Three lectures and two laboratory hours per week. Every Fall GF Rules BIO 321 UGF Rules 4 Developmental Biology Comparative study of the processes of the development of life forms, including the mechanisms of induction and of molecular and hormonal stimuli for development. Three lectures and two laboratory hours per week. Topics include mechanisms of adaptation, behavioral genetics, neural mechanisms, phylogenetic analyses of the evolution of behavior. Ethological determinants of behavior, and learning.
Lab includes observation and experimentation in laboratory and field settings.
Lecture Discussion will include primary scientific literature in this field. Three lectures and two laboratory hours per week. Methods of collecting and preserving plants. Species occurring in Montana emphasized. Local fieldwork will be supplemented by a study of herbarium material.