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LECTURE SCHEDULE Spring 2010 |
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Lecture
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Topic |
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Unit I: What is Life?
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1 |
1/25 |
Welcome/
Scientific Method |
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2 |
1/27 |
Scientific
Method |
Chapter
1 |
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3 |
2/1 |
What
Does Life Require |
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4 |
2/3 |
What
Does Life Require (cont.) |
Chapter
2a |
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5 |
2/8 |
A
Tour of the Cell |
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6 |
2/10 |
Introduction
to metabolism |
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7 |
2/15 |
Introduction
to metabolism (cont.) |
Chapter
3 |
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Unit
II: Cell Biology
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8 |
2/17 |
Exam 1: Lectures 1-6 |
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9 |
2/22 |
Cellular
Respiration
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10 |
2/24 |
Photosynthesis
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11 |
3/1 |
DNA
Replication |
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12 |
3/3 |
The
Cell Cycle |
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13 |
3/8 |
Meiosis and Sexual Lifecycles
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Unit III: Genetics and Development |
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14 |
3/10 |
Exam 2: Lectures 8-12 |
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15 |
3/15 |
The
Inheritance Of Traits & |
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16 |
3/17 |
Mendelian Genetics (cont.)
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Chapter
6 |
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17 |
3/22 |
Chromosomal
Basis of Inheritance
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18 |
3/24 |
Protein
Synthesis |
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Spring
Break |
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19 |
4/5 |
Protein
Synthesis |
Chapter
8 |
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20 |
4/7 |
Exam
3: Lectures 14-19 |
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Unit IV: Evolution and Ecology |
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21 |
4/12 |
Principles
of Evolution |
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22 |
4/14 |
A Closer Look At Natural
Selection |
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23 |
4/19 |
A Closer Look At Natural Selection (cont.) |
Chapter
10,11 |
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24 |
4/21 |
The Diversity of Life
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25 |
4/26 |
Population Ecology |
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26 |
4/28 |
Ecosystem
Ecology: Biodiversity
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27 |
5/3 |
Ecosystem
Ecology: Climates & Biomes |
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28 |
5/5 |
Ecosystem
Ecology: |
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29 |
5/10 |
Wrap
Up/ Review |
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30 |
5/12 |
Exam
4: Lectures 21-28
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