Analyses will be based upon experimental, genetic and molecular studies. Primary references will be used. Vertebrate endocrinology with minor treatment of invertebrates and plants. Comparative Animal Physiology. Physiological adaptations involving metabolic rates, osmo- and thermoregulation, locomotion, and reproduction are compared among animals from diverse aquatic and terrestrial habitats, and are correlated with animals' morphology, life cycles, and behavior.
Emphasis is on exothermic vertebrates, and use of the primary literature is stressed.
Permission of instructor required. The course covers those aspects of computer simulation of molecular dynamics, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics of use to biochemist and biologist interested in molecular modeling. The course is intended to be computer intensive. Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics. Elementary treatment useful for preprofessional students.