Friday, December 2, 2016

Organismal Biology


Structure and function in plants with emphasis on angiosperms
  • Root, stem, leaf, flower, seed, fruit
  • Water and mineral absorption and transport
  • Food translocation and storage
Plant reproduction and development
  • Alternation of generations in ferns, conifers, and flowering plants
  • Gamete formation and fertilization
  • Growth and development: hormonal control
  • Tropisms and photoperiodicity
Structure and function in animals with emphasis on vertebrates
  • Major systems (e.g., digestive, gas exchange, skeletal, nervous, circulatory, excretory, immune)
  • Homeostatic mechanisms
  • Hormonal control in homeostasis and reproduction
Animal reproduction and development
  • Gamete formation, fertilization
  • Cleavage, gastrulation, germ layer formation, differentiation of organ systems
  • Experimental analysis of vertebrate development
  • Extraembryonic membranes of vertebrates
  • Formation and function of the mammalian placenta
  • Blood circulation in the human embryo
Principles of heredity
  • Mendelian inheritance (dominance, segregation, independent assortment)
  • Chromosomal basis of inheritance
  • Linkage, including sex-linked
  • Polygenic inheritance (height, skin color)

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