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Zool 250

Survey of the
Invertebrates
1999

| Lecture Schedule | Marking |
| Biology Links | Animal Classification | Cladogram for Z250 Metazoa | Sample Annotated Bibliography |


Instructors:

Teaching Assistants:

Name Lab Section E-mail Phone Office Office Hours
Rosalind Barrington-Leigh Wed PM,
Thur AM
rbarring@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca 3080 EarthSci
1-52B
Monday
1-2 PM
Chris Cameron Tue AM
& PM
ccameron@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca 1264 BioSci
CW319
Tuesday
1-2 PM
Sabeen Mapara Wed PM,
Thur PM
smapara@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca 1259 BioSci
Z631
by
appointment
Brian Weiss Tue AM
& PM
bweiss@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca 1280 BioSci
Z609
Monday
1-2 PM

Textbooks:

Laboratory schedule & study materials:

Old Lecture Outlines:


**REVISED ** LECTURE SCHEDULE - Winter 1999

(revised to reflect final presentation of material; see also
reading assignments and cladogram of animal phyla)
Wed 6 - Introduction (outline); Why study invertebrates? (outline)
Fri 8 - Diversity, phylogeny, classification (outline, Metazoa cladogram)

Mon 11 - Key characters defining the Tree of Life (outline)
Wed 13 - Kingdom Protista (outline 1, outline 2, Protista cladogram)
Fri 15 - Origin of Metazoa, Introduction to Porifera (outline, Porifera cladogram)

Mon 18 - Porifera: function & diversity (outline)
Wed 20 - Tissue organization, Introduction to Cnidaria (outline, Cnidaria cladogram)
Fri 22 - Cnidaria: Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa (outline)

Mon 25 - Cnidaria: Anthozoa (outline); Ctenophora (outline)
Wed 27 - Bilateria: general characteristics (outline, Metazoa cladogram)

(some amusing perspectives on symmetry)

Fri 29 - Protostomia & Deuterostomia (outline, Metazoa cladogram)

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Mon 1 - Introduction to Platyhelminthes,Turbellaria (outline, Platyhelminthes cladogram)
Wed 3 - Parasitic platyhelminths; Nemertea (outline)
Fri 5 - Aschelminthes: Overview & minor phyla (outline, Aschelminthes cladogram)

Mon 8 - Aschelminthes: Nematoda, Rotifera (outline)
Wed 10 - Mollusca: Overview (outline, Mollusca cladogram)
Fri 12- MID-TERM EXAM (in two separate rooms based on student last names)

15 - 19 READING WEEK (Optional field trip to Bamfield Marine Station, 13 - 17)

Mon 22 - Mollusca: Gastropoda (outline)
Wed 24 - Mollusca: Bivalvia, Scaphopoda (outline)
Fri 26 - Mollusca: Cephalopoda (outline)

Mon 1 - Mollusca: Minor classes (outline); Sipuncula (outline)
Wed 3 - Metamerism, Introduction to Annelida (outline, Annelida cladogram)
Fri 5 - Annelida: Polychaetes (outline), Oligochaetes (outline)

Mon 8 - Annelida: Hirudinea; Echiura & Pogonophora (outline)
Wed 10 - Arthropod origins: Onychophora (outline)
Fri 12 -Arthropoda Overview: exoskeleton (outline, Arthropoda cladogram)

Mon 15 - Arthropoda: limbs & muscles (outline)
Wed 17 - Arthropoda: eyes, respiration, coeloms (outline)
Fri 19 Arthropoda: Crustacean diversity (outline)

Mon 22 - Other Arthropod subphyla (Chelicerata, Trilobitomorpha, Uniramia) (outline, Arthropoda cladogram, Pterygota cladogram)
Wed 24 - Echinodermata: Overview, skeleton (outline, Echinoderm cladogram)
Fri 26 - Echinodermata: Water vascular system, development (outline)

Mon 29 - Echinodermata: Diversity (outline)
Wed 31 - Lophophorates (outline, Deuterostome cladogram)
Fri 2 - No class (Good Friday)

Mon 5 - No class (Easter Monday)
Wed 7 - Hemichordata (outline)
Fri 9 -Invertebrate chordates (outline, Chordate cladogram)

Mon 12 - Retrospective: The Tree of Life (outline)

Wed 21 - FINAL LECTURE EXAM 0900 (ALL students in gymnasium)

Wed 28 - DEFERRED EXAMINATIONS 0900 (BioSciences CW306)


 Grading: Mid-term exam
Lab quizzes
Lab final
Annotated Bibliography
Final exam
20%
15%
20%
10%
35%

Links:

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