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Day
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Date
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Topic
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Reading C,R,M
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Reading Daw.
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Lab
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1
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M
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Jan. 31
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Overview - why ecology, evolution and behavior?
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12-15, 834-835, 876-77
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None
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2
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W
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Feb. 2
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Darwin and evolution by natural selection
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440-2
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Ch 1-3
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"
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3
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F
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Feb. 4
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Evidence for evolution I. Fossils
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23-4, 464-697
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"
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4
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M
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Feb. 7
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Evidence for evolution II. Homology, development
and artificial selection
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206-13, 226-35 422-426
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Evidence for Evolution
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5
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W
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Feb. 9
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Evidence for
evolution III. Continental drift and evolution on
islands
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469-470
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"
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6
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F
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Feb. 11
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Refining
Darwin's model I: Meiosis and genetic variation
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226-235
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Ch 5
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"
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7
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M
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Feb. 14
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Refining Darwin's
model II: Genetics
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239-65, 269-75
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Natural
Selection
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8
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W
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Feb. 16
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Refining
Darwin's model III: Agents of evolution and
adaptation
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428-38
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Ch 4
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"
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9
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F
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Feb. 18
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Refining Darwin's
model IV: The gene as the currency of selection
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"
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10
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M
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Feb. 21
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Refining
Darwin's model V: Speciation
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Ch 24
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Mendel
Meiosis
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11
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W
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Feb. 23
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Phylogenetic
classification
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464-87, 489, 500
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Ch 10
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"
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F
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Feb. 25
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MIDTERM I 1
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Lectures
1-10
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"
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12
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M
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Feb. 28
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Origin of
life & extinctions
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23-4, Ch. 26
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Ch 6
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Phylogeny
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13
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W
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Mar. 1
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Viral
evolution and Darwinian medicine
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.
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"
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14
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F
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Mar. 3
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Prokaryote
diversity and endosymbiosis
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Ch. 27
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"
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15
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M
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Mar. 6
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Eukaryote
evolution and multicellularity
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Ch. 28
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Plant
Evolution
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16
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W
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Mar. 8
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Plants and
the colonization of land
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Ch. 29-30
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.
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"
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17
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F
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Mar. 10
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Fungi and symbioses
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230, Ch. 31
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"
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18
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M
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Mar. 13
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Invertebrate
diversity
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Ch. 32-33
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Animal
Diversity
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19
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W
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Mar. 15
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Vertebrate evolution
and adaptation
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Ch. 34
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.
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"
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20
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F
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Mar. 17
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Models of
evolution --Sex ratio
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.
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"
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Spring Break
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21
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M
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Mar. 27
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Life history
evolution and senescence
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1088-1092
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. Ch 7
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Review/Discussion
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21
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W
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Mar. 29
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MIDTERM II
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Lectures
11-20
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"
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22
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F
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Mar. 31
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The
benefits and costs of
sex
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"
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23
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M
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Apr. 3
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Phenotypic
plasticity and learning
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1060-1064
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Sex
Ratio
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24
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W
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Apr. 5
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Sexual
selection
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1070-1072
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Ch 821
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"
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25
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F
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Apr. 7
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Parental
investment and conflicts of interest
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"
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26
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M
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Apr. 10
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Helping and
social evolution
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1068-10, 1076-78
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Huma
Evolution
Social
Behavior
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27
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W
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Apr. 12
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Human social
behavior
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1078-81
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Ch 11
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"
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28
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F
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Apr. 14
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Population
growth
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1092-1101
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"
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29
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M
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Apr. 17
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Demography and
human population growth
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1101-1107
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Plant
Competition
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W
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Apr. 19
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"
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30
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F
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Apr. 21
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Predation,
herbivory, parasitism
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1118-1119
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"
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31
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M
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Apr. 24
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Competition
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1120-1121
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Scientific
Analysis
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32
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W
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Apr. 26
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MIDTERM III
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"
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33
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F
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Apr. 28
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Mutualism,
symbiosis and coevolution
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1119-20
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"
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34
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M
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May 1
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Diversity and
Island Biogeography
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1126-30
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Discussion
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35
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W
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May 3
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Food webs and
ecosystem energy
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1131-37
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"
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36
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F
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May 5
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Carbon, Nitrogen,
and Phosphorus cycles
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1136-43
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"
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37
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M
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May 8
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Community
ecology/Succession
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1107-30, 1121-1125
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Lotic
Ecology
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38
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W
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May 10
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Global Climates
and Currents
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1026-1042
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"
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39
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F
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May 12
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Biotechnology and
the environment
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"
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40
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M
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May 15
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Course
synthesis
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Plant
Competition
Presentations
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F
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May 19
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FINAL EXAM
8-10 am
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