Biology 106h, Spring 1999

Lecture Outlines Mendel and Meiosis Statistical Inference and Mutation Molecular Evolution and Polygenic Inheritance Darwin and Evolution Agents of Evolution Selection in Extreme Evironments Homology Fossils and continental drift Speciation The Rate of Evolution Extinctions Classification and Phylogeny Viruses and Bacteria Protists and Endosymbiosis Algae and Lower Plants Higher Plants Fungi, Sponges and Cnidaria Invertebrates Vertebrates Sex Instinct and Learning Migration and Navigation Sexual selection and mating systems Communication Group living, cooperation and altruism Hominid evolution Population growth and regulation Demography and life history Species interactions: Competition Species interactions: Mutualism and Predation Community Ecology Succession and Biomes Climate and currents Ecosystem Productivity and Energy Transfer Biogeochemical Cycles Ecotoxicology Biodiversity conservation