Biology 1441

 

Fall 2012

 

Lecture Outlines

Introduction

Microscopy and Freshwater Biomes

 

Evolution & Diversity

 

Introduction to Darwinism

 

 

Evolution of Populations

 

 

Origin of Species

 

Phylogeny and Cladistics

 

                  Origin of Life

 

Eukaryote Origins; Diversity/Heterotrophy in Representative Protists and Invertebrates

Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates

Animal Structure and Function

How Plants Colonized land

Representative Plant Groups

Plant Responses to Environmental Stimuli

Introduction to Ecology

Population Ecology

Community Ecology

Ecosystems

Human Impact on the Biosphere/Biodiversity

Final Exam Review