Students will be required to prepare a collection of plants. In the laboratory, study of representative fungi of each known class. Study of parasites which affect humans and domestic animals. Emphasis on taxonomic groups with epidemiologic relevance in terms of structure of parasites and the life-cycles. Study of the functional morphology of human tissues, from cell as a structural and functional unit, through basic tissues, to histological analysis of organs in systems.
Laboratory includes microscopy and demonstrations of histological and histochemical methods.
Organization of genes at the cellular level in chromosomes will be studied. Emphasis on analysis of the transmission of hereditary information in cells and organisms and its phenotypic effect. Gene frequency fluctuations in populations will be described. Study of the different Puerto Rican ecosystems from the coral reef to the tropical and subtropical forests including seashore, lagoons, dunes, hay-stack hills, and others which characterize our Island. Laboratory includes field trips to representative areas.