BIO120H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jerry Coyne, National Association Of Scholars, Mendelian Inheritance
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Bio120 - lecture 1 - course introduction; introduction to evolutionary biology. Required readings: chapter 1 in why evolution is true by jerry coyne. Recommended reading: new york times: the case for teaching ignorance. Course introduction: check portal/blackboard for lab times, info on reading quizzes. Available at u of t bookstore and from the cell and. Systems biology graduate union: bio120 team: prof. spencer barrett (first half), prof. james thomson (second half), questions about the course: contact bio120@utoronto. ca. Can address e-mails to laura: academic questions (lecture): 1) optional weekly tutorials with professors (times available on. Portal) and 2) lecture discussion forum on portal: academic questions (lab): office hours. Introduction to evolutionary biology: prerequisite knowledge: mendelian genetics, inheritance, structure of dna, mitosis and meiosis, chromosomes, levels of biological organization: molecules, cells, organisms, populations, communities, This section will focus on population as this is the primary unit of evolution. Organisms on earth have changed through time.
