Biology 242

Tentative Schedule - Spring 2001

Date		Topic	Readings
Jan. 29		1. Course Introduction	498-500, 589-595
31		2. Invertebrates I	520-532, 595-604
Feb. 2		3. Invertebrates II	604-624
		LAB: Survey of Diversity I	Exercise 1
5		4. Invertebrates III/Introduction to Chordates	624-627, 630-634
7		5. Fishes and Amphibians	634-643
9		6. Reptiles, Birds and Mammals	643-656
		LAB: Quiz 1/Survey of Diversity II	Exercise 2
12		7. Common Descent and Natural Selection	412-422
14		Discussion: Christianity and Evolution	422-426
16		PRELIM 1
		LAB: Quiz 2/Survey of Diversity III	Exercise 3
19		8. Population Genetics	428-435
21		9. Variation and Adaptive Evolution	435-442
23		10. Speciation	445-462
		LAB: Quiz 3/Population Genetics
Exercise 4
26		11. Population Dynamics and Life Histories	1082-1092
28		12. Population Growth and Regulation	1092-1101
Mar. 2		Discussion: Human Population Growth	1101-1104
		LAB: Quiz 4/Owl Pellet Analysis	Exercise 5
5		13. Community Ecology	1107-1128
7		14. Ecosystem Ecology	1131-1151
9		15. Sex and Sexual Selection	1068-1072
		LAB: Frog I	Laboratory Separates I, II
12		Film: Castles of Clay
14		PRELIM 2
16		Dr. Zylstra starts
		LAB: Frog II	Laboratory Separates III-V

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