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=='''Instructors'''==
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[[Image:1102Butterfly.jpg|frame|right|Photo taken by K. Schwenk just 3 mi. from campus!]]<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
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== <span style="font-size: larger">'''THIS PAGE IS FOR DR. SCHWENK'S LECTURE MATERIAL ONLY'''</span>==
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<span style="font-size: larger">See the Bio 1102 [http://huskyct.uconn.edu/webct/entryPageIns.dowebct'''HuskyCT'''] web page for a link to Dr. Taigen's lecture material</span><br><br><br>
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== <span style="font-size: larger">'''LOOK HERE FOR SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS, LINKS, ETC.'''</span> ==
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*<font color="#CC000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''DR. SCHWENK'S EXAM 4 SAMPLE QUESTIONS—DOWNLOAD HERE:'''</span></span><br>
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*<font color="#CC000"><span style="font-size: larger">[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Exam_4_Sample_Questions.pdf '''''SAMPLE QUESTIONS ONLY''''']<br>
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*<span style="font-size: larger">[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Exam_4_Sample_Answers.pdf '''''SAMPLE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS''''']<br><br>
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*<span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''DOWNLOAD ARTICLE FOR 2 EXTRA CREDIT QUESTIONS ON EXAM 4 HERE (read the article and answer two questions about it for extra credit points):'''</span><br>
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*<font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">Schwenk, K. (2002) Aristotle’s ghost. Creative Nonfiction No.19:32-40 (Special Issue: “Diversity Dialogues”).  <font color="#CC000">'''''click on pdf icon:'''''  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/SchwenkAristotle02.pdf}}<br><br>
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*<font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''EXAM 3 ANSWER KEYS ARE POSTED AT BOTTOM OF PAGE''' (along with lecture PowerPoints)</span></span><br><br>
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*<span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''KEEP YOUR COPIES OF EXAMS 1, 2 AND 3 FOR STUDYING!''' If you take the optional, comprehensive exam after the 4th lecture exam (during the final exam period), ''some of the questions will be taken directly from these exams, unchanged...''  '''REMEMBER:'''  the optional exam covers material from the first three quarters of the course ONLY (i.e., the material covered by exams 1-3 (but note, '''only SOME of the questions from exams 1-3 will be the same)'''</span></span><br><br>
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*<font color="#CC000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''LECTURE EXAM 4 (+ OPTIONAL EXAM)<font color="#000000">—Monday, 3 May, 10:30 am''' in the lecture room, TLS 154''. Bring a no. 2 pencil and your UConn ID!''<br><br>
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=='''Course Instructors'''==
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[[Image:SchwenkPortrait7_08sm.jpg|frame|left|Kurt Schwenk]]
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[[Image:TedTaigen1102crop.jpg|thumb|right|Ted Taigen]]
 
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Dr. Ted Taigen
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'''click on Dr. Schwenk's link to learn about his research and what goes on in his lab'''<br><br>
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Kurt_Schwenk '''Dr. Kurt Schwenk''']<br>
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Theodore_Taigen '''Dr. Ted Taigen''']<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
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== '''Contact Information for Dr. Schwenk''' ==
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'''Office:'''  [[Pharmacy/Biology Building]] 600<br>
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'''Lab:'''  BioPharm 410, 412<br>
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'''Office phone:'''  (860) 486-0351<br>
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'''Lab phone''':  860-486-4158<br>
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'''Fax:'''  (860) 486-6364<br>
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'''Email:'''  kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu<br><br>
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== '''Office Hours''' ==
 
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Dr. Kurt Schwenk
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11:00-12:00 Monday (immediately after lecture)<br>
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11:00-12:00 Wednesday (immediately after lecture)<br><br>
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AND<br><br>
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'''By appointment:'''<br>
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''email'' (kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu)<br>
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''phone'' (486-0351)<br>
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or <br>
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''talk to me'' after class<br><br>
  
