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#form & function
Describe how a typical bird flies.
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BIOL 3622
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Distinguish among different vocalization types and relate them to their functions.
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BIOL 3622
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Identify the structures and functions of the main components of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
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BIOL 1050
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Relate animal phyla to key transitions of cladogram
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BIOL 2003
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Use principles of allometry to predict differences in structure and function between large and small animals
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BIOL 3326
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Describe and contrast major feeding modes for phagotrophic microbial eukaryotes
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BIOL 3102
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Describe form and function of skeletal muscle and cardiovascular, digestive, endocrine, excretory, immune, and respiratory systems, using the human system as an example.
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BIOL 1011
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Describe the basic structure and function of biological membranes
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multiple courses
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Describe the differences and similarities between marine and terrestrial mammals and their relative ecological importance
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BIOL 3090
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Describe the Fungal diversity: nature of hyphae; basic differences between zygomycotes, ascomycotes, and basidiomycotes; Mycorrhizae
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BIOL 2004
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Understand structures and functions of major components of, and replication of, prokaryotic cells
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BIOL 2004
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Understand the evolutionary physiological adaptations in marine mammals to adapt to diving, cold and swimming
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BIOL 3090
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Understand the origins, taxonomic diversity, structure and ecological importance of the marine mammal orders and families
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BIOL 3090
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Compare classification of metazoans into major clades: protostomes/deuterostomes, ecdysozoans, lophotrochozoans
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BIOL 2003
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Compare locomotive, skeletal, feeding/digestive, excretory, respiratory, sensory, and reproductive structures between the major taxa of metazoans
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BIOL 2003
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Compare the variety of invertebrate and vertebrate animal body‐forms, ecologies, life histories, and physiologies
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BIOL 2003
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Contrast the benefits and challenges of moving onto land
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the importance and diversity of vascular plants and success of terrestrial plant life
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the nature and role of the cytoskeleton in microbial eukaryotes (esp. flagellar apparatus, including replication)
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BIOL 3102
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Describe the structure and dynamics of plant specific organelles such as vacuole, chloroplasts, cell wall
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BIOL 4220
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Describe the structure of somatic and smooth muscle tissue and explain how it functions
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BIOL 3078
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Describe the structures and pathways involved in sensory reception and recognition
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BIOL 3078
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Differentiate between the different classifications of fruits
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BIOL 2004
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Explain the composition and synthesis of several important types of mineralised scales and tests of microbial eukaryotes
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BIOL 3102
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Relate changes in animal systems to transition onto land
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BIOL 2003
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Comprehend the complexity of homology relationships under a variety of different molecular evolutionary processes.
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BIOL 3046
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Contrast the anatomy and physiology of birds to those of mammals.
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BIOL 3622
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Describe feather structure and relate variation in feather form to function.
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BIOL 3622
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Describe the basic biology of the most important major groups of microbial eukaryotes
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BIOL 3102
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Develop new knowledge of the physiology, ecology, behaviour of invertebrates in much more detail than was learned in BIOL 2003
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BIOL 3301
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Explain, and contrast the cell biological basis and relevant hydrodynamic considerations for major forms of i) swimming, ii) gliding and iii) amoeboid locomotion by microbial eukaryotes.
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BIOL 3102
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Identify structures in invertebrates including locomotive, skeletal, feeding/digestive, excretory, respiratory, sensory, and reproductive
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BIOL 3301
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Identify the bones of a bird and reassemble a disarticulated skeleton.
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BIOL 3622
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Identify the organs of a bird's internal anatomy.
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BIOL 3622
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Infer the foraging habits of a bird specimen based on external anatomical features.
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BIOL 3622
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Know mechanisms for functional divergence at the molecular level that span a wide range of biological complexity. Understand how specific models of adaptive evolution explain real examples of functional divergence.
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BIOL 3046
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Know terminology and concepts related to metazoan body plans, classification, and evolution
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BIOL 3301
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Relate morphology to function and selection pressures
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BIOL 3326
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Understand how molecular evolutionary processes give rise to patterns of genetic diversity that we observe in the natural world, and how to use those patterns to make inferences about different processes.
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BIOL 3046
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Understand the importance of molecular evolution in the post-genomic era, and be able to explain this to non-specialists.
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BIOL 3046
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Outline the basic structure of the kidney and describe other excretory organs
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BIOL 3079
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Understand the basic structure of the heart and circulatory systems in various vertebrate phyla
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BIOL 3079
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