Integrative Biology 445
Chemical Ecology
Fall 2008

 
 
 
August
25 Introduction - Concepts in chemical communication MB
27 Semiochemicals - Biological and physical traits MB
29 Chemoreception and chemoreceptors MB
September
1 Labor Day
3 Pheromones of microbes and protists DS
5 Pheromones of fungi and plants  DS
8 Pheromones of non-insect invertebrates MB
10 Pheromones of insects (sex) MB
12 Pheromones of insects (aphrodisiac) MB
15 Pheromones of insects (epideictic)  MB
17 Pheromones of insects (sociochemicals) MB
19 Pheromones of vertebrates MB
22 Pheromones of humans MB
24 Hour exam 
26 Coevolution: Interactions between species MB
29 Allomones: Microbes and antibiotics I DS
October
1 Allomones: Microbes and antibiotics II DS
3 Allomones: Phytotoxins DS
6 Allomones: Plant biosynthesis I DS
8 Allomones: Plant biosynthesis II DS
10 Allomones: Parasitic plants MB
13 Allomones: Mycorrhizae CShearer
15 Allomones: Phytoalexins DS
17 Allomones: Allelopathy DS
20 Allomones: Plant/vertebrate interactions  DS
22 Allomones: Plant/human interactions  DS
24 Allomones: Plant/insect interactions  MB
27 Allomones: Insect allomones MB
29 Allomones: Non-insect invertebrate allomones MB
31 Allomones: Phanerotoxic species MB
November
3 Allomones: Cryptotoxic species MB
5 Allomones: Aggressive allomones MB
7 Hour exam
10 Kairomones: Predator/prey MB
12 Kairomones: Parasite/host MB
14 Kairomones: Insect/plant DS
17 Kairomones: Vertebrate/plant DS
19 Synomones: Pollination DS
21 Synomones: Frugivore/fruit MB
December
1 Synomones: Endosymbiosis MB
3 Synomones: Ectosymbiosis MB
5 Synomones: Humans DS
7 Apneumones MB
10 Community aspects/bioprospecting DS
15 Final examination: Monday, 15 December, 1:30-4:30 PM, 176 Burrill Hall
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