Course Syllabus - Dr. Herreid - Section A >>> Course Policies <<< |
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| Date | Audio | Visual | Lecture Topic | Readings | Key Words | Laboratory | ||||
| M Aug.31 |  |
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Introduction | Classification & Evolution (p507-509) | ||||||
| W Sep. 2 | |
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Science as a Way of Knowing | Chapter 1 |  |
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| F Sep. 4 | |
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Introducing Mr. Darwin | Chapter 1 | " | |||||
| M Sep. 7 | NO CLASS - Labor Day | NO LAB this week |
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| W Sep.9 | |
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Darwin's Evidence | Chapter 21 | |
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| F Sep.11 | |
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Darwin's Evidence | Chapter 21 | " | |||||
| M Sep. 14 | |
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Evidence from Fossil Record | Chapter 21 | " | Skeletal Homology (p 426, 944-951) |
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| W Sep. 16 | |
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Evidence from Anatomy & Embryology | Chapter 21 | " | |||||
| F Sep. 18 | |
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Evidence from the Cell | Chapter 4 | |
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| M Sep. 21 | |
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Evidence from Genetics | Chapter 12 | |
Genetics (Chapter 4, 14) | ||||
| W Sep. 23 | |
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Evidence from Genetics | Chapter 12, 13 | |
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| F Sep. 25 | |
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Evidence from Biochemistry | Chapters 14, 15 | |
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| M Sep. 28 | No Class (Yom Kippur) |
NO LAB this week | ||||||||
| W Sep. 30 | |
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Mutation | p 298-300, 380-387 |
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| F Oct. 2 | NO CLASS EXAM 5:00-7:00pm |
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| M Oct. 5 | |
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Evolution by Acquired Characteristics |
p 396 |
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Selection & Drift (Ch 20) | ||||
| W Oct. 7 | |
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Population Genetics | Chapter 20 | |
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| F Oct. 9 | No Recording Available | |
Selection | Chapter 20 | |
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| M Oct. 12 | |
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Selection - Competition and Mutualism |
p 1168 - 1183 | |
Prokaryotes & Fungi (Ch 28, Ch 31; pp 509-516) |
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| W Oct. 14 | |
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Selection - Parasitism and Predation |
p 1168 - 1183 | |
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| F Oct. 16 | |
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Selection - Sexual and Kin Selection |
p 1133 - 1144 | ||||||
| M Oct. 19 | |
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Species Formation | Chapter 22 | |
Plant Kingdom (p 516-518) | ||||
| W Oct. 21 | |
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Adaptation and Intelligent Design? | p 426 - 432 | ||||||
| F Oct. 23 | |
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Origin of Life | p 504 - 507 | |
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| M Oct. 26 | |
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Viruses | Chapter 27 | |
Animal Kingdom (p 518-521, Ch 32, 33) |
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| W Oct. 28 | |
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HIV | p 529 - 533 | |
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| F Oct. 30 | NO CLASS EXAM 5:00-7:00pm |
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| M Nov. 2 | |
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Prokaryotes | Chapter 28 | |
Annelids & Arthropods (p 660-663, 666-675) |
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| W Nov. 4 | |
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Protista | Chapter 29 | |
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| F Nov. 6 | |
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Plantae - Kinds of Plants | Chapter 30 | |
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| M Nov. 9 | Plantae - Adaptations | Chapter 30 | |
Mollusks (p 653 - 660) | ||||||
| W Nov.11 | Plantae: Flowers and Pollinators | p 836 - 847 | |
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| F Nov. 13 | Fungi | Chapter 31 | |
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| M Nov. 16 | Animalia: Cambrian Explosion | |
Echinoderms (p 676 - 680) | |||||||
| W Nov. 18 | Animalia: Origin of the Vertebrates | Chapter 35 | |
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| F Nov. 20 | Animalia: Adaptation to Land | Chapter 35 | |
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| M Nov. 23 | Animalia: Dinosaurs & Birds | Chapter 35 | |
NO LABS this week | ||||||
| W Nov. 25 | NO LECTURE - FALL RECESS | |||||||||
| F Nov. 27 | NO LECTURE - FALL RECESS | |||||||||
| M Nov. 30 | Animalia: Mammals | Chapter 35 | |
Chordates (Ch 35) | ||||||
| W Dec. 2 | Animalia: Primates | Chapter 35 | |
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| W Dec. 4 | Animalia: Humans | Chapter 35 | |
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| M Dec. 7 | Evolution of Hate, Aggression, and War | NO LABS this week | ||||||||
| W Dec. 9 | Evolution of Sex & Love | p 1137 | ||||||||
| F Dec. 11 | Extinction | p 448 - 450 | ||||||||
Sat/Sun Dec. 12/13 - LAB PRACTICAL |
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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. Clyde Herreid, herreid@buffalo.edu
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