| Date | Class Topic | Class Activity | Read for the Week | Assignments Due Today |
| 24 & 27 Aug | Course Introduction Natural selection |
Class discussion |
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| 31 Aug 3 Sept |
Why We Get Sick? (Neese and Williams, 1994) Chapters 7-11 |
Diagram the main steps that allow a cell to become cancerous | ||
7 & 10 |
FIU CLOSED for Labor day | No Journal Club this week | Why We Get Sick? (Neese and Williams, 1994) Chapters 12-15 | |
| 14 & 17 Sept |
Ecotoxicology Endocrine disruptors |
Make a list of all of the pathways through which EDCs can impact normal endocrine functioning, then describe how alligators specifically were affected by exposure to EDCs. | ||
| 21 & 24 Sept | Endocrine disruptors | Class discussion | Prenatal Hormone Exposure and Sexual Variation (John G. Vandenbergh, 2003)* | Diagram 6 mouse pups in utero, labeling each one (either 0M, 1M, or 2M, and include at least one of each type in your diagram). Also, explain the consequences of each one's uterine position. |
| 28 Sept 1 Oct |
Class discussion | Discuss how human control of the Everglades water supply has already and could in the future affect Everglades functioning | ||
| 5 & 8 Oct | Class discussion | Diagram and briefly discuss the differences between Tiktaalik and both land and aquatic creatures | ||
| 12 & 15 Oct |
Class discussion | Discuss the differences in tooth structure and function between reptiles and mammals, and diagram (roughly) one mouth with teeth from each type of animal | ||
| 19 & 22 Oct |
Class discussion | Make a list of 1 plant species and 5 animal species (from the reading or elsewhere) and list the primary sense used by each (or what the primary sense may be. For example, human's primary sense is vision). You must include at least one insect, one mammal, one reptile, and one fish. | ||
| 26 & 29 Oct |
Class discussion | Kidwell & Lisch 2001 | Draw a dihybrid cross representing the F2 offspring of two parent pea plants with the genotypes RRYy and rryy. Also list the fractional proportion of each resulting F2 genotype and phenotype (For reference, see Raven pg. 227). | |
| 2 & 5 Nov |
Class discussion | On pg. 119, Watson mentions an experiment done by Hershey and Chase. Do some research about this famous experiment in the Raven book and online, then diagram what Hershey and Chase specifically did and discuss their conclusions. | ||
| 9 & 12 Nov |
Class discussion | The Double Helix (Watson and Crick, 1980) Chap 20 - Epilogue |
On pg. 153, Watson describes his realization concerning how DNA becomes protein. Do some independent research about this process (start in Raven) and then diagram the major steps as DNA gets turned into protein. | |
| 16 & 19 Nov |
Class discussion | Read the West 2005 paper, then write a concise summary of its major points in 5 sentences (exactly!). Below that, write a summary in 2 sentences (exactly! | ||
| 23 & 26 Nov |
Thanksgiving |
No Journal Club this week |
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TBA |
| 30 Nov 3 Dec |
Class discussion | Read the Clutton-Brock 2009 paper, then write a concise summary of its major points in 5 sentences (exactly!). Below that, write a summary in 2 sentences (exactly!). |