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<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 2214, Fall 2014</span><br><br>
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 2214, Fall 2012</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large">''The evolution of form, function, & diversity of the vertebrates''</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large">''The evolution of form, function,<br> & diversity of the vertebrates''</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: small">'''Meeting Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30-1:45 in BPB130'''<br>
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<span style="font-size: large"><font color="#FF3300">''Tree Quiz 3 key is posted below (Nov. 29th Lecture).''</font></span><br>
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==Instructors==
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'''[mailto:elizabeth.jockusch@uconn.edu Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch]'''<br>
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<br><span style="font-size: small">'''Meeting Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30-1:45 in BPB130'''<br>
Office: Biology/Pharmacy 305B<br>
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Phone: (860) 486-4452<br>
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Office hours: by appointment<br><br>
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'''[mailto:kristiina.hurme@uconn.edu Dr. Kristiina Hurme]'''<br>
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'''Textbook: <font color="#FF3300">Vertebrate Life</font>, by Pough F. H., C. M. Janis, and J. B. Heiser. 2012. ''9th Edition.'' Pearson/Benjamin Cummings ''(8th edition also acceptable)''''' <br>
Office: TLS 379<br>
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Phone: (860) 486-5434<br>
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Office hours: Thursdays 2-3 pm and by appointment<br><br>
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'''[mailto:alejandro.rico@uconn.edu Alejandro Rico]''' (Teaching Assistant)<br>
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==<span style="font-size: large"><font color="#FF3300"> '''Announcements'''</font></span><br>==
Office: Biology/Pharmacy 404<br>
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'''12/5/14'''<br>
Phone:(860) 486-0309<br>
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The final exam review session will be on Thursday Dec. 11 from 2 - 4pm in TLS, Room 301. This review will primarily focus on the material covered since the last exam.<br>
Office hours: Tuesdays 2-3 pm and by appointment<br><br>
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==Grading==
 
'''Exam 1'''                         = 100 points<br>
 
'''Exam 2'''                 = 100 points<br>
 
'''Final Exam'''                           = 150 points<br>
 
'''[[#Research Reviews]]'''                           = 30 points<br>
 
'''[[#Tree Quizzes]]'''                           = 15 points<br>
 
'''[[#Collections Tour]]'''         = 5 points<br>
 
  
There will be two one-hour, non-cumulative, exams scheduled during the lecture hour.  The final exam will be cumulative, with an emphasis on material from the final third of the course. <br>
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'''9/24/14''' <br>
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For a detailed and thorough phylogenetic tree, please check the appendix of your text book! Though, be sure to check it against your notes, as some things have changed since the book has been published (e.g. position of conodonts).<br>
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Kevin produced a short instructional video on phylogenetic tree basics! See it [http://www.screencast.com/t/ycbUEphh48 '''here.''']<br>
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Here is the official {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/EEB2214F14Exam1studyguide.pdf}}<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> '''Exam 1 Study Guide!'''</font></span><br>
  
== Research Reviews ==
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==Instructors==
As a research field, vertebrate biology is alive and well, with discoveries being made constantly.  Each week, we will select one paper from the primary scientific literature that describes a study relevant to vertebrate biology. On Tuesdays, class will include a short in-class written exercise, in which we ask you to answer three standard questions about the paper:<br>
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* What was the major new result?<br>
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* How does this change what we think?<br>
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* Why does it matter?<br>
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<span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#FF3300">'''The written exercise will be followed by a brief discussion of the paper, during which we will call on pre-determined, but randomly selected, students to talk about the paper.'''</font></span><br><br>
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In-class assessments are worth 3 points each. 11 will be offered over the course of the semester, and the best 10 counted towards the final course grade.  There will be no paper selected for the first week, or the weeks of the first and second exams.  <br>  <br>
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All papers will be available electronically.  A link to each paper will be posted on the course schedule below, next to the date of the in-class exercise.  While many articles in scientific journals are now made available free to everyone ("open access" articles), access to other articles requires a subscription, which the UConn library buys.  On campus, you should not encounter difficulty accessing the full text of selected articles.  From off-campus, the easiest way to access articles that require a subscription is using the [http://www.lib.uconn.edu/about/ezproxy-blurb.html EZProxy].  If you get a message saying that you may purchase access to the paper, then try again through the proxy.  In some cases, it may also be necessary to quit and restart your browser.  Alternative ways to access the articles via UConn's subscription are to configure the proxy within your web browser and to use the [http://security.uconn.edu/services/vpn/ VPN].  It is your responsibility to test that you have access in a timely fashion.  Course instructors will not respond to requests to provide the article directly to individuals.  <br><br>
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'''[mailto:elizabeth.jockusch@uconn.edu Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch]'''<br>
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Office: Pharmacy/Biology 305B<br>
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Phone: (860) 486-4452<br>
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Office hours: Thursdays 2-3 pm and by appointment <br>
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[http://jockusch.eeb.uconn.edu/ Jockusch Lab Website] <br><br>
  
== Tree Quizzes==
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'''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br>
On several of the research response days, we will incorporate additional questions about the phylogenetic tree of vertebrates into the written exercise. These will be worth a total of 15 points over the course of the semester. As with the research responses, you must be present to receive credit and no make-ups will be given. If you have a valid, documented reason for missing class on the day of a tree quiz, and have followed the policy on missed exams, then your quiz score will be prorated.<br><br>
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Office: Pharmacy/Biology 500<br>
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Phone: (860) 486-4502<br>
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Office hours: 11:30 - 12:20 a.m., Thurs, IN the BPB cafe, and by appointment <br>
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[http://rubegalab.eeb.uconn.edu/ Rubega Lab Website] <br><br>
  
== Collections Tours ==
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'''[mailto:kevin.burgio@uconn.edu Kevin Burgio]''' (Teaching Assistant)<br>
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Office: Pharmacy/Biology 402<br>
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Office hours: Tuesdays 2-3 pm and by appointment <br>
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[http://monkparakeetresearch.org/ Monk Parakeet Research Website] <br><br>
  
Every student is expected to visit the [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html EEB Biological Collections] for a tour that will introduce you to the resources and opportunities in the collection. We will offer 10 different opportunities, on different days and times. You will need to sign in at the collection; at the end of the semester, everyone who has signed in will have 5 points added to their grade. '''Tours will take about 45 minutes; they meet at the south end of the Biology/Physics building lobby on the hour'''. You are responsible for finding a day and time to attend from the options below; if your class schedule prohibits you from attending any of these, you are responsible for letting us know that you will need an alternative opportunity AT LEAST TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE FINAL TOUR. If you have already toured the collections (e.g., in a previous class), provide us with documentation to that effect, and we will just add the points to your grade without you needing to tour the collections again.
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<span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#FF3300">'''Note: All emails must contain "EEB2214" in the subject line to avoid being filtered out and deleted'''</font></span>
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'''Available tour days/times:'''<br>
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==Grading==
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'''Exam 1''' (Thursday, Sept. 25) = 100 points <br>
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'''Exam 2''' (Thursday, Oct. 30) = 100 points <br>
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'''Final Exam''' (Friday, Dec. 12, TENTATIVE) = 125 points <br>
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'''[[#Research Reviews]]''' (Tuesdays)  = 30 points total<br>
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'''[[#Quizzes]]'''  = 50 points total<br>
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'''[[#Collections Tour]]'''  = 5 points<br>
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There will be two one-hour, non-cumulative, exams scheduled during the lecture hour. The final exam will be cumulative, with an emphasis on material from the final third of the course.<br>
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12 research reviews (3 points each) and quizzes (5 points each) will be offered over the course of the semester.  10 of these will count towards the final course grade (the best 5 of 6 from each half of the semester, as determined by the combined quiz + research review grade.)  Because two scores are dropped, '''no make-ups will be given for research reviews or quizzes'''.<br>
 
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'''Susan Hochgraf
 
(860) 486-8945'''
 
