LECTURE SCHEDULE BIOL 1108:
This schedule is subject to modification.

Week 1-3

The Molecular Basis of Inheritance Chapter 16

DNA Technology Chapter 20

Descent with Modification: a Darwinian View of Life Chapter 22

The Evolution of Populations Chapter 23

Week 4-7

Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity Chapter 27

The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity Chapter 28

Plant Diversity I: The Colonization of Land Chapter 29

Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of seed Plants Chapter 30

Plant Structure and Growth Chapter 35

Week 8-11

Fungi Chapter 31

Introduction to Animal Evolution Chapter 32

Invertebrates Chapter 33

Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity Chapter 34

Week 12-15

An Introduction to Animal Structure and Function Chapter 40

Animal Development Chapter 47

Population Ecology Chapter 52

LABORATORY SCHEDULE BIOL 1108

Bio-Detectives I

Isolation of DNA from the Onion

Simulation of an Epidemic using Serratia marcescens

Microbiology of Cheese Production

Use of Dichotomous Key

Assessment of a Terrestrial Ecosystem

Species Diversity-Mollusks and Coelomates

Species Diversity- Phylum Arthropoda