| Lecture Schedule
| Cladogram for Z250 Metazoa
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| Annotated Bibliography
| Biology Links
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Name | Lab Section | Phone | Office | Office Hours | Sabeen Mapara | We 2-5 Th 2-5 |
smapara@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca | 1259 | BioSci Z631 |
by appointment |
Brian Penney | Tu 8-11 Th 2-5 |
bpenney@ualberta.ca | 3017 | BioSci M010F |
by appointment |
Brian Weiss | Tu 8-11 Th 2-5 |
bweiss@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca | 1280 | BioSci Z609 |
Stef Zaklan | We 2-5 Th 8-11 |
szaklan@maildrop.srv.ualberta.ca | BioSci B715 |
by appointment |
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LECTURE SCHEDULE - Winter 2000 |
Mon 10 | Introduction: Why study invertebrates? (outline 1, outline 2) |
Wed 12 | Diversity, phylogeny, classification (outline)
(Metazoa cladogram) |
Fri 14 | Key characters defining the Tree of Life (outline) |
Mon 17 | Kingdom Protista
(outline 1, outline 2)
(Protista cladogram & study images) |
Wed 19 | Origin of Metazoa, Introduction to Porifera (outline) |
Fri 21 | Porifera: function & diversity
(outline)
(Porifera cladogram & study images) |
Mon 24 | Tissue organization, Introduction to Cnidaria (outline) |
Wed 26 | Cnidaria Diversity: Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Anthozoa
(outline)
(Cnidaria cladogram & study images) |
Fri 28 | Cnidaria Diversity (cont.)
(outline); Ctenophora
(outline)
(Ctenophora cladogram & study images) |
Mon 31 | Bilateria: general characteristics
(outline)
(some amusing perspectives on symmetry) |
Wed 2 | Protostomia & Deuterostomia
(outline)
(Metazoa cladogram) |
Fri 4 | Introduction to Platyhelminthes,Turbellaria
(outline)
(Platyhelminthes cladogram & study images) |
Mon 7 | Parasitic Platyhelminthes
(outline), Nemertea (outline)
(Platyhelminthes cladogram & study images; Metazoa cladogram) |
Wed 9 | Aschelminthes: Overview & minor phyla
(outline)
(Aschelminthes cladogram) |
Fri 11 | Aschelminthes: Nematoda, Rotifera
(outline)
(Aschelminthes study images) |
Mon 14 | Mollusca: Introduction & overview
(outline)
(Mollusca cladogram) |
Wed 16 | Mollusca: Gastropoda & minor phyla
(outline)
(Gastropoda & mollusc diversity study images) |
Fri 18 | MID-TERM LECTURE EXAM |
19 - 27 | READING WEEK
(Two optional field trips to the Bamfield Marine Station, 19 - 23 and 23 - 27) |
Mon 28 | Mollusca: Bivalvia, Scaphopoda
(outline)
(Bivalvia study images) |
Wed 1 | Mollusca: Cephalopoda
(outline)
(Cephalopoda study images) |
Fri 3 | Sipuncula
(outline)
(Sipuncula cladogram & study image) |
Mon 6 | Metamerism, Introduction to Annelida
(outline)
(Annelida cladogram & study images) |
Wed 8 | Annelida: Oligochaetes. Hirudinea (outline) |
Mon 13 | Minor protostomes: Echiura, Pogonophora
(outline)
(Echiura & Pogonophora cladogram) |
Wed 15 | Arthropod origins: Onychophora
(outline)
(Onychophora cladogram & study image) |
Fri 17 | Arthropoda (I): Overview, exoskeleton
(outline)
(Arthropoda cladogram) |
Mon 20 | Arthropoda (II): limbs, eyes, respiration (outline) |
Wed 22 | Arthropoda (III): coeloms, traits of subphyla (outline) |
Fri 24 | Arthropoda (IV): Crustacean diversity
(outline)
(Crustacea cladogram & study images) |
Mon 27 | Arthropod (V): Other subphyla (Chelicerata, Trilobitomorpha, Uniramia)
(outline)
(Arthropoda & Pterygota cladograms, other arthropod study images) |
Wed 29 | Deuterostomia; Echinodermata (I): symmetry, body plans
(outline)
(Echinoderm cladogram & study images) |
Fri 31 | Echinodermata (II): Skeleton & coelomic systems (outline) |
Mon 3 | Echinodermata (III): Feeding, locomotion, development (outline) |
Wed 5 | Lophophorates & Deuterostome relations
(outline)
(Deuterostome cladogram, lophophorate study images) |
Fri 7 | Hemichordata
(outline)
(Deuterostome cladogram, hemichordate study image) |
Mon 10 | Invertebrate chordates
(outline)
(Chordate cladogram & study image) |
Wed 12 | Retrospective: The Tree of Life (outline) |
Tue 20 | FINAL LECTURE EXAM 0900
(ALL students in gymnasium) |
Wed 26 | DEFERRED EXAMINATIONS 0900
(BioSciences CW306) |
Grading: | Mid-term exam
Lab quizzes Lab final Annotated Bibliography Final exam |
20% 15% 20% 10% 35% |
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