Course Syllabus - Dr. Fourtner - Section C

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Course Policies
Date Audio Visual Lecture Topic Readings Key Words Laboratory
M Aug.31 Course Introduction Chapter 1   Classification & Evolution (p507-509)
W Sept. 2

Science as a Way of Knowing
Introducing Mr. Darwin
Chapter 1
  
F Sept. 4            
M Sept. 7     NO LECTURE - Labor Day     No Labs this week
W Sept.9 Darwin's Evidence Chapter 21  
F Sept. 11        
M Sept. 14 Evidence from Geology & Fossil Record Chapter 21 Skeletal Homology
W Sept. 16 Evidence from Anatomy & Embryology
Evidence from the Cell		 Chapter 4 Skeletal Homology
F Sept. 18      
M Sept. 21 Evidence from Genetics Chapter 12 Genetics
W Sept. 23 Evidence from Genetics
Evidence from Biochemistry & Mutation		 Chapters 12, 13
Chapters 14, 15
Genetics
F Sept. 25            
M Sept. 28     Mutation p 298-300, 380-387
No Labs
W Sept. 30 Evolution by Acquired Characteristics p. 298-300; 380-387; 396
No Labs
F Oct. 2
EXAM
5:00 - 7:00pm
     
M Oct. 5
Population Genetics
Selection
 Chapter 20 Selection & Drift; Variability
W Oct. 7 Selection
Selection - Competition and Predation		 Chapter 20
p 1168 - 1183 		Selection & Drift; Variability
F Oct. 9      
M Oct. 12 Selection - Parasitism and Predation p 1168 - 1183 Prokaryotes, Protists & Fungi
W Oct. 14 Selection - Sexual and Kin Selection
Species Formation		 p 1133 - 1144
Chapter 22		 Prokaryotes, Protists & Fungi
F Oct. 16      
M Oct. 19 Adaptation p 426 - 432 Plant Kingdom
W Oct. 21 Origin of Life
Viruses		 p 504 - 507
Chapter 27
Plant Kingdom
F Oct. 23      
M Oct. 26 Prokaryotes Chapter 28 Animal Kingdom
W Oct. 28 Protista
Chapter 29 		Animal Kingdom
F Oct. 30    
EXAM
5:00 - 7:00pm
     
M Nov. 2   Plantae - Evolution of Plants Chapter 30 Arthropods
W Nov. 4 Plantae - Adaptations Chapter 30 Arthropods
F Nov. 6      
M Nov. 9   Plantae: Flowers & Pollinators p. 836-847   Echinoderms
W Nov. 11 Fungi
Animalia: Cambrian Explosion 		Chapter 31   Echinoderms
F Nov.13            
M Nov. 16   Animalia: Origin of the Vertebrates Chapter 35  
W Nov. 18 Animalia: Adaptation to Land
Animalia: Dinosaurs & Birds		 Chapter 35 Echinoderms
F Nov. 20            
M Nov. 23     Animalia: Mammals   No Labs
W Nov. 25 NO LECTURE - FALL RECESS
F Dec. 27 NO LECTURE - FALL RECESS
M Nov. 30     Animalia: Primates Chaper 35   Chordates
W Dec. 2     Animalia: Humans Chaper 35   Chordates
F Dec. 4            
M Dec. 7     TBA     No Labs
W Dec. 9     Extinction     No Labs
F. Dec. 11            
Sat/Sun Dec. 12 & 13 - LAB PRACTICAL

All readings are from the text:
Evolutionary Biology: Raven, Johnson, Losos, Mason, Singer 2008, Biology (8th ed) McGraw-Hill, NY.  ISBN# 978-0-07-296581-0

Instructor: Dr. Charles Fourtner, fourtner@buffalo.edu
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