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== '''How to Get to Dr. Schwenk's Office''' ==
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<br>
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'''From the lecture room (154) in Torrey Life Sciences (TLS):'''
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* from lobby vestibule outside lecture hall, go through gate and downstairs to basement floor
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* exit through doorway at bottom of stairs and turn left (east) down hallway
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* at end of hallway, turn right and go through double doors into bottom floor of Pharmacy-Biology Bldg.
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* freight elevator is just ahead on left—take it to the 6th floor
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* exit elevator and turn right—office door is right there (name on wall next to door)
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* knock then enter<br><br>
  
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'''From Pharmacy-Biology Bldg. main entrance:'''
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* from main lobby, take elevator to 6th floor
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* exit elevator and turn right (north)
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* keep walking and come to scary, intimidating, closed double doors with sign that says "Alarm Will Sound"
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* ignore scary sign and walk right through doors, head held high (alarm only works at night)
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* keep walking to end of lab hallway, then exit through second set of double doors
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* my office is just ahead on right, next to second (freight) elevator (name on wall next to door)
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* knock then enter<br><br>
  
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== '''Contact Information''' ==
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== '''Dr. Schwenk's Lecture Syllabus''' ==
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==== '''FIRST QUARTER:''' ====
  
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{|style="border-spacing:8px;margin:0px -8px"
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|class="MainPageBG" style="width:45%;border:1px solid #66FFFF;background-color:#f5fffa;vertical-align:top;color:#000"|
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{|width="80%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#66FFFF"
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|-valign="top"
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| <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#00FF99;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">DATE</h2>
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'''Wed 20 Jan'''<br>
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'''Fri 22  Jan'''<br><br>
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'''Mon 25  Jan'''<br>
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'''Wed 27  Jan'''<br>
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'''Fri 29  Jan'''<br><br>
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'''Mon 1 Feb'''<br>
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'''Wed 3 Feb'''<br>
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'''Fri 5 Feb'''<br><br>
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'''Mon 8 Feb'''<br>
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'''Wed 10 Feb'''<br>
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'''Fri 12 Feb'''<br><br>
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'''Mon 15 Feb'''<br>
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| <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FF3399;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">NUMBER</h2>
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'''1'''<br>
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'''2'''<br><br>
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'''3'''<br>
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'''4'''<br>
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'''5'''<br><br>
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'''6'''<br>
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'''7'''<br>
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'''8'''<br><br>
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'''9'''<br>
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'''10'''<br>
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'''11'''<br><br>
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| <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#ccff00;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">LECTURE TITLE</h2>
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'''Course mechanics/The nature of life'''<br>
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'''Evolution as the unifying principle of biology'''<br><br>
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'''The chemistry of life'''<br>
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'''The chemistry of life'''<br>
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'''Cells and the chemistry of life'''<br><br>
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'''Cells and the chemistry of life'''<br>
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'''Cells and energy—using it and making it'''<br>
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'''Cells and energy—using it and making it'''<br><br>
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'''Cells and energy—using it and making it'''<br>
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'''Circulation and respiration'''<br>
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'''Homeostasis (*didn't get to - don't need to know*)'''<br><br>
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'''EXAM 1'''<br>
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| <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#0099FF;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">TEXTBOOK READING</h2>
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'''Chapter 1'''<br>
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'''Chapter 1'''<br><br>
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'''Chapter 2'''<br>
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'''Chapter 2'''<br>
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'''Chapter 2'''<br><br>
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'''Chapter 3'''<br>
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'''Chapter 3'''<br>
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'''Chapter 3'''<br><br>
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'''Chapter 3'''<br>
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'''Chapter 14'''<br>
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'''Chapter 15'''<br>
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| <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FF6600;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">LAB TOPIC</h2>
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'''no lab'''<br>
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'''no lab'''<br><br>
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'''Diversity of Cells'''<br>