 
 
Thursday October 18th at 10 am
 
 
Thursday November 1st at 11 am
 
 
Thursday November 8th at 2 pm
 
 
Thursday December 6th at 4 pm
 
 
 
 
'''Alejandro Rico
 
(860) 486-0309'''
 
 
 
Monday November 12th at 11 am
 
 
Tuesday November 13th at 9:30 am
 
 
Wednesday November 14th at 12 pm
 
 
 
Tuesday November 27th at 2 pm
 
 
Wednesday November 28th at 3 pm
 
 
Friday November 30th at 1 pm
 
 
 
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==Course Policies==
 
==Course Policies==
 
'''Missed Exams'''<br>
 
'''Missed Exams'''<br>
Any student who does not attend an exam and fails to receive permission [[in advance]] will receive a 0 for the exam.  Approval of any request to miss an exam requires, [[but is not guaranteed by]], verifiable written documentation of the reason.  A student who receives approval to miss an exam will have his or her grade for the missed exam prorated based on his or her performance on the remainder of the exams.  We will not give make-up exams.  Every student must take the final.  Permission to reschedule the final can only be obtained through procedures determined by the [http://www.ossa.uconn.edu/ Office of Student Services and Advocacy].
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Any student who does not attend an exam and fails to receive permission [[in advance]] will receive a 0 for the exam.  Approval of any request to miss an exam requires, [[but is not guaranteed by]], verifiable written documentation of the reason.  A student who receives approval to miss an exam will have his or her grade for the missed exam prorated based on his or her performance on the remainder of the exams.  We will not give make-up exams.  Every student must take the final.  Permission to reschedule the final can only be obtained through procedures determined by the [http://dos.uconn.edu Dean of Students Office].
 
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'''Other Absences'''<br>
 
'''Other Absences'''<br>
No make-ups will be given for research responses or tree quizzes.  The first research response from which a student is absent will be dropped. If a student misses a second one, then he or she will receive a zero.  For tree quizzes, the missed exam policy applies. 
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No make-ups will be given for research reviews or quizzes.  Instead, the lowest research review/quiz grade from each half of the semester will be dropped.  
 
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'''Academic Integrity'''<br>
 
'''Academic Integrity'''<br>
Plagiarism and cheating are violations of the student conduct code, and may be punished by failure in the course or, in severe cases, dismissal from the University.  For more information, see [http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_code_partiv.html Section IV of the Student Conduct Code].<br>
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Plagiarism and cheating are violations of the student conduct code, and may be punished by failure in the course or, in severe cases, dismissal from the University.  For more information, see [http://community.uconn.edu/the-student-code-part-iv Section IV of the Student Conduct Code].<br>
 
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'''Disabilities'''<br>
 
'''Disabilities'''<br>
If you have a disability for which you may be requesting an accommodation, you should contact a course instructor and the [http://www.csd.uconn.edu Center for Students with Disabilities] (Wilbur Cross Building, Room 201) within the first two weeks of the semester.<br>
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If you have a disability for which you may be requesting an accommodation, you should contact a course instructor and the [http://www.csd.uconn.edu Center for Students with Disabilities] (Wilbur Cross Building, Room 201), within the first two weeks of the semester.<br>
 
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'''Classroom Conduct'''<br>
 
'''Classroom Conduct'''<br>
We expect all students to behave in a way that is respectful of others.  The  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/EEB2214ClassroomConduct.pdf}}''' classroom conduct form''', which describes our expectations in more detail, must be signed and returned to the teaching assistant by the end of the 2nd week of class.<br>
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We expect all students to behave in a way that is respectful of others.  The  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/EEB2214_F2014_ClassroomConduct.pdf}}''' classroom conduct form''', which describes our expectations in more detail, must be signed and returned to the teaching assistant by the end of the 2nd week of class.<br>
 
*Arrive on time and stay until the end.  If you must come late or leave early, sit by the back door.   
 
*Arrive on time and stay until the end.  If you must come late or leave early, sit by the back door.   
 
*Turn cell phones OFF and store them out of sight.
 
*Turn cell phones OFF and store them out of sight.
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:'''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Honors_Conversion Can I convert this course to honors?''']<br><br>
 
:'''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Honors_Conversion Can I convert this course to honors?''']<br><br>
  
==Help Resources==
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== Research Reviews ==
The secret of success to this course is to not let yourself fall behind.  Be sure to fill gaps in your notes and navigate blocks in your understanding as soon as possibleShould you run into trouble with the material, below we have listed some steps for obtaining assistance.  While we welcome any and all questions on the material, before you contact us, please first check the resources below to see if your question has already been answered. If/when you do contact us, please understand that we will respond as quickly as we can, but we do have other obligations that might prevent this from happening as urgently as you may need (like 3:00 am the day of an exam...).
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As a research field, vertebrate biology is alive and well, with discoveries being made constantlyEach week, we will select one paper from the primary scientific literature that describes a study relevant to vertebrate biology. On Tuesdays, class will include a short in-class written exercise, in which we ask you to answer three standard questions about the paper:<br>
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* What was the major new result?<br>
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* How does this change what we think?<br>
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* Why does it matter?<br>
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<span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#FF3300">'''The written exercise will be followed by a brief discussion of the paper, during which we will call on pre-determined, but randomly selected, students to talk about the paper.'''</font></span><br>
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'''Study Materials:'''<br>
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In-class research review assessments are worth 3 points each.  12 will be offered over the course of the semester, and 10 (of 12) will count towards the final course grade (the best 5 of 6 from each half of the semester, as determined by the combined quiz + research review grade).  There will be no paper selected for the first or eighth week of class.  You must be present to receive credit and no make-ups will be given.  Also, if you are selected for the discussion, but do not participate, you will receive a 0. <br>  
The textbook for this course is Pough F. H., C. M. Janis, and J. B. Heiser. 2009. Vertebrate Life, 8th Edition. Prentice HallThree copies of the textbook are available at the library iDeskAsk for call numbers XR5, XR6 and XR7.   We strongly encourage you to read the assigned sections before lecture.<br>
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All papers will be available electronically.  A link to each paper will be posted on the course schedule below, next to the date of the in-class exercise. While many articles in scientific journals are now made available free to everyone ("open access" articles), access to other articles requires a subscription, which the UConn library buys. On campus, you should not encounter difficulty accessing the full text of selected articles. From off-campus, the easiest way to access articles that require a subscription is using the [http://www.lib.uconn.edu/about/ezproxy-blurb.html EZProxy]If you get a message saying that you may purchase access to the paper, then try again through the proxyIn some cases, it may also be necessary to quit and restart your browser. Alternative ways to access the articles via UConn's subscription are to configure the proxy within your web browser and to use the [http://security.uconn.edu/services/vpn/ VPN].  It is your responsibility to test that you have access in a timely fashion.  Course instructors will not respond to requests to provide the article directly to individuals. <br><br>
  
