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Course Information
Description: Characteristics, life cycles, adaptations, and evolution of invertebrate animals. Prerequisites: Bio 181 and Bio 182 with a C or better.
Current Sections:
Lecture: MWF 12:20-1:10, CLCC 113 or via Zoom
Lab: F 2:00-4:45, Mostly via Zoom
Instructional Mode: ASU Sync/In person: lectures will be offered in person but also streamed live via Zoom, so students can attend via either modality. Laboratories will be taught primarily online to ensure a consistent experience for all students, but there will be several optional in-person skills camps. The instructor and ASU reserve the right to change modality (such as entirely via live Zoom) as conditions warrent.
Texts: J.A. Pechenik 2015. Biology of the Invertebrates, 7th ed. McGraw-Hill.
U.M. Savalli 2021. Invertebrate Zoology A Laboratory Manual, available for download on Canvas.
Required Technology: Computer or device with internet connection and microphone and ideally a web camera; MacOS or Windows strongly recommended; software that can read and save files in PDF format
The Instructor: Udo M. Savalli
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Announcements & Upcoming
- Mar 10 Lecture Exam 2
- Mar 28 Last day to withdraw
- Apr 2 Lecture Exam 3
- Apr 23 Lab Practical 2
- Apr 26 Final Exam: 12:10 pm
Lecture Schedule (Spring 2021)
Week of:
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Jan 11-15 | Introduction; Phylogenetic reconstruction | 1, 2
| Jan 18-22 | No Class Jan 18 Animal body plans, repro & development | 2, 24
| Jan 25-29 | Support, movement & feeding | 3, 5
| Feb 1-5 | Protists; animal origins | 3
| Feb 8-12 | Exam 1, Feb 8 Sponges & placozoans | 4
| Feb 15-19 | Cnidarians, Ctenophores | 6-7
| Feb 22-26 | Flatworms & Mesozoans | 8, 9, 22
| Mar 1-5 | Rotifers, Lophophorates, etc. | 10, 18, 19
| Mar 8-12 | Exam 2, Mar 10 Annelids & Ribbon Worms | 11, 13
| Mar 15-19 | Molluscs | 12
| Mar 22-26 | Nematodes & related pyla | 16-17
| Mar 29-Apr 2 | Arthropods: Evolutionary Origins
Exam 3, Apr 2? | 14-15
| Apr 5-9 | Arthropods, continued
| Apr 12-16 | Echinoderms | 20
| Apr 19-23 | Hemichordates & Chordates | 21, 23
| Apr 26 | Final Exam: 12:10 - 2:00 |
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Lab Schedule (Spring 2021)
Date:
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| Lab Manual Exercise
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Jan 15 | - Intro to: phylogenetics, microscopy, anatomy | 1-3
| 22 | - Protozoans | 4
| 29 | - Sponges; Animal Origins | 5-7
| Feb 5 | - Cnidarians | 8
| 12 | - Flatworms, rotifers | 9-10
| 19 | - Lophophorates & minor phyla | 11-13
| 26 | - Annelids | 14
| Mar 5 | - Lab Practical Exam 1 |
| 12 | - Molluscs 1 | 15
| 19 | - Molluscs 2 | 15
| 26 | - Arthropods 1 | 16, 18-19, 21
| Apr 2 | - Arthropods 2 | 16-17, 20
| 9 | - Nematodes, Hemichordates & Chordates | 23, 25
| 16 | - Echinoderms | 24
| 23 | - Lab Practical Exam 2 |
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