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'''Diversity of Cells'''<br>
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'''Diversity of Cells'''<br><br>
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'''Enzymes'''<br>
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'''Enzymes'''<br>
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'''Enzymes'''<br><br>
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'''Cardiovascular System'''<br>
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'''Cardiovascular System'''<br>
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'''Cardiovascular System'''<br><br>
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'''Genetics'''<br>
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|}
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|}
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<BR>
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==== '''THIRD QUARTER:''' ====
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{|style="border-spacing:8px;margin:0px -8px"
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{|width="80%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#FFCCCC"
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|-valign="top"
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| <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#00FF99;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">DATE</h2>
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'''Mon 29 Mar'''<br>
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'''Wed 31 Mar'''<br>
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'''Fri 2 Apr'''<br><br>
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'''Mon 5 Apr'''<br>
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'''Wed 7 Apr'''<br>
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'''Fri 9 Apr'''<br><br>
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'''Mon 12 Apr'''<br>
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'''Wed 14 Apr'''<br>
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'''Fri 16 Apr'''<br><br>
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'''Mon 19 Apr'''<br>
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'''Wed 21 Apr'''<br>
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'''Fri 22 Apr'''<br>
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| <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FF3399;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">NUMBER</h2>
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'''12'''<br>
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'''13'''<br>
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'''14'''<br><br>
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'''15'''<br>
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'''16'''<br>
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<br><br>
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'''17'''<br>
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'''18'''<br>
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'''19'''<br><br>
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'''20'''<br>
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'''21'''<br>
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'''22'''<br>
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| <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#ccff00;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">LECTURE TITLE</h2>
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'''Cell division, cell cycles, mitosis'''<br>
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'''Meiosis'''<br>
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'''Meiosis and reproduction'''<br><br>
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'''Gametogenesis, Fertilization and Implantation'''<br>
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'''Human Reproduction, Development and Reproductive Cycles'''<br>
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'''EXAM 3'''<br><br>
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'''Reproductive Behavior'''<br>
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'''Sexual Selection and Evolution'''<br>
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'''Evolution—Evidence'''<br><br>
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'''Evolution—Random Processes and Natural Selection'''<br>
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'''Phylogeny and Evolution'''<br>
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'''Organismal Diversity—the 3 Domains'''<br>
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| <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#0099FF;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">TEXTBOOK READING</h2>
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'''Chapter 4'''<br>
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'''Chapter 4'''<br>
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'''Chapter 4'''<br><br>
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'''Chapter 4, 8'''<br>
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'''Chapter 8'''<br>
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<br><br>
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'''Chapter 8, 9'''<br>
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'''Chapter 9'''<br>
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'''Chapter 9'''<br><br>
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'''Chapter 9'''<br>
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'''Chapter 9, 10'''<br>
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'''Chapter 9, 10'''<br>
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| <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FF6600;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">LAB TOPIC</h2>
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'''Reproductions'''<br>
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'''Reproduction'''<br>
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'''Reproduction'''<br><br>
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'''Evolution'''<br>
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'''Evolution'''<br>
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'''Evolution'''<br><br>
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'''Plant Diversity'''<br>
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'''Plant Diversity'''<br>
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'''Plant Diversity'''<br><br>
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'''Animal Diversity'''<br>
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'''Animal Diversity'''<br>
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'''Animal Diversity'''<br>
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|}
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'''Office:''' [[Pharmacy/Biology Building]] 600<br>
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'''Lab:''' BioPharm 410, 412<br>
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== '''Download Lecture Powerpoints Here''' ==
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'''Office phone:''' (860) 486-0351<br>
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'''Lab phone''': 860-486-4158<br>
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<font color="#CC000">'''NOTE 1:'''<font color="#000000">  ''THE POWERPOINT SLIDES DO NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR COMPLETE NOTES—YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL MATERIAL PRESENTED IN LECTURE WHETHER IT IS WRITTEN DOWN IN A POWERPOINT OR ON THE BOARD, OR NOT...''<br>
