Updated Fall, 2009
David Roon, PhD: Instructor
Jeremy Yoder: TA (office hours as arranged)

Biology 483 - Mammalogy

 

SYLLABUS

IMPORTANT LINKS

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LECTURES

Lecture 1 - Introduction/Mammalian Characters ( Lecture 1)

Lecture 2 - Origin of Mammals (Lecture 2)

Lecture 3 - Mammalian precursors, Montremes (Lecture 3)

Lecture 4a - Metatherian diversity (Lecture 4a)

Lecture 4b - Eutherian diversity (Lecture 4b)

Lecture 5 - Comparative Diversity, Eutherians and Metatherians (Lecture 5)

Lecture 6 - Dentition (Lecture 6)

Lecture 7 - Evolution of Lower Jaw and Middle Ear (Lecture 7)

Lecture 8 - Flight (Lecture 8)

Lecture 9 - Locomotion (Lecture 9)

Lecture 10 - Modes of Locomotion (Lecture 10)

Lecture 11 - General Patterns in Reproduction (Lecture 11)

Lecture 12 - Reproductive Cycles (Lecture 12)

Lecture 12b - Cyclicity and Life History (Lecture 12b)

Lecture 13- Social Behavior (Lecture 13)

Lecture 14 - Population Cyclicity

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LABS

Lab 1 - Mammalian Anatomy (Power Point modified for study)  (Extra Lab1 handouts A, B, C)

Critique of adaptationist program (Gould and Lewontin - a small pdf)

 

ANSWER KEYS

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EXAMS

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BOOK REVIEWS

10.9.2009: Oryx and Crake

12.3.2008: We Were There

11.29.2008: Beluga Days

11.12.2008: Tigerland

11.10.2008: Monster of God

11.6.2008: The Snow Leopard

10.28.2208: The Sparrow

10.20.2008: Of Wolves and Men

10.13.2008: The Impenetrable Forest

10.9.2008: Journey of the Pink Dolphins: An Amazonian Quest

10.7.2008: Native Tongue

10.2.2008: Marley and Me

9.29.2008: In the Shadow of Man

9.23.2008: The Uplift War

9.16.2008: Watership Down

9.11.2008: Last Chance to See

9.9.2008: The Dog Who Wouldn't Be

9.3.2008: Ring of Bright Water

9.1.2008: Cry of the Kalahari