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012 Study questions] will be posted online after every lecture.  These are intended to help you think about and synthesize information. They are not intended to provide a comprehensive study guide. <br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/EEB2214_ReadingScientificLiterature.pdf}}'''This handout''' offers some helpful suggestions for how to navigate your way through the primary literature.<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/EEB2214F12Exam1studyguide.pdf}}<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> '''Exam 1 Study Guide'''</font></span><br>
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==Quizzes==
The '''answer key''' for exam 1 is posted outside of Alejandro's office.
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This course incorporates weekly quizzes which will be completed at the same time as the written portion of the research review, unless another schedule is announced.  The quizzes will use a variety of formats and are designed to help prepare you for exams.  Each quiz will be worth 5 points.  10 (of 12) will count towards the final course grade (the best 5 of 6 from each half of the semester, as determined by the combined quiz + research review grade).  As with the research reviews, you must be present to receive credit and no make-ups will be given.<br><br>
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'''Phylogenetic Tree Resources:'''<br>
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== Collections Tour ==
The {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/VertebratePhylogeny.pdf}} '''phylogenetic tree of vertebrates''' provides the backbone for this course.<br>  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/Phyl_tut_pptshow2010.ppt}}''' This phylogeny tutorial''' is designed to help students review their knowledge of trees.<br>
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Every student is expected to visit the [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html EEB Biological Collections] for a tour that will introduce you to the resources and opportunities in the collection. We will offer 8 different opportunities, on different days and times. You will need to sign in at the collection; at the end of the semester, everyone who has signed in will have 5 points added to their grade. '''Tours will take about 45 minutes; they meet at the south end of the Biology/Physics building lobby on the hour'''. You are responsible for finding a day and time to attend from the options below; if your class schedule prohibits you from attending any of these, you are responsible for letting us know that you will need an alternative opportunity AT LEAST TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE FINAL TOUR. If you have already toured the collections (e.g., in a previous class), provide us with documentation to that effect, and we will just add the points to your grade without you needing to tour the collections again. <br><br>
Test your ability to interpret phylogenetic trees with this {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/EEB214F06treequiz.pdf}}'''Tree Quiz'''.<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/EEB214F06treequizAnswers.pdf}} '''Tree Quiz Answers'''
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'''Research Reviews:'''<br>
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'''Collection Tour Schedule'''<br><br>
Use {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/EEB2214ReadingScientificLiterature.pdf}}''' this handout''' to help navigate your way through the primary literature.
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Mon. Nov. 3: 2:00 - 2:45 pm <br>
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Tues. Nov. 4: 11:30 - 12:15 pm <br>
'''Review Sessions:'''<br>
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Wed. Nov. 5: 1:00 - 1:45 pm <br>
A review session will be held before each exam. Dates and times will be posted once they are set.<br>
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Thur. Nov. 6: 9:30 - 10:15am <br>
<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Exam 1 Review session''': Tuesday, Sept. 25, 5-7 pm in BPB 131</font></span>
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<br><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Exam 2 Review session''': Monday, Oct. 29, 5-7 pm in BPB 131 - CANCELED DUE TO UNIVERSITY CLOSING</font></span>
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'''Links to External Resources:'''<br>
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:'''[http://digimorph.org/index.phtml DigiMorph]''' - Excellent source of 2 & 3D images of internal & external structures of various organisms
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:'''[http://www.arkive.org/ ARKive]''' - a unique collection of thousands of wildlife videos, images and fact-files, with a special focus on the world's threatened species
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:'''[http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa iNaturalist]''' - an online database for logging observations of plants and animals. Go to project UConn Vert Bio!
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==Vertebrates in the News==
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Mon. Nov. 10: 9:15 - 10:00am <br>
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Tues. Nov. 11: 3:00 - 3:45pm <br>
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Wed. Nov. 12: 2:00 - 2:45pm <br>
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Thur. Nov. 13: 11:00 - 11:45am <br><br>
  
'''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18495102 Turtles fossilised in sex embrace  '''19 June 2012''']'''<br>
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'''Please email Kevin ASAP with your preferences! Each slot is limited to ~10 students.'''
  
'''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19883278 Chinese turtle passes WASTE urea through its MOUTH '''11 October 2012''']'''<br>
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==Help Resources==
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The secret of success to this course is to not let yourself fall behind. Be sure to fill gaps in your notes and navigate blocks in your understanding as soon as possible. Should you run into trouble with the material, below we have listed some steps for obtaining assistanceWhile we welcome any and all questions on the material, before you contact us, please first check the resources below to see if your question has already been answered.  If/when you do contact us, please understand that we will respond as quickly as we can, but we do have other obligations that might prevent this from happening as urgently as you may need (like 3:00 am the day of an exam...).
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'''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19869336 Bull sharks have strongest bite of all shark species '''12 October 2012''']'''<br>
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'''Study Materials'''<br>
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The textbook for this course is Pough F. H., C. M. Janis, and J. B. Heiser. 2012. Vertebrate Life, 9th Edition. Prentice Hall.  (The 8th edition is also acceptable; we have posted readings for both.)  We strongly encourage you to read the assigned sections before lecture.<br>
  
'''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19886131 Size matters for 'sex cheat' frogs '''15 October 2012''']'''<br>
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014 Study questions] will be posted online after every lecture.  These are intended to help you think about and synthesize information.  They are not intended to provide a comprehensive study guide. <br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/EEB2214F14Exam1studyguide.pdf}}<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> '''Exam 1 Study Guide'''</font></span><br><br>
  
'''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19909635 Dolphin 'sponging' spans centuries '''22 October 2012''']'''<br>
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'''Tree Resources'''<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/EEB2214F14_Phylogeny.pdf}} This is the backbone of the '''vertebrate phylogeny''' we will be using in this class.  Note that it differs from the textbook tree in the placement of turtles and in how lampreys and hagfishes are related to each other.  We will be expanding the terminal taxa and adding fossils to this tree throughout the semester.<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/Phyl_tut_pptshow.pptx}} This '''phylogeny tutorial''' is designed to help students review their knowledge of trees.<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/EEB2214_TreeTerminology.pdf}} A primer of '''tree terminology'''<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/SampleTreeQuiz.pdf}} An example of a previous '''tree quiz'''<br>
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{{pdf|https://mcdb.colorado.edu/courses/4350/2012/articles/TreeThinkingChallenge.pdf}} the '''Tree Thinking Quiz''' we went over during the study sessions. Make sure you scroll down for the quiz and answers. <br>
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[http://www.screencast.com/t/ycbUEphh48 '''Kevin's "Phylogenetic Tree Basics" Video''']
  
'''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9281000/9281424.stm Lampreys feed on whales]'''<br>
 
  
'''[http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/lampreys/1354563 SNL lamprey skit]''' If you were science advisor to the show, which line(s) would you change?<br>
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'''Review Sessions'''<br>
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A review session will be held before each exam.  Dates and times will be posted once they are set.<br>
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'''[http://species.asu.edu/2012_species01 New species of Snub-nose Monkey found in Burma '''30 August 2011''']'''<br>
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'''Research Reviews'''<br>
 
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Use {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/EEB2214_ReadingScientificLiterature.pdf}}''' this handout''' to help navigate your way through the primary literature.<br>
'''[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hAZWFUc6F33zcJHk6hP4YcUGRDvgD9HQVM680 Pea-sized frog found in Borneo '''30 August 2010''']'''<br>
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[[Image:Pea-sized Frog.jpg]]<br>
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'''Syllabus'''<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/EEB2214_F2014_Syllabus.pdf}} Syllabus distributed on the first day of class.  The lecture schedule and readings are subject to change, and will be updated below.<br>
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==Lecture Schedule & Materials==
 
==Lecture Schedule & Materials==
 
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The lecture schedule below will be updated regularly.  A link to each research review paper will be posted next to the date of the in-class exercise.  Generally, these will be posted by the weekend prior to the exercise.  After lectures, study questions and links to supplemental materials will be added.<br>
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| || '''Part I: Aug 28 - Oct 11, Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch''' || || ||
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| || '''Part I: Aug 26 - Oct 9, Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch''' || || ||<br>
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| Aug 28 || Vertebrate Diversity || ---------|| '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_1_.2828_August_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br>[http://www.arkive.org/galapagos-marine-iguana/amblyrhynchus-cristatus/video-06b Marine Iguana Running]<br> [http://www.arkive.org/komodo-dragon/varanus-komodoensis/video-06a Komodo Dragon Walking - Breathing (Buccal pumping)]<br>[http://debanlab.org/movies/ Salamander feeding videos] <br> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oSseAl_dW0 Ballistic tongue salamander: Cold-proof bow and arrow mechanism]  ||
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| Aug 26 || Vertebrate diversity || || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_1_.2826_August_2014.29'''Study Questions'''] <br>[http://www.arkive.org/galapagos-marine-iguana/amblyrhynchus-cristatus/video-06b Marine Iguana Running]<br> [http://www.arkive.org/komodo-dragon/varanus-komodoensis/video-06a Komodo Dragon Walking - Breathing (Buccal pumping)]<br>[http://debanlab.org/movies/ Salamander feeding videos] <br> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oSseAl_dW0 Ballistic tongue salamander: Cold-proof bow and arrow mechanism]  ||<br>
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| Aug 28 || Chordates and vertebrate origins|| Chapters 1 & 2 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_2_.2828_August_2014.29'''Study Questions'''] ||<br>
  
| Aug 30 || Chordate and Vertebrate Origins || Ch. 1, 2 || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_2_.2830_August_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br>
 
