The laboratory will provide exposure to important current methodologies, and a perspective on the origin of the cell. Lecture, laboratory, and field work. An analysis of shoreline, tidal and floating marine plants, and associated microbial life of the Southern California coastline. Ecological and habitat characteristics will be studied. Lecture, laboratory, and field work.
Laboratory includes practical experience with the methodologies of modern genetic engineering.
Lecture and laboratory. Also included are discussions of the immune system's responses to cancer cells, tissue transplants, and allergenic substances. Lecture and laboratory. Biology 450 is recommended. An analysis of mechanisms of early development of invertebrates and vertebrates.