Offered in alternate years. Lecture includes discussion of papers from the current literature. Laboratory features multiweek investigations on selected topics in each area. Three lectures, one scheduled lab each week. Laboratories emphasize quantitative analysis and experimental design in ecology and include several field projects.
Lectures focus on the development of ecological concepts and theory.
Three lectures and one laboratory per week. This course examines selected topics that are the focus of current research describing the molecular biology of eukaryotic cells. Events occurring in the nucleus, cytoplasm, and at the cell surface are considered. Laboratories emphasize techniques to study proteins in a variety of cell types including cells growing in culture. This course examines the mechanisms of evolutionary change at both the micro and macroevolutionary scales.