Experiments and data from the biological literature will be emphasized. Statistical software packages will be used. Function and structure of higher plants including water relations, mineral nutrition, transport phenomena, metabolism, growth and development, and selected topics in physiological ecology. CHEM 342 may be taken concurrently. An investigation of animal physiological adaptations to biotic and abiotic environmental factors.
Laboratory study emphasizes experimental methods utilized to examine adaptive mechanisms.
Functional relationships and productivity of freshwater communities are examined as they are affected by their physical, chemical and biotic environment. Organisms inhabiting lakes, ponds, rivers and streams, and estuaries are studied at the population, community and ecosystem levels. Theory and practice of growing isolated plant cells, tissues and organs. Plant Somatic Cell Genetics. Examination of genetic changes at the cellular level and implications for plant trait modification.