Invertebrate Biology BIOL/MARI 3301 Winter Professor: Dr. Tamara Romanuk Office hours: Class/Lab times: Monday and Wednesday 12:35 to 1:25, LSB 338 (Lectures) Thursday 2:35 to 5:25, LSB B2102 (Lab) Course Blog http://biol3301.blogspot.com/ http://biol2003.blogspot.com/ (required pre-requisite course blog) Textbook: Required. On the Origin of Phyla. James Valentine. University of Chicago Press. (Assigned readings are noted next to the lecture date. Reading the entire text is recommended) Recommended. A higher level textbook on Invertebrates. Example: Biology of the Invertebrates. Jan Pechenik. 5th Edition. McGraw-Hill. Policy on attendance: Required for all classes. Please let your TA know ahead of time if you cannot attend lab due to a medical or personal reason. Lectures: Lectures and lecture notes are available for download on BLS. Grading scheme: • Power-point lecture - 20% • Annotated bibliographies – 20% • Mid-term exam - 20% • Final exam - 40%
Lectures (Required readings in the textbook) Lecture 1 – Introduction and class administration Lecture 2 - The fossil record and metazoan phylogeny (14-29, 189-194, and Halanych, required reading on BLS) Lecture 3 - Placozoa (232) Lecture 4 - Porifera (201-211) Lecture 5 - Ediacaran Biota and Cnidaria (174-179, 214-226, 465-493) Lecture 6 - Ctenophora (179-195, 228-231) Lecture 7 - Introduction to the Bilateria (88-103, 475-483) Lecture 8 - Acoela, Myxozoa, Orthonectida (236-240, 233, 331-333) Lecture 9 - Chaetognatha and Protostomia/Deuterostomia (374-376) Lecture 10 - Deuterostomia, Xenoturbella, and Early Animal Evolution (381-382) Lecture 11 - Echinodermata (391-404) Lecture 12 - Hemichordata and the Invertebrate Chordates (383-390, 406-417) Lecture 13 - Introduction to Ecdysozoa: Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Priapulida (241-248) Lecture 14 - Nematoda and Nematomorpha (248-255) Lecture 15 - Onychophora, Tardigrada (257-264) Lecture 16 - Crustacea (264-281) Lecture 17 - Lophotrochozoa: Dicyemida, Myxastomida, Bryozoa (349-343) Lecture 18 - Annelida (312-326) Lecture 19 - Echiura, Sipuncula (322-328) Lecture 20 - Mollusca (295-310) Lecture 21 - Nemertea (328-331) Lecture 22 - Phoronida, Branchiopoda (345-356) Lecture 23 - Platyhelminthes (288-294) Lecture 24 - Platyzoa and Invertebrate Evolution (360-373) Lecture 25 – Final Wrap-up