Students will be assigned to Lab sections the first week of class.
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A broad introduction to the patterns and processes of evolution at diverse levels of biological organization. Topics covered include natural selection, adaptation, speciation, systematics, macroevolution, mass extinction events, and human evolution. Weekly discussion sections involve debates on original research papers. Occasional problem sets involve computer exercises with population genetics and phylogeny reconstruction. Expected: BIOL 0200 (or equivalent placement).
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1.00 Credits
This course examines the structure and function of the basic unit of an organism, the cell. An experimental approach is used to examine cellular functions, ranging from gene transcription, cell division and protein secretion, to cell motility, and signal transduction. Relevance to disease, biotechnological application, and social context will be considered. Expected: BIOL 0200 (or equivalent placement).
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Introduces role of microbes in our understanding of biology at the cellular and molecular level. Focuses on microbial significance for infectious disease, public health, genetics, biotechnology, and biogeochemical cycles. Laboratory involves basic microbiological techniques and selection and manipulation of microbes and their genes. Expected: BIOL 0200 (or equivalent placement); CHEM 0330. Students MUST register for the lecture section and the lab. Enrollment limited to 72.
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Introduction to experimental and theoretical foundations of immunology. Focuses on concepts, landmark experiments and recent advances. Topics include innate and adaptive immunity; structure/function of antibody molecules and T cell receptors; regulation of immune responses through cellular interactions. Applications of concepts to medically significant issues (vaccines, transplantation, inflammation, autoimmunity, cancer, HIV/AIDS) are discussed. Interpretative analysis of experimental data is emphasized. Expected: BIOL 0200 (or equivalent placement).
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