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Arrange plant specimens into the correct phyla
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BIOL 2004
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Compare reproductive structures, dominance, spore type, and vascular tissue between plant phyla (including ovary position and raceme type)
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BIOL 2004
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Demonstrate ability to use a dichotomous key for plant identification
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BIOL 2601
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Demonstrate the ability to learn and synthesize a large body of knowledge, including a vast terminology.
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BIOL 2601
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Describe the diversity of some major groups of prokaryotes: focus on Proteobacteria; Gram-positives; Cyanobacteria.
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the four major plant groups
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the Geologic history and time-scales associated with the evolution of metazoans
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BIOL 2003
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Differentiate between angiosperms, eudicots, monocots, gymnosperms and pteridophytes
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BIOL 2601
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Explain the components of plant systematics, classification , nomenclature and identification
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BIOL 2601
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Explain the key features of the major plant lineages (Non-vascular land plants, seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, angiosperms, monocotyledons, eudicotiyledons)
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BIOL 2004
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Identify common marine/coastal species
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BIOL 2605
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Identify major invertebrate and vertebrate taxa
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BIOL 2003
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Identify selected vascular plants to family and species
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BIOL 2601
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Interpret the information in simple phylogenetic trees and taxonomies, including distinguishing between monophyly, paraphyly and polyphyly. Construct phylogenetic trees using shared characters and parsimony, and use trees to generate testable predictions.
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BIOL 1010
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Recall the general biology of marine mammal taxa
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BIOL 3090
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Recall the milestones of plant systematics from Linneaus to cladistics
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BIOL 2601
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Recognise 6 common plant families
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BIOL 2601
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Relate animal phyla to key transitions of cladogram
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BIOL 2003
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Use proper taxonomic literature to identify organisms
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BIOL 3664
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Use specialized terminology associated with animal diversity
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BIOL 2003
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Use taxonomic keys
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BIOL 2003
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Demonstrate proficiency in the use of taxonomic keys (Lab).
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BIOL 3221
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Describe taxonomical position of each studied parasitic species
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BIOL 3322
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Describe the Archaea: Shared features with Eukaryotes; Thermophily and Methanogenesis.
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the bacterial species ‘concept’, phylogenetic tree of prokaryotes (including the role of gene transfer)
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BIOL 2004
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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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Distinguish between some basic species concepts.
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BIOL 2040
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Interpret phylogenetic trees
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BIOL 2040
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Sort, identify, and label collected insects, for submission of your collection.
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BIOL 3327
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Understand the biology, ecology, assemblages and distributions of both plants and animals in coastal ecosystems (rocky shores, sandy shores, salt marshes, dunes, mudflats)
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BIOL 3623
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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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Understand the similarities and differences of the biology, ecology, assemblages and distributions of both plant and animal species of pristine versus human-impacted coastal zones (rocky shores, sandy shores, salt marshes, dunes, mudflats)
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BIOL 3623
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Arrange animal phyla according to relative size
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BIOL 3623
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Associate metazoan phyla with the habitats/environments that they occupy
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BIOL 2003
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Classify bird species into their families and orders.
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BIOL 3622
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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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Contrast plant life cycles between phyla (Hepatophyta, Anthocerophyta, Bryophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Pteriodophyta, Cycadophyta, Ginkogophyta, Coniferophyta, Genetophyta, Anthophyta)
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BIOL 2004
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Demonstrate knowledge of insects' classification, nomenclature, and identification.
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BIOL 3327
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Describe the different major groups of algae in taxonomic terms
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BIOL 3221
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Describe the different types of pollinators, seed dispersal methods, inflorences, and flowers.
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the protist cells and some major groups of Protists; focus on Haptophytes, Diatoms, Apicomplexan parasites, Ciliates, Cellular slime molds (including life/sexual cycles for the latter four)
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the taxonomical position of each collected insect species.
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BIOL 3327
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Explain how DNA sequence data are used to identify species, and how this methodology has developed into a new subdiscipline of taxonomic science known as ‘DNA barcoding’
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BIOL 3042
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Generalize and appreciate animal diversity on a global scale.
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BIOL 2003
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Research and recall the primary literature related to invertebrate evolution, the fossil record, taxonomy, and body plans
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BIOL 3301
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Compare and describe Linnaean system of classification and evolutionary phylogenetics
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BIOL 3301
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Describe the body plans of the 34 metazoan phyla focusing on invertebrates
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BIOL 3301
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Explain the systematics and evolution of insects.
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BIOL 3327
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Identify the invertebrate phyla using taxonomic keys and, for the major phyla, be able to identify classes
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BIOL 3301
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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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Know the historical, cultural, and social framework that lead to the Darwinian theory of evolution
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BIOL 3046
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Recall distinguishing feature of particular families and orders.
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BIOL 3622
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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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