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| - Majors & Tracks - Biology Courses - Student Research, Internships & Teaching Practica - Administrative Personnel - Departments & Faculty - Advising - BioNews Biology Home Page Undergraduate Biology Biology Learning Labs SUNY at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-5110 631-632-8530 Fax 631-632-1347 | BIO 340 - Zoology Fall 2000 Bio 340 is aimed at biology majors who have an interest, or potential interest in animals, but who want a broader course than more specialized ones such as invertebrate zoology (and who have not already taken Bio 343, 344 or 346.). It is particularly appropriate for students with other interests in biology, such as those concentrating on another track. BIO 340 covers vertebrates as well as invertebrates, and terrestrial as well as aquatic animals. Mollusks, insects and vertebrates receive particular attention. A major focus is on natural history – the feeding, defense, ecological significance, reproduction and modes of development of studied groups. Consideration is given to selected aspects of respiration and locomotion. Water to land and land to water transitions are explored. Comparative morphology and evolution provide a framework for study. Labs include observations on living animals, comparative studies and dissections. You should not do the course if you object to dissections or the use of animals in research. UNIT I – INVERTEBRATES (start) LAB I - Lecture on homology. Homology. Protozoans. LAB II - Sponges, coelenterates. LAB III - Coelenterates and mollusks. LAB IV - Mollusks, echinoderms. 1. Protozoans 2. Sponges 3. Coelenterates I. Hydras, hydroids, and jellyfish 4. Coelenterates II. Anemones, corals, sea fan 5. Snails 6. Bivalves – mussels, scallops, clams 7. Squids and allies 8. Echinoderms – feather, true and brittle stars 9. Echinoderms – sea urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers 10. Fresh water and land mollusks 11. Moss animals and lamp shells End of Unit One LAB V - EXAM ON UNIT ONE UNIT TWO – HIGHER WORMS AND ARTHROPODS LAB VI – worms. LAB VII – worms, arthropods. LAB VIII – Crustaceans. LAB IX – Insects. 12. Lower worms 13. Parasitic worms and protozoans 14. Polychaete worms – sandworms. Lugworms, and feather dusters 15. Earthworms and leeches 16. Intro. to Arthropods 17. Horseshoe crabs, scorpions, and allies 18. Arachnids, concl. Walking worms, centipedes and millipedes 19. Introduction to crustaceans 20. Decapods – crayfish, lobsters, crabs and hermit crabs 21. Beach hoppers, wood lice, mantis shrimp 22. Barnacles, copepods, water fleas and allies 23. Introduction to insects 24. Aquatic and lower insects 25. Bugs and beetles 26. Dipterans – mosquitoes, houseflies and maggots 27. Caddis, butterflies and bees End of Unit II LAB X – EXAM ON UNIT TWO UNIT III Chordates LAB XI – Invertebrate chordates and agnaths. LAB XII – Jawed fishes. LAB XIII – Lower tetrapods. LAB XIV – Higher tetrapods. 28. The pharyngula stage in vertebrates 29. Acorn worms, sea squirts and amphioxus 30. Jawless fishes – lampreys, hagfishes, and fossils 31. Paired fins, backbone and jaws 32. Cartilaginous fishes 33. Ray-finned fishes 34. Diversity of ray-finned fishes 35. Water to land. Lobe-finned fishes and early amphibians 36. Amphibians – frogs, newts and allies 37. Amphibians concl; reptiles 38. Reptiles 39. Endothermic amniotes 40. Mammal diversity 41. Mammalian diversity 42. Marine mammals 43. Marine mammals, Birds
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