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| Sept 4 || Chordates and Living Jawless Vertebrates || Ch. 3 || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_3_.284_September_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br>
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| Sept 2 || Chordates, con't.; Living jawless vertebrates || Chapter 3 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_3_.282_Sept_2014.29'''Study Questions'''] <br>
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh9OOlgrHyA Urochordate heart beat]<br>
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh9OOlgrHyA Urochordate heart beat]<br>
 
[http://www.nature.com/srep/2011/111027/srep00131/extref/srep00131-s1.mov Hagfish defense]<br>
 
[http://www.nature.com/srep/2011/111027/srep00131/extref/srep00131-s1.mov Hagfish defense]<br>
[http://www.nature.com/srep/2011/111027/srep00131/extref/srep00131-s2.mov Predation by hagfish]<br>
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[http://www.nature.com/srep/2011/111027/srep00131/extref/srep00131-s2.mov Predation by hagfish]<br>  
|| McGuire and Ratcliffe (2010) Biol. Lett. 7:233-236 on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/7/2/233.full Bat brains]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmaal7Hf0WA Hagfish slime]<br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb2EOP3ohnE&feature=youtu.be Hagfish slime #2--what happened to the water?]
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|| Zintzen et al. (2011) Sci. Rep. 1:131 on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.nature.com/srep/2011/111027/srep00131/full/srep00131.html hagfish behavior] <br>
  
| Sept 6 || Living Jawless Vertebrates, cont.|| Ch. 3 || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_4_.286_September_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmaal7Hf0WA Hagfish Slime]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=letqkpG3b5Q Hagfish on sea floor]<br>[http://jeb.biologists.org/content/vol210/issue22/images/data/3897/DC1/JEB006940Movie1.mov Hagfish feeding]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/river-lamprey/lampetra-fluviatilis/video-07.html Lamprey Spawning]
 
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| Sept 11 || Early Vertebrate Fossils || Ch. 3 || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_5_.2811_September_2012.29 Study Questions''']
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| Sept 4 ||Living jawless vertebrates, con't.  || Chapter 3 ||
|| Sansom et al. (2010) Nature 463:797-800 on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7282/full/nature08745.html Interpreting fossils]
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_4_.284_Sept_2014.29'''Study Questions'''] <br>
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[http://jeb.biologists.org/content/vol210/issue22/images/data/3897/DC1/JEB006940Movie1.mov Hagfish feeding]<br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/river-lamprey/lampetra-fluviatilis/video-07.html Lamprey Spawning] <br>
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| Sept 13 || Chondrichthyans|| Ch. 5 || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_6_.2813_September_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/SampleQuestions.pdf}} '''Sample Questions'''<br>[http://www.arkive.org/sand-tiger-shark/carcharias-taurus/video-09.html Male Sand Tiger Shark Swimming]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/whitetip-reef-shark/triaenodon-obesus/video-09.html Whitetip Reef Sharks Mating]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/leopard-shark/stegostoma-fasciatum/video-09.html Leopard Shark Courtship]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/lemon-shark/negaprion-brevirostris/video-09a.html Lemon shark giving birth]
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| Sept 9 || Early vertebrate fossils || Chapter 3 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_5_.289_Sept_2014.29'''Study Questions'''] <br> ||Sansom et al. (2010) Nature 463:797-800 on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7282/full/nature08745.html biased fossil decay]<br>
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| Sept 18 || <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Tree Quiz 1'''</font></span><br>Chondrichthyans, con't, Diversification of jaws and feeding|| Ch. 5|| '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_7_.2818_September_2012.29 Study Questions''']<br>[http://www.arkive.org/tiger-shark/galeocerdo-cuvier/video-08.html Shark Feeding on Albatross]<br> [http://www.arkive.org/whale-shark/rhincodon-typus/video-08b.html Whale Shark Feeding]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/spotted-eagle-ray/aetobatus-narinari/video-08.html Eagle Ray Feeding/Locomoting]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/manta-ray/manta-birostris/video-08b.html Manta Ray Feeding]<br>[http://www.amnh.org/learn/pd/fish_2/fish_skull/index.html Jaw protrusion animations]<br> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbGILi8p5Y8&feature=related Fish Suction Feeding]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDU4CQWXaNY&NR=1&feature=endscreen Jaw protrusion champion]<br>
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| Sept 11 || Early gnathostomes; Chondrichthyans || Chapters 3, 5||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_6_.2811_Sept_2014.29 '''Study Questions'''] <br>
|| Myers et al. (2007) Science 315:1846-1850 on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/315/5820/1846.full Effects of shark overfishing]
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[http://www.arkive.org/sand-tiger-shark/carcharias-taurus/video-09.html Male Sand Tiger Shark Swimming]<br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/whitetip-reef-shark/triaenodon-obesus/video-09.html Whitetip Reef Sharks Mating]<br>
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[http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1304/logs/july14/media/rhino-video.html Rhinochimera swimming above the ocean floor] <br>
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[http://sharkdevocean.wordpress.com/tag/australia/ Blog entry about Chimaera biology ] <br>
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| Sept 20 || Osteichthyan Origins and Living Actinopterygians|| Ch. 6 (except pp. 125-134)|| {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/1/12/Quiz1key.pdf}} '''Tree Quiz 1 Key''' <br>  '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_8_.2820_September_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br>  
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| Sept 12 || <font color="#7D1B7E">'''Phylogenetic Tree Study Sessions'''</font> || || 10 - 11am: PharmBio Rm 404 <br> 2 - 3pm: Math-Science Building (MSB) Rm 407 <br> ||<br>
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| Sept 16 ||Chondrichthyans, con't. ||Chapters 5 ||
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_7_.2816_Sept_2014.29 '''Study Questions'''] <br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/lemon-shark/negaprion-brevirostris/video-09a.html Lemon shark giving birth] <br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/spotted-eagle-ray/aetobatus-narinari/video-08.html Eagle Ray Feeding/Locomoting]<br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/manta-ray/manta-birostris/video-08b.html Manta Ray Feeding]<br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/tiger-shark/galeocerdo-cuvier/video-08.html Shark Feeding on Albatross]<br>
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||Feldheim et al. (2014) Mol. Ecol. 23:110-117 on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.12583/full shark philopatry] <br>
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| Sept 18 || Osteichthyan origin and diversification; Actinopterygians || Chapter 6 ||
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_8_.2818_Sept_2014.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/tiger-shark/galeocerdo-cuvier/video-08.html Shark Feeding on Albatross] <br>
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF5Qq9mhrrw Paddlefish Feeding]<br>
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF5Qq9mhrrw Paddlefish Feeding]<br>
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utuxlfvlLEQ Moray Eel Feeding (with Pharyngeal Jaw)]<br>[http://www.mbari.org/news/homepage/2012/chaunacops/chaunacops.html anglerfish]<br>[http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2009/barreleye/barreleye.html barreleye video] <br>[http://www.mbari.org/education/video/bigteeth.html deep sea fish]<br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbGILi8p5Y8&feature=related Fish Suction Feeding]<br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDU4CQWXaNY&NR=1&feature=endscreen Jaw protrusion champion]<br>
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[http://www.amnh.org/learn/pd/fish_2/fish_skull/index.html Jaw protrusion animations]<br>  
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| Sept 25 ||Sarcopterygii and Evolution of Tetrapods <br>
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| Sept 23 || Sarcopterygii || pp. 125-128 (8th ed.)/153-156 (9th ed.) ||
<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Exam 1 Review session''': 5-7 pm in BPB131</font></span>
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|| Ch. 6 (pp. 125-134); Ch. 9 (pp. 196-211)
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_9_.2823_Sept_2014.29 '''Study Questions'''] <br>
|| '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_9_.2825_September_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br> [http://www.arkive.org/coelacanth/latimeria-chalumnae/video-06.html Coelacanth]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/shoebill/balaeniceps-rex/video-08.html Lungfish vs. Bird] <br> [http://tiktaalik.uchicago.edu/meetTik.html Tiktaalik]||None
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[http://www.arkive.org/coelacanth/latimeria-chalumnae/video-06.html Coelacanth]<br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/shoebill/balaeniceps-rex/video-08.html Lungfish vs. Bird] <br>  
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0mgFGDEFRM Lungfish locomotion] <br>
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||Dixson and Hay (2012) Science  338:804-807 on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6108/804.long coral-fish mutualism]<br>
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| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Sept 27'''</font></span>|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''EXAM 1'''</font></span> includes material through the origin of tetrapods (but not amphibian diversity)|| --------- ||{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/EEB2214F12Exam1studyguide.pdf}}<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> '''Study Guide'''</font></span><br>Exam answer key posted outside Alejandro's office||
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| Sept 24 || <font color="#7D1B7E">'''Exam Study Session''' || || 6:00 - 8:00pm: BioPhysics Room 131 ||<br>
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| Oct 2 ||  Amphibian Diversity || Ch. 10 ||'''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_10_.282_October_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9h1tR42QYA Tiktaalik]<br> [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/extref/nature11124-s2.mov Ichthyostega] ||King et al. (2011) PNAS 108:21146-21151 on the [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.pnas.org/content/108/52/21146.long Origin of tetrapod gaits]
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| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Sept 25'''</font></span> || <b><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''EXAM 1'''</font></span> ||  || || <br>
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| Sept 30 ||  Origin of tetrapods || pp. 196-211 (8th edition)/ pp. 189-201 (9th edition)|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_10_.2830_Sept_2014.29 '''Study Questions''']
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||Gerlach et al. Proc. R. Soc. B 281:20140787 on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1787/20140787.long fluorescent signaling in fish]<br>
  