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'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
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'''Email:''' kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu<br><br>
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<font color="#CC000">'''NOTE 2:'''<font color="#000000"> The lecture numbers correspond to the numbers in the syllabus above.  '''''HOWEVER''''', the PowerPoints cover what I ACTUALLY got through in class, even if it doesn't correspond exactly to the lecture titles in the syllabus.<br><br>
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| <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#66FFFF;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">FIRST QUARTER</h2><br>
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1/20/10  [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L1_and_2.ppt'''LECTURES 1 AND 2''']<br>
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1/22/10  (see above)<br>
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1/25/10  [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L3.ppt'''LECTURE 3''']<br>
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*A [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102NotochordEvolExplan.pdf'''study sheet''']with info about '''nerve pathways''' and '''notochords'''<br>
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1/27/10  [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L4.ppt'''LECTURE 4''']<br>
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1/29/10  [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L5.ppt'''LECTURE 5''']<br>
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2/1/10  [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L6.ppt'''LECTURE 6''']<br>
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2/3/10  [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L7.ppt'''LECTURE 7''']<br>
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2/5/10  [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L8.ppt'''LECTURE 8''']<br>
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2/8/10  [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L9.ppt'''LECTURE 9'''] '''''NOTE'': I made some stupid mistakes in lecture; corrected in this PowerPoint; noted in 2/12 lecture'''<br>
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2/10/10  '''NO LECTURE - SNOW DAY!'''<br>
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2/12/10  [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L10.ppt'''LECTURE 10''']<br>
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2/15/10  [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L11.ppt'''LECTURE 11'''] '''''NOTE'': I added lots of new pics to this version that weren't in lecture—NO NEW MATERIAL—just extra stuff to help understand what was mentioned in lecture''' <br>
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2/17/10  '''LECTURE EXAM 1'''<br>
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*[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Exam1_Sample_Questions10.pdf'''Sample exam questions''']<br>
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*[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Exam1_Sample_Answers10.pdf'''Sample exam questions answer key''']<br><br>
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*[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_Exam1_blue10ANSWERS.pdf'''Exam 1 (blue) answers''']<br>
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*[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_Exam1_yellow10ANSWERS.pdf'''Exam 1 (yellow) answers''']<br>
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*[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_Exam1_green10ANSWERS.pdf'''Exam 1 (green) answers''']<br>
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*[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_Exam1_pink10ANSWERS.pdf'''Exam 1 (pink) answers''']<br><br>
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| <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCCCC;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">THIRD QUARTER</h2><br>
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3/29/10 [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L12.ppt'''LECTURE 12''']<br>
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3/31/10 [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L13.ppt'''LECTURE 13''']<br>
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4/2/10 [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L14.ppt'''LECTURE 14''']<br>
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4/5/10 [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L15.ppt'''LECTURE 15''']<br>
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4/7/10  [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L16.ppt'''LECTURE 16''']<br>
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4/9/10 '''LECTURE EXAM 3'''<br>
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*[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Exam3_Sample_Questions.pdf'''Sample exam questions''']<br>
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*[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Exam3_Sample_Answers.pdf'''Sample exam questions with answers''']<br><br>
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*[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Exam_3_Blue_ANSWERS.pdf'''Exam 3 (blue) answers''']<br>
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*[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Exam_3_Yellow_ANSWERS.pdf'''Exam 3 (yellow) answers''']<br>
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*[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Exam_3_Green_ANSWERS.pdf'''Exam 3 (green) answers''']<br>
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*[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/Exam_3_Pink_ANSWERS.pdf'''Exam 3 (pink) answers''']<br><br>
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Mon 4/12/10 [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L17.ppt'''LECTURE 17''']<br>
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Wed 4/14/10 [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L18.ppt'''LECTURE 18''']<br>
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Fri 4/16/10 [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L19.ppt'''LECTURE 19''']<br>
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Mon 4/19/10 [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L20.ppt'''LECTURE 20''']<br>
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Wed 4/21/10 [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L21.ppt'''LECTURE 21''']<br>
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Fri 4/23/10 [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/1102_L22.ppt'''LECTURE 22''']<br>
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Mon 4/26/10  Dr. Taigen lecture<br>
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Wed 4/28/10 Dr. Taigen lecture<br>
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Frd 4/30/10 Dr. Taigen lecture<br>
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<font color="#CC000">'''Mon 5/3/10  FINAL EXAM'''<BR>
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Latest revision as of 06:21, 1 May 2010

