The course is an introduction to biology at the organismal and population levels. Topics covered include physiology, development, ecology, evolution and animal behavior. BIO 120 is not a pre-requisite. II 2 Credits A continuation of BIO 121 with laboratory exercises emphasizing evolution, population growth, survey of Kingdom Animalia, mammalian structure and function, and fundamentals of vertebrate embryology. BIO 121 is not a pre-requisit BIO 260 .
Special emphasis is placed on the evolution and diversity of organ systems.
The study of heredity. The course covers Mendelian genetics, molecular and biochemical genetics, quantitative inheritance and population genetics. Descriptive analysis of mammalian tissue and organ morphology. Special emphasis is placed on the correlation of structure with function as seen in the human. The emphasis is on understanding how events at the level of the gene lead to the formation of organs and systems.