The course meets for four hours of lecture each week. Same as NSG 370. This course provides an introduction to the physiology of plants. Topics will include photosynthesis, water relations, as well as hormonal and electrical signals involved in plant growth and development. Alternate years, Fall 2001.
Emphasis is upon vertebrate physiology with comparisons drawn from the entire animal kingdom.
Three lectures and one laboratory period each week. Annually, Spring. BIO 440. An examination of the role of DNA at the cellular, organismic, and population levels of biological organization. The laboratory will emphasize modern molecular techniques in genetics. Four hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory period per week.