Biology 103
Topical Outline
(Chapter References: Solomon, et al 4th ed.)
- I.
- The Nature of Knowledge and Scientific Thought
- II.
- The Plant Kingdom and Associates
- A.
- The kingdoms of Life (How many are there, anyway?) [Chapter 22]
- B.
- What about Fungi? [Chapter 25]
- C.
- Algae: Close Relatives, but not Plant [Chapters 24]
- D.
- The Kingdom Plantae [Chapters 26, 27]
- III.
- Life and times of an Angiosperm [Chapters 31, 32, 34, 35, 36]
- A.
- Morphology
- B.
- Anatomy [Chapters 53, 55]
- 1.
- Primary: Stems, roots and leaves
- 2.
- Secondary
- 3.
- Reproductive: Flowers
- IV.
- Evolution
- A.
- The Development of Evolutionary Thought [Chapter 1, pp. 8-14; Chapter 17]
- 1.
- Origins: Before the 19th century
- 2.
- Darwin as Synthesizer
- B.
- Modern Perspectives on the Process of Evolution [Chapter 17]
- 1.
- What We Know that Darwin Didn't
- 2.
- The "Modern Synthesis"
- 3.
- Molecular Clocks and Cladistics
- 4.
- Punctuated Equilibrium
- C.
- The History of Life on Earth [Chapters 20, 21]
- 1.
- Geological Time
- 2.
- The Earth Before Life
- 3.
- The First Cells
- 4.
- Air Pollution and the Earth's First Biorevolution
- 5.
- Endosymbiosis and Eukaryotic Cells
- 6.
- Multicellularity: Division of Labor
- 7.
- Pathways
- D.
- Populations and Population Genetics [Chapter 18]
- 1.
- Populations and Equilibrium: Hardy-Weinberg
- 2.
- Disequilibrium: How Can a Species Change
- 3.
- Modes and Targets of Selection
- V.
- Ecology
- A.
- Populations [Chapter 52]
- B.
- Communities and Ecosystems [Chapters 53, 54]
- C.
- Biosphere and Biomes [Chapters 54]
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