Course Syllabus - Dr. Fourtner - Section C
Date Audio Visual Lecture Topic Readings Key Words Laboratory
M Aug.27     Course Introduction     Classification & Evolution (p507-509)
W Aug.29    

Science as a Way of Knowing
Introducing Mr. Darwin

Chapter 1  
F Aug.31            
M Sept. 3     NO LECTURE - Labor Day    
Skeletal Homology
(p 426, 944-951)
W Sept.5     Darwin's Evidence Chapter 21  
F Sept. 7        
M Sept. 10     Evidence from Fossil Record Chapter 21 Skeletal Homology con't
W Sept. 12     Evidence from Anatomy & Embryology
Evidence from the Cell
Chapter 4  
F Sept. 14      
M Sept. 17     Evidence from Genetics Chapter 12 Genetics (Chapter 4, 14)
W Sept. 19     Evidence from Genetics
Evidence from Biochemistry
Chapters 12, 13
Chapters 14, 15

 
F Sept. 21            
M Sept. 24     Mutation p 298-300, 380-387
Selection & Drift (Chapter 20)
W Sept. 26     Evolution by Acquired Characteristics p 396
 
F Sept. 28
EXAM
5:00 - 7:00pm
     
M Oct. 1    
Population Genetics
Chapter 20 Microscope & Protista
(p 509-516)
W Oct. 3   Selection
Selection - Competition and Mutualism
Chapter 20
p 1168 - 1183
 
F Oct. 5      
M Oct. 8     Selection - Parasitism and Predation p 1168 - 1183 Plant Kingdom (p 516-518)
W Oct. 10     Selection - Sexual and Kin Selection
Species Formation
p 1133 - 1144
Chapter 22
pp 518 - 529; Chapters 27, 28, 30
F Oct. 12      
M Oct. 15     Adaptation and Intelligent Design? p 426 - 432 Plant Kingdom (p 516-518)
W Oct. 17     Origin of Life
Viruses
p 504 - 507
Chapter 27

Chapter 29
F Oct. 19      
M Oct. 22     HIV p 529 - 533 Animal Kingdom
(p 518-521, Ch 32, 33)
W Oct. 24     Prokaryotes
Protista
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapters 31, 32
F Oct. 26            
M Oct. 29     Plantae - Kinds of Plants Chapter 30 Annelids & Arthropods
(p 660-663, 666-675)
W Oct. 31     Plantae - Adaptations   Chapter 33
F Nov. 2
EXAM
5:00 - 7:00pm
   
M Nov. 5     Plantae: Flowers and Pollinators p 836 - 847 Mollusks (p 653 - 660)
W Nov.7     Fungi
Animalia: Cambrian Explosion
Chapter 31
 
F Nov.9            
M Nov. 12     Animalia: Origin of the Vertebrates Chapter 34 Echinoderms (p 676 - 660)
W Nov. 14     Animalia: Adaptation to Land
Animalia: Dinosaurs & Birds
Chapter 34   Chapter 33
F Nov.16            
M Nov. 19     Animalia: Mammals Chapter 34 NO LABS
W Nov. 21 NO LECTURE - FALL RECESS
F Nov. 23  
M Nov. 26     Animalia: Primates Chapter 34 Chordates (Chapter 35)
W Nov. 28   Animalia: Humans
Evolution of Hate, Aggression, and War
Chapter 34
 
F Nov. 30            
M Dec. 3     Evolution of Sex & Love p 1137  
W Dec. 5     Evolution of Sex & Love
Extinction
   
No Labs
F Dec. 7            
Sat/Sun Dec. 8/9 - 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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