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.
Introduction to marine biology with emphasis on ecology, morphology, and systematics of marine organisms which are common in reefs, mangroves, and rocky and sandy shores. Field trips to representative areas in Puerto Rico. Emphasis in biochemistry and physiology of biological membranes, chloroplasts, mitochondria, nucleus and ribosomes. Laboratory includes the various methods and techniques used for the analysis of cells and its components. A seminar report is required.