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Text: Biology (5th Edition) by Campbell, Reece, and Mitchell, Benjamin Cummings, New York. Lab Manual: Biology 106: Principles of Biology II Lab Manual by B.W. Kent and J.S. Jensen (eds.) May be purchased from the University Book Center in the lower level of the Stamp Student Union. Lecture Schedule # Day Date Topic Reading Lab 1 W Sept.1 Course Info. & Scientific Method Ch.1 None 2 F Sept.3 Meiosis: genetic reassortment Ch.13 " . - M Sept.6 Labor Day - Orientation 3 W Sept.8 Mendelian Genetics Ch.14 " 4 F Sept.10 Patterns of inheritance Ch.15&16 " . 5 M Sept.13 Evolution of Sex 1:5-19; 17:445-454 Oak Leaf 6 W Sept.15 Darwin/Wallace obser.'s & theory Ch.22 " 7 F Sept.17 Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium Ch.23 " . - M Sept.20 Beak of the Finch/ Yom Kippur - Scientific Analysis 8 W Sept.22 Natural Selection Ch.23 " 9 F Sept.24 Adaptations 22:420-422; 53:1110-1113 " . - M Sept.27 In Class Review - Meiosis and Mendel - W Sept.29 Exam #1 (lectures 1-9) - " 10 F Oct.1 Sexual Selection 23:441-442; 456 " . 11 M Oct.4 Speciation Ch.24 Population Genetics 12 W Oct.6 Speciation cont. Ch.24 " 13 F Oct.8 Classification of Organisms Ch.25 " . 14 M Oct.11 Macroevolution Ch.25 Natural Selection 15 W Oct.13 Origins of Life Ch.26 16 F Oct.15 History of Earth 26:488-489; 26:490-498 " . 17 M Oct.18 The Kingdoms 26:498-501 Lotic Ecology 18 W Oct.20 Viruses 18:319-329 " 19 F Oct.22 Prokaryotes and Metabolic Diversity: The scoop on Bacteria.... Ch.27 18:330-337 " . - M Oct.25 In Class Review - Phylogeny - W Oct.27 Exam #2 (lectures 10-18) - " 20 F Oct.29 Protists & Multicellularity Ch.28 " . 21 M Nov.1 Plant Overview - Non-vascular Plants 29:546-551; 552-554   Plant competition 22 W Nov.3 Vascular Plants 29:554-560 " 23 F Nov.5 Seed Plants 30:561-573 " . 24 M Nov.8 Fungi Ch.31 Plant Evolution 25 W Nov.10 What is an Animal? Ch.32 " 26 F Nov.12 Invertebrates Ch.33 " . - M Nov.15 In Class Review - Animal Diversity - W Nov.17 Exam #3 (lectures 19-26) EXAM MOVED TO FRI NOV 19!! - " 27 F Nov.19 Vertebrates 34:630-656 " . 28 M Nov.22 Human Evolution 34:656-667 No lab 29 W Nov.24 Behavior: Causes, Bases, Types Ch.51 " - F Nov.26 Thanksgiving " . 30 M Nov.29 Behavior: Learning & Communication Ch.51; 22:412-413 Homo sapiens 31 W Dec.1 Population Growth Ch.52: 1082-1096 " 32 F Dec.3 Population Regulation Ch.52: 1097-1101 " . 33 M Dec.6 Community Formation & Dynamics Ch.53 Social Behavior 34 W Dec.8 Human Impact on Environment 53:1122-1130; Ch.54 " 35 F Dec.10 Conservation Biology Ch.55 " . - M Dec.13 In Class Review - - . Th. Dec.16 Final Exam (lectures 27-35) 10:30 am - 12:30 pm .