Photo taken by K. Schwenk just 3 mi. from campus!









THIS PAGE IS FOR DR. SCHWENK'S LECTURE MATERIAL ONLY

See the Bio 1102 HuskyCT web page for a link to Dr. Taigen's lecture material


LOOK HERE FOR SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS, LINKS, ETC.



  • DOWNLOAD ARTICLE FOR 2 EXTRA CREDIT QUESTIONS ON EXAM 4 HERE (read the article and answer two questions about it for extra credit points):
  • Schwenk, K. (2002) Aristotle’s ghost. Creative Nonfiction No.19:32-40 (Special Issue: “Diversity Dialogues”). click on pdf icon: Pdficon small.gif

  • EXAM 3 ANSWER KEYS ARE POSTED AT BOTTOM OF PAGE (along with lecture PowerPoints)

  • KEEP YOUR COPIES OF EXAMS 1, 2 AND 3 FOR STUDYING! If you take the optional, comprehensive exam after the 4th lecture exam (during the final exam period), some of the questions will be taken directly from these exams, unchanged... REMEMBER: the optional exam covers material from the first three quarters of the course ONLY (i.e., the material covered by exams 1-3 (but note, only SOME of the questions from exams 1-3 will be the same)

  • LECTURE EXAM 4 (+ OPTIONAL EXAM)—Monday, 3 May, 10:30 am in the lecture room, TLS 154. Bring a no. 2 pencil and your UConn ID!


Course Instructors

Kurt Schwenk
Ted Taigen


click on Dr. Schwenk's link to learn about his research and what goes on in his lab

Dr. Kurt Schwenk
Dr. Ted Taigen









Contact Information for Dr. Schwenk

Office: Pharmacy/Biology Building 600
Lab: BioPharm 410, 412
Office phone: (860) 486-0351
Lab phone: 860-486-4158
Fax: (860) 486-6364
Email: kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu

Office Hours


11:00-12:00 Monday (immediately after lecture)
11:00-12:00 Wednesday (immediately after lecture)

AND

By appointment:
email (kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu)
phone (486-0351)
or
talk to me after class

How to Get to Dr. Schwenk's Office


From the lecture room (154) in Torrey Life Sciences (TLS):

  • from lobby vestibule outside lecture hall, go through gate and downstairs to basement floor
  • exit through doorway at bottom of stairs and turn left (east) down hallway
  • at end of hallway, turn right and go through double doors into bottom floor of Pharmacy-Biology Bldg.
  • freight elevator is just ahead on left—take it to the 6th floor
  • exit elevator and turn right—office door is right there (name on wall next to door)
  • knock then enter

From Pharmacy-Biology Bldg. main entrance:

  • from main lobby, take elevator to 6th floor
  • exit elevator and turn right (north)
  • keep walking and come to scary, intimidating, closed double doors with sign that says "Alarm Will Sound"
  • ignore scary sign and walk right through doors, head held high (alarm only works at night)
  • keep walking to end of lab hallway, then exit through second set of double doors
  • my office is just ahead on right, next to second (freight) elevator (name on wall next to door)
  • knock then enter

Dr. Schwenk's Lecture Syllabus


FIRST QUARTER:

DATE

Wed 20 Jan
Fri 22 Jan

Mon 25 Jan
Wed 27 Jan
Fri 29 Jan

Mon 1 Feb
Wed 3 Feb
Fri 5 Feb

Mon 8 Feb
Wed 10 Feb
Fri 12 Feb

Mon 15 Feb

NUMBER

1
2

3
4
5

6
7
8

9
10
11

LECTURE TITLE

Course mechanics/The nature of life
Evolution as the unifying principle of biology

The chemistry of life
The chemistry of life
Cells and the chemistry of life

Cells and the chemistry of life
Cells and energy—using it and making it
Cells and energy—using it and making it