| Oct 4 || Amphibian Diversity|| Ch. 10  || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_11_.284_October_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K6szXrBHwM Caecilian Feeding]<br>[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1983266083446767772#docid=-5359004945508340113 Salamander Pheromone Delivery]<br>[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1983266083446767772# Salamander Sperm Transfer]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/chinese-giant-salamander/andrias-davidianus/video-06.html Giant Salamander]<br>
 
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| Oct 2 || Amphibians ||Chapter 10  ||
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_11_.282_Oct_2014.29 '''Study Questions'''] <br>
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[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/extref/nature11124-s2.mov Ichthyostega]<br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K6szXrBHwM Caecilian Feeding]<br>
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[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1983266083446767772#docid=-5359004945508340113 Salamander Pheromone Delivery]<br>
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[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1983266083446767772# Salamander Sperm Transfer]<br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/chinese-giant-salamander/andrias-davidianus/video-06.html Giant Salamander]<br>
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| Oct 9 || Amniote Origins and Diversity || Ch. 9 (pp. 211-218); Ch. 13 || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates#Collections_Tours  Collections Tours Schedule'''] <br> '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_12_.289_October_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br> [http://www.arkive.org/tomato-frog/dyscophus-antongilii/video-10.html Frog vs. Snake]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/titicaca-water-frog/telmatobius-culeus/video-10.html Lake Titicaca Frog]  <br>[http://www.californiaherps.com/movies/emmulticarinatatail310.mov Tail Autonomy]|| Vredenburg et al. (2010) PNAS 107:9689-9694 on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.pnas.org/content/107/21/9689.long Amphibian extinctions]
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| Oct 7 || Amniotes origins; Lepidosaurs  || Chapter 13; pp. 211-218 (8th ed.)/pp. 201-208 (9th ed.) ||  
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_12_.287_Oct_2014.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/tomato-frog/dyscophus-antongilii/video-10.html Frog vs. Snake]<br>
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||Vredenburg et al. (2010) PNAS 107:9689-9694 on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.pnas.org/content/107/21/9689.long Amphibian extinctions]<br>
  
 
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| Oct 11 || Desert Adaptations & Snakes || Ch. 13 || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_13_.2811_October_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br> [http://www.arkive.org/namaqua-chameleon/chamaeleo-namaquensis/video-10.html Namib Chameleon]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEl6TXrkZnk&p=A96C593F525E5B24&playnext=1&index=42 Blood Squirting in Horned Lizards]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-qEt1J5LDU Snake Eating Crab]
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| Oct 9 || Snakes || pp. 339-349 (8th ed.)/pp. 317-327 (9th ed.) ||
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_13_.289_Oct_2014.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/namaqua-chameleon/chamaeleo-namaquensis/video-10.html Namib Chameleon]<br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-qEt1J5LDU Snake Eating Crab]<br>
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[http://www.californiaherps.com/movies/emmulticarinatatail310.mov Tail Autonomy]<br>
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| || '''Part 2: Oct 14 - Dec 12, Dr. Margaret Rubega''' || ||  ||<br>
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| Oct 16 || <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Tree Quiz 2'''</font></span><br>Turtles || Ch. 12 || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_14_.2816_October_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7sSku7uLuo Evolution of shell (go to 4:39)] <br>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p006hg3k Box turtle vs Raccoon] <br>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004h7lz Gopher tortoise burrows] || Schuyler et al. (2012) PLoS ONE 7(7):7e40884 on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040884 Sea turtles eating trash]
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| Oct 14 || Turtles || Chapter 12 ||  
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_14_.2814_Oct_2014.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/green-turtle/chelonia-mydas/video-09c.html This looks like work: female Green Turtle laying eggs] <br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/green-turtle/chelonia-mydas/video-11b.html It's hard to be a hatchling Green turtle!] <br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/galapagos-giant-tortoise/chelonoidis-nigra/video-ho06.html Galapagos giant tortoise]<br>
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| Oct 16 || Archosaurs: Crocodilians || Chapter 16 ||
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_15_.2816_Oct_2014.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates#Collections_Tour '''Collections Tour Schedule''']<br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/american-crocodile/crocodylus-acutus/video-06.html American Crocodile, belly walking and upright walking]<br>
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwThAki0j7U Crocodile galloping on land] <br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/american-crocodile/crocodylus-acutus/video-09b.html female crocodile moving hatchlings to water] <br>
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[http://www.arkive.org/nile-crocodile/crocodylus-niloticus/video-08e.html It's hard to be a wildebeast: Nile crocodile catching prey, group spin-feeding]<br>
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| Oct 18 || Turtles, cont'd; Introduction to Archosaurs & Crocodilians || Ch. 16 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/a/a7/TreeQuiz2.pdf}}  '''Tree Quiz 2 Key'''  <br> '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_15_.2818_October_2012.29  Study Questions'''] <br> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0060vdd Turtle hatchlings supercooling] <br> [http://www.arkive.org/kemps-ridley-turtle/lepidochelys-kempii/video-09a.html Turtles Digging a Nest]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/kemps-ridley-turtle/lepidochelys-kempii/video-09b.html Turtle Laying Eggs]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/kemps-ridley-turtle/lepidochelys-kempii/video-09c.html Turtle Hatchlings Emerging]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/kemps-ridley-turtle/lepidochelys-kempii/video-09d.html Turtle Hatchlings Heading to the Water]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/alligator-snapping-turtle/macrochelys-temminckii/video-00.html Alligator snapping turtle luring prey]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/american-crocodile/crocodylus-acutus/video-06.html Crocodile sprawling and upright locomotion] ||
 
