BIOL 3521 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bibliophilia, Concoction, Microsoft Powerpoint
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Watch: urochordata + cephalochordata by devin johnsonhogan (thr. Watch: the chordates (crash course in biology #24) (thr 8/22) Ignore how the narrator classifies us he"s incorrect: synapomorphies: conservative/ancestral traits. Office hours: mon/fri (0800 0900); tue/thr (1245 1545); by appointment. Prefers dr. jones, and the pronouns she/her. I"m your coach but the learning is up to you . Interested in mammals, reptiles, and plants: anatomy, plant-animal interactions, systematics, taxonomy, conservation, etc. Academic advisor for biology majors and minors. Vertebrate biology: the study of animals with bony or cartilaginous backbones (vertebrae: all have a well-developed cranium surrounding a brain and sensory organs, defined anterior end as well. Subdiscipline of zoology: research regarding: anatomy and physiology, behavior, domestication, ecology, parasites, and phylogenies. It explores the connectedness in dynamic ecological systems. Individuals populations communities ecosystems biosphere: reject the concept of balance because it implies the possibility of stasis.