Cells and energy—using it and making it
Circulation and respiration
Homeostasis (*didn't get to - don't need to know*)

EXAM 1

TEXTBOOK READING

Chapter 1
Chapter 1

Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Chapter 2

Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Chapter 3

Chapter 3
Chapter 14
Chapter 15

LAB TOPIC

no lab
no lab

Diversity of Cells
Diversity of Cells
Diversity of Cells

Enzymes
Enzymes
Enzymes

Cardiovascular System
Cardiovascular System
Cardiovascular System

Genetics


THIRD QUARTER:

DATE

Mon 29 Mar
Wed 31 Mar
Fri 2 Apr

Mon 5 Apr
Wed 7 Apr
Fri 9 Apr

Mon 12 Apr
Wed 14 Apr
Fri 16 Apr

Mon 19 Apr
Wed 21 Apr
Fri 22 Apr

NUMBER

12
13
14

15
16


17
18
19

20
21
22

LECTURE TITLE

Cell division, cell cycles, mitosis
Meiosis
Meiosis and reproduction

Gametogenesis, Fertilization and Implantation
Human Reproduction, Development and Reproductive Cycles
EXAM 3

Reproductive Behavior
Sexual Selection and Evolution
Evolution—Evidence

Evolution—Random Processes and Natural Selection
Phylogeny and Evolution
Organismal Diversity—the 3 Domains

TEXTBOOK READING

Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Chapter 4

Chapter 4, 8
Chapter 8


Chapter 8, 9
Chapter 9
Chapter 9

Chapter 9
Chapter 9, 10
Chapter 9, 10

LAB TOPIC

Reproductions
Reproduction
Reproduction

Evolution
Evolution
Evolution

Plant Diversity
Plant Diversity
Plant Diversity

Animal Diversity
Animal Diversity
Animal Diversity


Download Lecture Powerpoints Here


NOTE 1: THE POWERPOINT SLIDES DO NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR COMPLETE NOTES—YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL MATERIAL PRESENTED IN LECTURE WHETHER IT IS WRITTEN DOWN IN A POWERPOINT OR ON THE BOARD, OR NOT...

NOTE 2: The lecture numbers correspond to the numbers in the syllabus above. HOWEVER, the PowerPoints cover what I ACTUALLY got through in class, even if it doesn't correspond exactly to the lecture titles in the syllabus.

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FIRST QUARTER


1/20/10 LECTURES 1 AND 2

1/22/10 (see above)

1/25/10 LECTURE 3

  • A study sheetwith info about nerve pathways and notochords

1/27/10 LECTURE 4

1/29/10 LECTURE 5

2/1/10 LECTURE 6

2/3/10 LECTURE 7

2/5/10 LECTURE 8

2/8/10 LECTURE 9 NOTE: I made some stupid mistakes in lecture; corrected in this PowerPoint; noted in 2/12 lecture

2/10/10 NO LECTURE - SNOW DAY!

2/12/10 LECTURE 10

2/15/10 LECTURE 11 NOTE: I added lots of new pics to this version that weren't in lecture—NO NEW MATERIAL—just extra stuff to help understand what was mentioned in lecture

2/17/10 LECTURE EXAM 1

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THIRD QUARTER


3/29/10 LECTURE 12

3/31/10 LECTURE 13

4/2/10 LECTURE 14

4/5/10 LECTURE 15

4/7/10 LECTURE 16

4/9/10 LECTURE EXAM 3

Mon 4/12/10 LECTURE 17

Wed 4/14/10 LECTURE 18

Fri 4/16/10 LECTURE 19

Mon 4/19/10 LECTURE 20

Wed 4/21/10 LECTURE 21

Fri 4/23/10 LECTURE 22

Mon 4/26/10 Dr. Taigen lecture

Wed 4/28/10 Dr. Taigen lecture

Frd 4/30/10 Dr. Taigen lecture

Mon 5/3/10 FINAL EXAM

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