Introduction to mathematical and statistical tools for prediction of deterministic and stochastic ecological systems, including age-structured population growth; population regulation; interspecific interaction; species diversity. Conservation biology topics include sustainable harvesting; metapopulation dynamics; extinction; case studies of endangered species.
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Course familiarizes students with the concept and application of geographic analyses in biology and, specifically, the use of GIS as analytical tool. Example studies will be performed that range from global ecology to conservation in San Diego county.
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Course will review some of the methods for constructing phylogenetic trees using morphological and molecular data. Topics to be covered will include evolutionary and ecological transformations, biodiversity measurements, biogeography, systematics, and taxonomy among others.
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Evolutionary processes are discussed in their genetic, historical, and ecological contexts. Microevolution, speciation, macroevolution, and the evolution of adaptations. Three hours of lecture and one hour of recitation.
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This course deals with the evolution of genes and the molecules they encode. The role of mutation, selection, and drift at the molecular level are discussed. Molecular phylogenies, jumping genes, viral evolution, and searches for molecular homologies are a few of the topics covered. Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion.
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Course on empirical and theoretical population genetics. The goal is to review basic models of population genetics, empirical tests of these models and gain intuitions about the population-level processes underlying genome evolution, phenotypic change and the origin of new species. A working knowledge of basic molecular genetics, algebra, and statistics is assumed.
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A survey of the patterns of social behavior in animals and a discussion of the ecological principles underlying the evolution of animal societies. Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion.
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This course deals with quantitative methods for the study of animal social behaviors. Topics include spatial patterns, mating systems, and cooperation. The course includes both lab exercises and field trips. Two hours of lecture and eight hours of laboratory each week
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An integrated approach to animal behavior focusing on mechanisms of acoustic, visual, and olfactory communication. Course covers ethology and the genetics and neurobiology of behavior; orientation and navigation; and signal origins, properties, design, and evolution.
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Laboratory exercises will introduce students to quantitative methods of visual, auditory, and olfactory signal analysis and to lab and field studies of animal signaling. Two hours of lecture and eight hours of laboratory each week. In addition to the formal lab hours, there will be at least nine hours in which students will be required to work in the class laboratory to complete experiments and prepare for presentations.
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(Cross-listed with ANTH/BIO 132; however, biology majors must take the course as Biology 176.) An interdisciplinary discussion of the human predicament, the biodiversity crisis, and the importance of biological and environmental conservation. Examines issues from biological, cultural, historical, economic, social, political, and ethical perspectives emphasizing new approaches and new techniques for safeguarding the future of humans and other biosphere inhabitants.
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Molecular basis of biological processes, emphasizing gene action in context of entire genome. Chromosomes and DNA metabolism: chromatin, DNA replication, repair, mutation, recombination, transposition. Transcription, protein synthesis, regulation of gene activity. Procaryotes and eucaryotes
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Theory and practice of recombinant DNA and molecular biology techniques. Includes construction and screening of DNA libraries, DNA sequencing, PCR and its applications, bioinformatics, and RNA analysis.
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Chromatin is the natural state of DNA in the eukaryotic nucleus. Chromatin structure, nucleosome assembly, chromatin remodeling by ATP-dependent motor proteins, histone modifications and the histone code, heterochromatin, and the influence of chromatin upon DNA-directed processes in the nucleus will be discussed.
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An examination of the molecular basis of human diseases. Course emphasizes inherited human disorders, and some important diseases caused by viruses. Focus on the application of genetic, biochemical, and molecular biological principles to an understanding of the diseases. Three hours of lecture. Course restricted to upper-division biology majors.
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This course explores problems in the regulation of gene activity in eucaryotic cells approached at the molecular level. The course includes the organization, structure, transcription, and regulation of eucaryotic genes; mechanism of hormonal regulation in controlling gene activity; induction of gene expression in eucaryotic cells; role of signal transduction in controlling gene expression; and regulation of gene activity during differentiation in developing systems. Examples are taken from eucaryotic microorganisms, invertebrates, as well as mammalian and other vertebrate systems. Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion.
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An introduction to eucaryotic virology, with emphasis on animal virus systems. Topics discussed include the molecular structure of viruses; the multiplication strategies of the major virus families; and viral latency, persistence, and oncology. Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion.
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(Cross-listed with Psyc. 133; however, biology majors must take the course as BIMM 116.) Examples and fundamental properties of the daily biological clock in humans, animals, and microbes. Experimental approaches employed to understand how organisms keep time and how this applies to human health.
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Basics of pharmacology such as drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination. Concepts in toxicology and pharmacognosy are used to survey the major drug categories.
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A discussion of the structure, growth, molecular genetics, and physiology of procaryotic microorganisms, with emphasis on the diverse activities of bacteria and on the interaction of various bacterial species with their environment. Three hours of lecture and one hour recitation.
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This course emphasizes fundamental principles of microbiology. Studies with bacteria include comparative morphology and physiology; pure culture techniques; bacterial growth; and bacteriophage infection, replication, and release. Additional studies include antibiotics, the use of bio-assays, and the behavior of natural microbial communities.
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Organization and function of procaryotic genetic systems including sex factors, transduction, transformation, phage genetics, transposons, genetic engineering. Three hours of lecture.
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This course covers basic principles and detailed aspects of microbial infectious diseases. Biochemical properties underlying microbial spread, host antimicrobial and inflammatory response, immunity, and recovery are emphasized. Emphasis is placed upon viral and bacterial diseases, including molecular principles of pathogenesis, of host immune responses, of drug resistance, and of viral and plasmid replication. Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion.
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The role of microorganisms in the oceans: metabolic diversity, methods in marine microbiology, interactions of microbes with other microbes, plants and animals, biogeochemical cycling, pollution and water quality, microbe-mineral interactions, extremophiles.
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Techniques and theory in environmental microbiology. Students perform experiments concerning a) enrichment, enumeration, and identification and b) metabolic and physiochemical adaptations, along with an independent project. Graduate students submit an additional report and take a modified final exam.
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