01:119:116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Molecular Machine, Phylogenetics, Binomial Nomenclature

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Biological Science
• Course: 01:119:116
• Professor: Professor Beal

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A. professor: dr. christy beal, room 127a blc, busch, office hours, mondays and wednesdays: 5:00 pm-5:50 pm and 6:30 pm-7:00 pm, tuesdays and fridays: 11:00 am-11:50 am and 1:30 pm-2:30 pm, email: genbio@dls. rutgers. edu. B. grading: midterm exam 1: 15, midterm exam 2: 15, final exam: 30, workshop: 40, deportment: 8, quizzes: 14, workshop activities: 18, total: 100% C. exam dates: midterm i: sunday, february 28th, 2016 @ 3:00 pm-4:20 pm, midterm ii: sunday april 10th, 2016 @ 3:00 pm-4:20 pm, final exam: friday, may 6th, 2016 @ 4:00 pm-7:00 pm. D. review: evolution, darwinian evolution, phylogenetics, how to read a phylogenetic tree. A. introduction: systematics- scientific study of diversity of organisms and evolutionary relationships, two parts (figure 26. 2), taxonomy- science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms- binomial nomenclature, phylogeny- evolutionary history of a species or group of related species. = grouping of organisms at any one of these levels. C. phylogeny: phylogeny- evolutionary history of a group.