 
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| Oct 21 || Archosaurs: Pterosaurs || Chapter 16 ||
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_16_.2821_Oct_2014.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>
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||Dinets (2014)Ethology, Ecology & Evolution [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03949370.2014.915432#.VEEtIPldVEI Apparent coordination and collaboration in cooperatively hunting crocodilians]<br>
  
| Oct 23 || Archosaurs: Crocodiles, cont'd; Pterosaurs and Other Mesosoic Diapsids|| Ch. 15 & 16 || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_16_.2823_October_2012.29  Study Questions'''] <br>[http://www.arkive.org/american-alligator/alligator-mississippiensis/video-13.html Alligator Courtship]<br>[http://www.arkive.org/saltwater-crocodile/crocodylus-porosus/video-09b.html Female Crocodile Digging Out Hatchlings]<br> [http://www.arkive.org/nile-monitor/varanus-niloticus/video-11c.html Nile crocodile defending nest from monitor lizards]<br>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p006ffzz Caiman mother babysitting]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PYDk2cxIc0&feature=BFa&list=SP4A28652BE257C2E3 Ichtyosaurs and Plesiosaurs]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrkgGYdlIM4&feature=BFa&list=SP4A28652BE257C2E3 Ichthyosaurs and Plesiosaurs II] || Vergne et al. Zoology 114(2011):313-320 on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S094420061100078X Acoustic signals of baby black caimans]
 
 
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| Oct 25 || Pterosaurs, cont'd; Dinosaurs<br> <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Exam 2 Review session''': Monday, Oct. 29, 5-7 pm in BPB 131 - CANCELED DUE TO UNIVERSITY CLOSING</font></span><br>|| Ch. 16 || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_17_.2825_October_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO5mFGMf05c&feature=channel Pterosaur Locomotion] <br> [http://digimorph.org/specimens/Anhanguera_santanae/ Pterosaur Brain studies] <br> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALziqtuLxBQ  Quadrupedal launching] <br> ||
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| Oct 23 || Dinosaurs and other Mesozoic diapsids || Chapter 16 ||
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_17_.2823_Oct_2014.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>
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|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Oct 30'''</font></span>|| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''EXAM 2 - POSTPONED'''</font></span>|| --------- || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7d/Exam2_StudyGuide.pdf}}<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> '''Study Guide 2 for Dr. Hurme's part of the exam'''</font></span><br> ||
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| Oct 27 || <font color="#7D1B7E">'''Exam II Study Session''' || || 6:00 - 8:00pm: Laurel Hall Room 101 || <br>
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| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Nov 1'''</font></span> || <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''EXAM 2'''</font></span> includes all material since 1st exam  ||---------  ||
 
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| Nov 6 ||Dinosaurs II   || Ch. 16 || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_19_.286_November_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBfP-c4lCiI Allosaurus vs. Stegosaurus] <br> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr4n7nnu7q8 Tyrannosaurus vs. Ankylosaurus] <br> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH5TFKohFQ4 Hadrosaurs] <br>[http://trextrying.tumblr.com T-rex trying] || Zelenitsky et al. Science 26 October 2012, Vol. 338 pp. 510-514 on [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6106/510 Feathered Non-Avian Dinosaurs]  
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| Oct 28 || Dinosaurs II || Chapter 16 ||
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_18_.2828_Oct_2014.29 ''' Study Questions''']<br>  
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|| Erickson et al. (2001) Nature [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v412/n6845/abs/412429a0.html Dinosaurian growth patterns and rapid avian growth rates] <br>
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| Nov 8 || Birds: Avian Origins || Ch. 16 (pp. 439-443) ||  '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_20_.288_November_2012.29  Study Questions'''] <br>[http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/pr0308.htm Wing-assisted Incline Running] ||  
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| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Oct 30'''</font></span> || <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''EXAM 2'''</font></span> || || || <br>
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| Nov 13 || Birds: Diversity and Reproduction || Ch. 17 || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_21_.2813_November_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br> [http://tolweb.org/Aves/15721 Avian Tree of Life] || Taylor et al. PLoS ONE 2011, vol. 6(12) p. e26887 [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0026887 Tool use in New Caledonian crows]
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| Nov || Birds: Avian origins || pp. 439-443 (8th ed.)/pp. 407-410 (9th ed.) ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_19_.284_Nov_2014.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>  
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|| Brussatte et al. (2014) Current Biology [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982214010471 Rapid rates of Evolution across the Dinosaur-Bird Transition]<br>
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|Nov 15 || Birds: Feeding and Morphology || Ch. 17 || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_22_.2815_November_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br>  
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| Nov 6 || Birds: Feeding || Chapter 17 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_20_.286_Nov_2014.29 '''Study Questions'''] ||<br>
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqsMTZQ-pmE&feature=relmfu Pheasants funny displays] <br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI_quJRRGxk Red-capped Manakin moonwalk] <br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHuH7KaPbLc Common Cranes flying] <br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z-wiJa2x-I Swallows power strokes] <br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DoClq5gPxU Hummingbird acrobatics] <br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfLl26yzpk8 Pelicans feeding] <br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNTw7GH325U Egret fishing, "what a clever bird"] <br>
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| Nov 27 || <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Tree Quiz 3'''</font></span><br>Bird: Morphology, cont'd.; Mammals: Origins and Radiation  || Ch. 18  || '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_23_.2827_November_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br> [http://www.onezoom.org/mammals.htm  EXPLORE the mammalian tree of life (really cool!)] <br>
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| Nov 11  || Birds:Morphology and Reproduction || Chapter 17 ||
||Meachen and Samuels, PNAS 2012, vol. 109(11) p. 4191-6 [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.pnas.org/content/109/11/4191.full.pdf Coyote evolution after megafaunal extinctions]
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_21_.2811_Nov_2014.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>
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||Foth et al. 2014, Nature [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v511/n7507/full/nature13467.html Evolution of Feathers]<br>
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| Nov 29 || Mammals: Mammal Diversity  || Ch. 24 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/2/2d/Tree_Quiz_3_Key.pdf}}  '''Tree Quiz 3 Key'''  <br> '''[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2012#Lecture_24_.2829_November_2012.29 Study Questions'''] <br>  
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| Nov 13  || Mammals: Origins and radiations || Chapter 18 ||
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJp2rZMZ-Jk Coelophysis Vs Cynodonts] <br>
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_22_.2813_Nov_2014.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-86gpWCsW4g Placerias] <br>
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[http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/life-after-dinosaurs/ Mammal origins (full episode)] <br>
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[http://science.docuwat.ch/videos/david-attenborough/david-attenborough-life-of-mammals-01-a-winning-design/?channel_id=0&skip=0 A winning design (Intro+Platypus & Echidna shown in class)]<br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNoQvjlmGdk Platypus] <br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDYPxHa33QU Echidna]
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| Dec. 4 || Mammals: Diversity, Feeding and Reproduction  <br> || Ch. 20 ||[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8mynrRd7Ak&feature=endscreen Monkeys reject unequal pay] <br> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAFQ5kUHPkY Monkey cooperation and fairness] <br>
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| Nov 18  || Mammals: Primate evolution and human origins || Chapter 24 ||
||Brosnan and De Waal Nature 2003, vol. 425(6955) p. 297-99 [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v425/n6955/abs/nature01963.html Monkeys reject unequal pay]
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_23_.2818_Nov_2014.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>
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||Archetti 2013, Journal of Theoretical Biology [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022519312005929 Evolution of polygamous marriage by maximization of inclusive fitness] ONLY Introduction and Discussion are required reading. <br>
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_24_.2820_Nov_2014.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>
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|<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Dec 14'''</font></span>||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''FINAL EXAM 10:30 am-12:30 pm '''</font></span>|| --------- ||||  
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| Dec 2  || Mammals: Morphology and Behavior || Chapter 21 ||
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_25_.282_Dec_14.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>
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|| Barnosky et al. 2011, Nature [http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v471/n7336/full/nature09678.html Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?]<br>
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Vertebrates_Study_Questions_F2014#Lecture_26_.284_Dec_14.29 '''Study Questions''']<br>
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| <span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300">'''Dec 12'''</font></span> ||<span style="font-size: small"><font color="#FF3300"> '''Final Exam 10:30 - 12:30 (Tentative)''' </font></span>|| Chapter 25 || ||<br>
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[[Category:EEB Courses]]

