Course Outline - IB 426 - Fall 2009
Link to Fall 2009 Syllabus_pdf file
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BASIC PRINCIPALS
INPHYSIOLOGY (Aug. 24 - Oct. 14,2009)
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| 1-2 | Introduction to course Earth history, geological time line,
major
speciation events, and animal diversity Overview of diverse environments and
physiological demands Concepts of adaptations; Range
ofresponses Animal Size and Scaling |
1,2,3
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8-24-09Mon.ppt (15.6MB) |
Geological time and speciation (70K) |
| 3-7 | Properties of water; - Cool stuff: walking/running ON water. Osmotic demands of aquatic and terrestrialenvironments Osmotic physiology - animal salt and
water
balance Osmoregulation and excretion |
4, 5
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8-28-09Fri_water strider.ppt (1.3MB) |
JEB96 (150kb) Basilisk running & ecology Copeia67 (154K) Water
Strider Locomotion |
| 8-10 | Food sources, range of digestive systems. Physiology of vertebrate digestion Special digestive strategies and
systems: Lysozyme evolution in foregut fermentation |
6,13
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9-11-09Fri.ppt (6.7MB) |
Secor
&Diamond Nature98.pdf (214K)
Starck&
Beese JEB01.pdf (259K)
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Hourly
Exam I Sept. 21, 2009 (Monday), on lectures 1-10 (10 lectures)
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| 11-13 |
Evolution
of the Earth's atmosphere
Atmospheric and aquatic gaseous compositions and properties Terrestrial and aquatic respiratory systems and mechanisms Cardiovascular systems and circulation Respiratory and circulatory physiology |
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9-18-09Fri.ppt (3.1MB) |
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| 14-15 | Respiratory
pigments and gas
exchange
Teleost swim bladder Control of respiration |
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9-28-09Mon.ppt (7.9MB) |
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| 16-21 | Range of thermal environments Thermal balance and thermal exchanges Biochemical effects of temperature Short-term, long-term and evolutionary temperature compensations Thermal strategies and mechanisms -endothermy, torpor, avoidance, tolerance Evolution of endothermy |
8,9
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10-02-09Fri.ppt (6.6MB) |
Second Homework
Assignment.pdf(19k)
Hourly Exam II study
guide.pdf |
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Hourly Exam
II Oct. 19, 2009 (Monday), on lectures 11-21 (11Lectures)
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COPING WITH
VARYING ENVIRONMENTS (Oct. 16 - Dec. 4, 2009)
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| 22-27 | Polar and freezing environments Paleogeography and glacial histories of Antarctic and Arctic Hypotheses on causes of Ice Ages Problems of extreme cold for ectotherms Freezing avoidance and tolerance strategies and mechanisms Origin and Evolution of antifreeze proteins Evolutionary Loss of Hb and Mb phenotype in the cold - antarctic fishes |
9,14
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10-16-09Fri.ppt (18.3MB) |
Supercooling_Freezing video(7.8Mb) AF Evolution (Cheng98).pdf (748KB) Mechanism of AFGP Evolution (Cheng98).pdf (107KB) AF Review (Cheng02).pdf (865 KB) |
| 28-29 | Air-Breathing
Mammals and Birds in Water
Return to the sea-Evolution of marine mammals Problems for air-breathing divers Adaptations of diving marine mammals and birds |
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11-02-09Mon.ppt (15.3MB) | |
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Houly Exam
III Nov. 9, 2009 (Monday), on lectures 22-29 (8 lectures)
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| 30-31 | High Altitude and
Hypobaric Hypoxia
Plate tectonics and formation of Andes and Himalayas Problems of high altitudes Acclimatory responses and evolutionary adaptations Evolution of hypoxia response systems in humans zone |
14
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Acute mountain sickness-prophylaxis and treatment_Leaf&Goldfarb_2007.pdf(0.4MB) | |
| 32-33 | Sulfidic Environments
Deep sea explorations, hydrothermal vents geology and geochemistry Hydrothermal vent fauna, chemoautotrophy, symbiosis, sulfide detoxification and utilization Cold Seep and mud flat fauna and biology |
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11-13-09Fri.ppt(1.8MB) | McMullin Bergquist Fisher.pdf (358K) |
| 34-38 | Light and Visual Ecology and Evolutionary Physiology Bioluminescence - luciferins and photoproteins Function and evolution of lens crystallins Phototransduction in vertebrates Spectral tuning in deep water - coelacanth, Lake Baikal species flock of sculpins |
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11-18-09Wed.ppt (3.1MB) |
Trimmer et al Firefly biolux (217K) Wistow_Crystallin genes & evolution review.pdf (493K) Gehring2004_eye evolution.pdf (216K) Rees et al_Origin of marine biolux.pdf (88K) phototransduction animation (1.9MB) Hunt et al_Baikal sculpins spectral tuning.pdf (585K) |
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Hourly Exam IV Dec. 9,
2009 (Wednesday). On lectures 30-38 (9 lectures)
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