Lecture & Laboratory Schedule / 2010
| Tuesday, September 7 | Handout | Slideshow | |
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morning | The Kingdom Metazoa: Its Place in the History of Earth’s Biodiversity | ||
| Readings | Ruppert et al., pp. 11-21; 30-31; 54-55; 70-74; |
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| 9:00-10:20 | Lecture 01. Earth's History of Biodiversity. |
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| 10:30-11:50 | Lecture 02. The Origin of Multicellular Animals |
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afternoon |
The Starlet Sea Anemone, Nematostella vectensis | ||
| Literature on Nematostella vectensis. [link] | |||
| 1:30-4:00 | Introduction to one of our focal species. The use of the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis as a model system for studying adaptation to environmetnal stressors. | ||
| Wednesday, September 8 | Field research | Handout |
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| Field Excursion to Plum Island | |||
| Thursday, September 9 | Handout | Slideshow | |
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Animals "Characters" —Evolutionarily Derived Traits of Metazoans | ||
| Readings | Gilbert & Raunio, Chapter 1; [get .pdf] Pechenik, Chapter 2 [get .pdf] |
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| 9:00-10:20 | Lecture 03. Important Animal Characters, part I |
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| 10:30-11:50 | Lecture 04. Important Animal Characters, part II |
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| Readings | Literature on Edwardsiella lineata. [link] |
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| 1:30-4:00 | Introduction to the second of our focal species. The use of the lined sea anemone, Edwardsiella lineata, to address the ecology and evoution of parasitism. | ||
| Friday, September 10 | Field research | Handout |
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Field Excursion to Woods Hole, Cape Cod | ||
| Readings | Background material on collecting ctenophores from Great Harbor. | |
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| Monday, September 13 | The Early Radiation of Animals | ||
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| Readings | Ruppert et al., pp. 77-94; Geological timescale [get .pdf] Aguinaldo et al., Nature 1997; [get .pdf] Dunn et al., Nature 2008; [get .pdf] |
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| 9:00-10:20 | Lecture 05. The Evolutionary Radiation of Major Animal Lineages |
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| 10:30-11:50 | Lecture 06. The Phylum Porifera: Sponges |
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| 1:30:-4:00 | Pitch proposals for research projects to Professor Finnerty |
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| Tuesday, September 14 | Field research | ||
| 9:30-11:30 | Group discussion of proposed research projects. | ||
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| 1:30- 5:00 | Work on independent research projects. | none |
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| Wednesday, September 15 | The "Basal" Eumetazoa ("true animals")— phylum Cnidaria | ||
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| Readings | Ruppert et al., pp. 111-130; 181-191 |
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| 9:00-10:20 | Lecture 07. The Phylum Cnidaria: hydras, jellyfishes, anemones, & corals |
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| 10:30-11:50 | Lecture 08. The Phylum Ctenophora: The comb jellies |
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| 2:00- 5:00 | Work on independent research projects. |
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| Thursday, September 16 | Field or laboratory research | ||
| Friday, September 17 | Transition from Basal Metazoan Lineages to Bilateria | ||
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| Readings | Raff, Chapter 3. [get .pdf] Ruppert et al., pp. 99-109; 197-222; |
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| 9:00-10:20 | Lecture 09. Review of Basal Animal Radiation |
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| 10:30-11:50 | Lecture 10. The Ediacaran Fauna and the Cambrian Explosion |
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| 1:30-5:00 | Work on independent research projects. | none |
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| Monday, September 20 | Special topic — Locomotion | ||
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| 9:00-10:20 | Lecture 11. Biomechanical Analysis of Animal Locomotion | |
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| 10:30-11:50 | Lecture 12. The Phylum Annelida. |
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| 1:30- 5:00 | Work on independent research projects. | none |
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| Tuesday, September 21 | Field or laboratory research | ||
| Wednesday, September 22 | Bilaterian Coelomate Phyla, part I. the "Lophotrochozoa" | ||
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| Readings | Ruppert et al., pp. 284-291 (“Generalized Mollusc”); 414-422; | ||
| 10:30-11:50 | Lecture 13. The Phylum Mollusca |
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| 1:30- 5:00 | Work on independent research projects. | none |
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| Monday, September 21 | Field or laboratory research | ||
| Tuesday, September 22 | Using Molecular Markers to Investigate Biodiversity | ||
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| 9:00-9:45 | DISCUSSION. Polymerase Chain Reaction & DNA Sequencing | |
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| 9:45-11:00 | Begin DNA extraction from Nematostella or Edwardsiella | ||
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| 1:00- 3:00 | Complete DNA extraction from anemones. | none |
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| Wednesday, September 23 | Bilaterian Coelomate Phyla, part II. the "Ecydysozoa" | ||
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| Readings | Ruppert et al., pp. 517-542 (“Introduction to Arthropoda”); | ||
| 9:00-10:20 | Lecture 14. The Phylum Arthropoda | |
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| 1:00-2:20 | Lecture 14a. The Arthropoda & The Evolution of Axial Complexity | none |
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| 2:30- 5:00 | Work on independent research projects. | ||
| Thursday, September 24 | Laboratory research | ||
| 9:00-5:00 | BU Marine Lab | ||
| Friday, September 25 | Worms of Disputed Origins (WDOs) | ||
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| Readings | Ruppert et al., pp. 226-249; 757-770 Zimmer: Do Parasites Rule the World? [get .pdf] |
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| 10:30-11:50 | Lecture 15. The Platyhelminths, Acoels, and Nematodes |
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| 1:00-2:20 | Lecture 16. Parasitism | |
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| 2:30-5:00 | LAB: Work on class project & group projects. |
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| Monday, September 28 | All-Talks-Eve | ||
| The whole damn day | Data analysis & talk preparation | ||
| Thursday, September 29 | Talks & 5 Phylum Feast | ||
| 9:00-1:00 | Talks | ||
| 1:00-3:00 | 5-Phylum Feast | ||
| "Bonus" lectures | The Deuterostomes | ||
| Readings | Ruppert et al., pp. 858-870; 873-889; 931-960; | ||
| at your leisure | Lecture 17. The Phylum Echinodermata |
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| while swimming | Lecture 18. The Phylum Chordata | |
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