Latest revision as of 17:03, 5 December 2014

EEB 2214, Fall 2014

The evolution of form, function, & diversity of the vertebrates


Meeting Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30-1:45 in BPB130

Textbook: Vertebrate Life, by Pough F. H., C. M. Janis, and J. B. Heiser. 2012. 9th Edition. Pearson/Benjamin Cummings (8th edition also acceptable)

Announcements

12/5/14
The final exam review session will be on Thursday Dec. 11 from 2 - 4pm in TLS, Room 301. This review will primarily focus on the material covered since the last exam.


9/24/14
For a detailed and thorough phylogenetic tree, please check the appendix of your text book! Though, be sure to check it against your notes, as some things have changed since the book has been published (e.g. position of conodonts).
Kevin produced a short instructional video on phylogenetic tree basics! See it here.
Here is the official Pdficon small.gif Exam 1 Study Guide!

Instructors

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Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch
Office: Pharmacy/Biology 305B
Phone: (860) 486-4452
Office hours: Thursdays 2-3 pm and by appointment
Jockusch Lab Website

Dr. Margaret Rubega
Office: Pharmacy/Biology 500
Phone: (860) 486-4502
Office hours: 11:30 - 12:20 a.m., Thurs, IN the BPB cafe, and by appointment
Rubega Lab Website

Kevin Burgio (Teaching Assistant)
Office: Pharmacy/Biology 402
Office hours: Tuesdays 2-3 pm and by appointment
Monk Parakeet Research Website

Note: All emails must contain "EEB2214" in the subject line to avoid being filtered out and deleted

Grading

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Exam 1 (Thursday, Sept. 25) = 100 points
Exam 2 (Thursday, Oct. 30) = 100 points
Final Exam (Friday, Dec. 12, TENTATIVE) = 125 points
#Research Reviews (Tuesdays) = 30 points total
#Quizzes = 50 points total
#Collections Tour = 5 points

There will be two one-hour, non-cumulative, exams scheduled during the lecture hour. The final exam will be cumulative, with an emphasis on material from the final third of the course.

12 research reviews (3 points each) and quizzes (5 points each) will be offered over the course of the semester. 10 of these will count towards the final course grade (the best 5 of 6 from each half of the semester, as determined by the combined quiz + research review grade.) Because two scores are dropped, no make-ups will be given for research reviews or quizzes.

Course Policies

Missed Exams
Any student who does not attend an exam and fails to receive permission in advance will receive a 0 for the exam. Approval of any request to miss an exam requires, but is not guaranteed by, verifiable written documentation of the reason. A student who receives approval to miss an exam will have his or her grade for the missed exam prorated based on his or her performance on the remainder of the exams. We will not give make-up exams. Every student must take the final. Permission to reschedule the final can only be obtained through procedures determined by the Dean of Students Office.

Other Absences
No make-ups will be given for research reviews or quizzes. Instead, the lowest research review/quiz grade from each half of the semester will be dropped.

Academic Integrity
Plagiarism and cheating are violations of the student conduct code, and may be punished by failure in the course or, in severe cases, dismissal from the University. For more information, see Section IV of the Student Conduct Code.

Disabilities
If you have a disability for which you may be requesting an accommodation, you should contact a course instructor and the Center for Students with Disabilities (Wilbur Cross Building, Room 201), within the first two weeks of the semester.

Classroom Conduct
We expect all students to behave in a way that is respectful of others. The Pdficon small.gif classroom conduct form, which describes our expectations in more detail, must be signed and returned to the teaching assistant by the end of the 2nd week of class.

  • Arrive on time and stay until the end. If you must come late or leave early, sit by the back door.
  • Turn cell phones OFF and store them out of sight.
  • Use laptops only for taking notes.
  • Recording is prohibited without the written permission of instructors.
  • Course materials are the intellectual property of the course instructors. Students may not make these materials (including handouts, exams and quizzes) available electronically.


Honors Conversion

Can I convert this course to honors?

Research Reviews

As a research field, vertebrate biology is alive and well, with discoveries being made constantly. Each week, we will select one paper from the primary scientific literature that describes a study relevant to vertebrate biology. On Tuesdays, class will include a short in-class written exercise, in which we ask you to answer three standard questions about the paper:

  • What was the major new result?
  • How does this change what we think?
  • Why does it matter?

The written exercise will be followed by a brief discussion of the paper, during which we will call on pre-determined, but randomly selected, students to talk about the paper.

In-class research review assessments are worth 3 points each. 12 will be offered over the course of the semester, and 10 (of 12) will count towards the final course grade (the best 5 of 6 from each half of the semester, as determined by the combined quiz + research review grade). There will be no paper selected for the first or eighth week of class. You must be present to receive credit and no make-ups will be given. Also, if you are selected for the discussion, but do not participate, you will receive a 0.

All papers will be available electronically. A link to each paper will be posted on the course schedule below, next to the date of the in-class exercise. While many articles in scientific journals are now made available free to everyone ("open access" articles), access to other articles requires a subscription, which the UConn library buys. On campus, you should not encounter difficulty accessing the full text of selected articles. From off-campus, the easiest way to access articles that require a subscription is using the EZProxy. If you get a message saying that you may purchase access to the paper, then try again through the proxy. In some cases, it may also be necessary to quit and restart your browser. Alternative ways to access the articles via UConn's subscription are to configure the proxy within your web browser and to use the VPN. It is your responsibility to test that you have access in a timely fashion. Course instructors will not respond to requests to provide the article directly to individuals.

Pdficon small.gifThis handout offers some helpful suggestions for how to navigate your way through the primary literature.

Quizzes

This course incorporates weekly quizzes which will be completed at the same time as the written portion of the research review, unless another schedule is announced. The quizzes will use a variety of formats and are designed to help prepare you for exams. Each quiz will be worth 5 points. 10 (of 12) will count towards the final course grade (the best 5 of 6 from each half of the semester, as determined by the combined quiz + research review grade). As with the research reviews, you must be present to receive credit and no make-ups will be given.

Collections Tour

Every student is expected to visit the EEB Biological Collections for a tour that will introduce you to the resources and opportunities in the collection. We will offer 8 different opportunities, on different days and times. You will need to sign in at the collection; at the end of the semester, everyone who has signed in will have 5 points added to their grade. Tours will take about 45 minutes; they meet at the south end of the Biology/Physics building lobby on the hour. You are responsible for finding a day and time to attend from the options below; if your class schedule prohibits you from attending any of these, you are responsible for letting us know that you will need an alternative opportunity AT LEAST TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE FINAL TOUR. If you have already toured the collections (e.g., in a previous class), provide us with documentation to that effect, and we will just add the points to your grade without you needing to tour the collections again.


Collection Tour Schedule

Mon. Nov. 3: 2:00 - 2:45 pm
Tues. Nov. 4: 11:30 - 12:15 pm
Wed. Nov. 5: 1:00 - 1:45 pm
Thur. Nov. 6: 9:30 - 10:15am

Mon. Nov. 10: 9:15 - 10:00am
Tues. Nov. 11: 3:00 - 3:45pm
Wed. Nov. 12: 2:00 - 2:45pm
Thur. Nov. 13: 11:00 - 11:45am

Please email Kevin ASAP with your preferences! Each slot is limited to ~10 students.

