W

2/7

1

PC

The Biosphere

pp. 1-13, 146-150, 445-458

Life and the Evolution of Earth's Atmosphere (pdf)

C&E Handout (pdf)

F

2/9

2

PC

Carbon and Energy Metabolism

pp. 125-128, bottom 529-531

Redox Handout (pdf)

M

2/12

3

GW

Biochemistry I

(covalent bonds, hydrogen bonds, carbohydrates)

pp. 18-26,37-38, 45-54; Chem Review 1.1 - 1.5;
Large Molecules, sections 1- 2

W

2/14

4

GW

Biochemistry II

(nucleic acids, proteins and protein structure, ionic bonds, van der waals)

pp. 38-45, 54-58; Large Molecules, sections 3.1,3.2 and 4

F

2/16

5

GW

Biochemistry III

(phospholipids, energy)

pp. 87-91
Large Molecules, section 3.4

T

2/20

6

GW

Biochemistry IV

(Gibbs Free Energy, activation energy, enzymes)

pp. 106-119

W

2/21

7

GW

Biochemistry V

(ATP, glucose metabolism: glycolysis, Krebs Cycle, Fermentation)

pp. 125-131

F

2/23

Biochemsitry VI

(Oxidative Phosphoryaltion)

M

2/26

9

GW

DNA as Genetic Material

(and photosynthesis)

pp. 145-154, 213-217

W

2/28

10

GW

Molecular Bio I

(DNA structure, semi-conservative replication)

pp. 217-227

F

3/2

11

GW

Molecular Bio II

(mechanism of DNA replication)

pp. 222-227

M

3/5

12

GW

Molecular Bio III

(fidelity, DNA repair)

pp. 227-228

F

3/9

Molecular Bio IV

(central dogma concept and transcription)

M

3/12

14

GW

Molecular Bio V

(translation, retroviruses, splicing)

pp. 244-246, 288-290

W

3/14

15

GW

Gene Regulation

pp. 269-273

F

3/16

16

GW

Bacterial Genetics I

(genetic terms)

pp. 233-235, 250-254

M

3/19

17

GW

Bacterial Genetics II

(complementation tests, biochemical pathways, recombination test)

pp. 259-269

3/21

18

PC

Productivity

pp. 1055-1062

Productivity Handout

F

3/23

19

PC

Regulation of Productivity

pp. 1107-1111

pp. 1111-1119

Biogeochemical Reading

4/4

21

GW

Mendelian Genetics

pp. 187-194

4/9

22

GW

Mitosis and Meiosis

pp. 164-182

4/11

Diploid Genetics

(linked/unlinked genes, Recombination Frequency, sex-linked genes, pedigrees)

4/13

24

GW

Recombinant DNA I

(cloning DNA fragments, vectors, restriction enzymes, creating a DNA library, cloning by complementation)

pp. 315-325; Cloning into plasmids

W

4/18

25

GW

Recombinant DNA II

(using libraries, cDNA and expression libraries, restriction mapping, DNA sequencing)

pp. 324-325, 346

F

4/20

26

GW

Recombinant DNA III

(polymerase chain reaction (PCR), studying gene regulation, DNA microarrays, , removing genes)

pp. 228-230, 326-329, 394-396

M

4/23

27

GW

Immunology I

(innate immunity, acquired immunity, Antibody structure, generating antibody diversity)

pp. 364-374

W

4/25

28

Immunology II

(MHC protiens, Humoral Response, Cellular Response, AIDS)

pp. 1037-1039, 1042-1044

Population Biology & Life Tables (pdf)

Please note that this pdf might use different notation for some of the variable disucssed in class today.

W

5/2

20

PC

Population Growth II

(logistic equation vs exponential equation, carrying capacit, time lags)

Humans as the World's Greatest Evolutionary Force (pdf)

F

5/4

31

MP

Molecular Evolution

(creaing evolutionary trees based on DNA sequencse, 16S rRNA sequences)

pp. 275-277

M

5/7

32

MP

Genomics

(how genomes evolve; sequencing genomes)

pp. 357-359

W

5/9

33

PC

Communties I

(competition (intra- and interspecific), n-dimensional hypervolume, character displacement, competitve exclusion)

pp. 1040-1042, 1044-1053

F

5/11

34

PC

Communities II

pp. 1062-1067

Cleaner Fish Really do Clean (pdf)

Ants, Plants and Antibiotics (pdf)

Female Ducks Can Double Their Reproduction (pdf)

Leapin' Evolution Found in Lizards (pdf)

Cottonwodd-Beaver-Beatles (not req'd)

Beavers as Geneticists (not req'd)

M

5/14

35

PC

Communities III

W

5/16

36

PC

Planktos 2007 (pdf)

Earth Without Humans (pdf; not required reading)