GENERAL ZOOLOGY 1114

Bruce G. Stewart - SPRING 2010

SCHEDULE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS FOR LAB & TEXTBOOK READING ASSIGNMENTS RELATED TO LAB TOPICS

(To Be Read in Advance) (all assignments are subject to modification and improvement  during semester: you will be given sufficient advanced notice of any changes or additions.)

Useful Link With Various Lab Related Resources:  http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/pae/zoology/resources/lytlelinks.mhtml 

WEEK NUMBER TOPIC(S) & RELATED INTERNET LINKS LAB CHAPTER(S) TEXTBOOK CHAPTER(S) Hickman, et al. (2008)
Week 1
  • Introduction and Course Syllabus (1st Class Meeting is on a Thursday)
  • Lab Safety
  • Microscopy
  • Laboratory Safety (start page xvii)
  • Comparative Safety of Preservatives (xix)
  • Animal Care Handling & Care of Animals in the Lab (xx)
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 3 (p.38-39)
Week 2
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 3
Week 3
  • Embryology (Development)
  • Introduction to Animal Morphology
  • Classification and Phylogeny (This will be covered in lectures sessions)
  • Chapter 4 (pp. 47-52)
  • Chapter 8
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  • Systematics and Classification (xxii-xxiii)
  • Chapter 8
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  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
Week 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 11
Week 5 LAB PRACTICAL EXAM #1 (over material covered in weeks 1 through 4) (over material covered in weeks 1 through 4)
Week 6
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  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
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  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13
Week 7
  • Chapter 7
  • no lab book reading on Ctenophora
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 14
Week 8
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 10
  • no textbook reading for dissection techniques
  • Chapter 15 (for Rotifera and Acanthocephala)
  • Chapter 18 (for Nematoda and Nematomorpha)
Week 9
  • Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 16
  • Chapter 17
Week 9 LAB PRACTICAL EXAM#2 (over material covered in weeks 6 through 9) (over material covered in weeks 6 through 9)
Week 10
  • no lab book reading on Onychophora
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 18 (p.396-397) (Onychophora)
  • Chapters 19-21
Week 11
  • no lab book reading on Brachiopoda
  • Chapter 14
  • Chapter 15 (p. 326-327) (Brachiopoda)
  • Chapter 22
Week 13
  • Chapter 15
  • Chapter 23
  • Chapter 23
  • Chapter 23
  • Chapter 23
Week 14
  • Group Craniata
  • Subphylum Vertebrata
  • Classes Myxini and Cephalaspidomorphi (formerly one class Agnatha)
  • Class Chondrichthyes
  • Class Osteichthyes
  • Class Amphibia
  • Class Reptilia
    • snake identification by taxonomic keys
  • Class Aves
  • Class Mammalia
  • Chapter 15
  • Chapter 23
  • Chapter 23
  • Chapter 24 (jawless fishes)
  • Chapter 24 (cartilaginous fishes)
  • Chapter 24 (bony fishes)
  • Chapter 25 (amphibians)
  • Chapter 26 (non-avian reptiles)
  • Chapter 27 (birds)
  • Chapter 28 (mammals)
Finals Week FINAL LAB PRACTICAL AND EXAM (coverage subject to change) (over material covered in weeks 10 through 14) (over material covered in weeks 10 through 14)
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