Help Resources

The secret of success to this course is to not let yourself fall behind. Be sure to fill gaps in your notes and navigate blocks in your understanding as soon as possible. Should you run into trouble with the material, below we have listed some steps for obtaining assistance. While we welcome any and all questions on the material, before you contact us, please first check the resources below to see if your question has already been answered. If/when you do contact us, please understand that we will respond as quickly as we can, but we do have other obligations that might prevent this from happening as urgently as you may need (like 3:00 am the day of an exam...).

Study Materials
The textbook for this course is Pough F. H., C. M. Janis, and J. B. Heiser. 2012. Vertebrate Life, 9th Edition. Prentice Hall. (The 8th edition is also acceptable; we have posted readings for both.) We strongly encourage you to read the assigned sections before lecture.

Study questions will be posted online after every lecture. These are intended to help you think about and synthesize information. They are not intended to provide a comprehensive study guide.

Pdficon small.gif Exam 1 Study Guide

Tree Resources
Pdficon small.gif This is the backbone of the vertebrate phylogeny we will be using in this class. Note that it differs from the textbook tree in the placement of turtles and in how lampreys and hagfishes are related to each other. We will be expanding the terminal taxa and adding fossils to this tree throughout the semester.
Pdficon small.gif This phylogeny tutorial is designed to help students review their knowledge of trees.
Pdficon small.gif A primer of tree terminology
Pdficon small.gif An example of a previous tree quiz
Pdficon small.gif the Tree Thinking Quiz we went over during the study sessions. Make sure you scroll down for the quiz and answers.
Kevin's "Phylogenetic Tree Basics" Video


Review Sessions
A review session will be held before each exam. Dates and times will be posted once they are set.

Research Reviews
Use Pdficon small.gif this handout to help navigate your way through the primary literature.

Syllabus
Pdficon small.gif Syllabus distributed on the first day of class. The lecture schedule and readings are subject to change, and will be updated below.

Lecture Schedule & Materials

The lecture schedule below will be updated regularly. A link to each research review paper will be posted next to the date of the in-class exercise. Generally, these will be posted by the weekend prior to the exercise. After lectures, study questions and links to supplemental materials will be added.

Date Topic Textbook Readings Supplemental Materials Research Review Reading
Part I: Aug 26 - Oct 9, Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch
Aug 26 Vertebrate diversity Study Questions
Marine Iguana Running
Komodo Dragon Walking - Breathing (Buccal pumping)
Salamander feeding videos
Ballistic tongue salamander: Cold-proof bow and arrow mechanism

Aug 28 Chordates and vertebrate origins Chapters 1 & 2 Study Questions
Sept 2 Chordates, con't.; Living jawless vertebrates Chapter 3 Study Questions

Urochordate heart beat
Hagfish defense
Predation by hagfish
Hagfish slime
Hagfish slime #2--what happened to the water?

Zintzen et al. (2011) Sci. Rep. 1:131 on hagfish behavior
Sept 4 Living jawless vertebrates, con't. Chapter 3

Study Questions
Hagfish feeding
Lamprey Spawning



Sept 9 Early vertebrate fossils Chapter 3 Study Questions
Sansom et al. (2010) Nature 463:797-800 on biased fossil decay
Sept 11 Early gnathostomes; Chondrichthyans Chapters 3, 5 Study Questions

Male Sand Tiger Shark Swimming
Whitetip Reef Sharks Mating
Rhinochimera swimming above the ocean floor
Blog entry about Chimaera biology


Sept 12 Phylogenetic Tree Study Sessions 10 - 11am: PharmBio Rm 404
2 - 3pm: Math-Science Building (MSB) Rm 407

Sept 16 Chondrichthyans, con't. Chapters 5

Study Questions
Lemon shark giving birth
Eagle Ray Feeding/Locomoting
Manta Ray Feeding
Shark Feeding on Albatross

Feldheim et al. (2014) Mol. Ecol. 23:110-117 on shark philopatry
Sept 18 Osteichthyan origin and diversification; Actinopterygians Chapter 6

Study Questions
Shark Feeding on Albatross
Paddlefish Feeding
Fish Suction Feeding
Jaw protrusion champion
Jaw protrusion animations


Sept 23 Sarcopterygii pp. 125-128 (8th ed.)/153-156 (9th ed.)

Study Questions
Coelacanth
Lungfish vs. Bird
Lungfish locomotion

Dixson and Hay (2012) Science 338:804-807 on coral-fish mutualism
Sept 24 Exam Study Session 6:00 - 8:00pm: BioPhysics Room 131
Sept 25 EXAM 1
Sept 30 Origin of tetrapods pp. 196-211 (8th edition)/ pp. 189-201 (9th edition) Study Questions Gerlach et al. Proc. R. Soc. B 281:20140787 on fluorescent signaling in fish
Oct 2 Amphibians Chapter 10

Study Questions
Ichthyostega
Caecilian Feeding
Salamander Pheromone Delivery
Salamander Sperm Transfer
Giant Salamander


Oct 7 Amniotes origins; Lepidosaurs Chapter 13; pp. 211-218 (8th ed.)/pp. 201-208 (9th ed.)

Study Questions
Frog vs. Snake

Vredenburg et al. (2010) PNAS 107:9689-9694 on Amphibian extinctions
Oct 9 Snakes pp. 339-349 (8th ed.)/pp. 317-327 (9th ed.)

Study Questions
Namib Chameleon
Snake Eating Crab
Tail Autonomy


Part 2: Oct 14 - Dec 12, Dr. Margaret Rubega
Oct 14 Turtles Chapter 12

Study Questions
This looks like work: female Green Turtle laying eggs
It's hard to be a hatchling Green turtle!
Galapagos giant tortoise

no research review
Oct 16 Archosaurs: Crocodilians Chapter 16

Study Questions
Collections Tour Schedule
American Crocodile, belly walking and upright walking
Crocodile galloping on land
female crocodile moving hatchlings to water
It's hard to be a wildebeast: Nile crocodile catching prey, group spin-feeding

Oct 21 Archosaurs: Pterosaurs Chapter 16

Study Questions

Dinets (2014)Ethology, Ecology & Evolution Apparent coordination and collaboration in cooperatively hunting crocodilians
Oct 23 Dinosaurs and other Mesozoic diapsids Chapter 16

Study Questions


Oct 27 Exam II Study Session 6:00 - 8:00pm: Laurel Hall Room 101
Oct 28 Dinosaurs II Chapter 16

Study Questions

Erickson et al. (2001) Nature Dinosaurian growth patterns and rapid avian growth rates
Oct 30 EXAM 2
Nov 4 Birds: Avian origins pp. 439-443 (8th ed.)/pp. 407-410 (9th ed.) Study Questions
Brussatte et al. (2014) Current Biology Rapid rates of Evolution across the Dinosaur-Bird Transition
Nov 6 Birds: Feeding Chapter 17 Study Questions
Nov 11 Birds:Morphology and Reproduction Chapter 17

Study Questions

Foth et al. 2014, Nature Evolution of Feathers
Nov 13 Mammals: Origins and radiations Chapter 18

Study Questions


Nov 18 Mammals: Primate evolution and human origins Chapter 24

Study Questions

Archetti 2013, Journal of Theoretical Biology Evolution of polygamous marriage by maximization of inclusive fitness ONLY Introduction and Discussion are required reading.
Nov 20 Mammals: Diversity Chapter 20

Study Questions


Dec 2 Mammals: Morphology and Behavior Chapter 21

Study Questions

Barnosky et al. 2011, Nature Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?
Dec 4 Vertebrate mass extinctions, past and present Chapter 25

Study Questions


Dec 12 Final Exam 10:30 - 12:30 (Tentative) Chapter 25